Happy Birthday, America!

I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday weekend... and managed to stay somewhat cool, it that was even possible! We were pretty low key as Dr. F was on call and had to work all weekend (booooo!), but his mom and sister did make it up for a quick trip and we had a great BBQ in our back yard complete with homemade cherry pie, watermelon, bugers and dogs, corn on the cob and pasta salad. Dr. F got home just in time to fire up the grill and I'm confident Aidan ate his weight in watermelon, which is probably why I had to completely strip his bed in the morning. Despite an overnight diaper...well the kid was well hydrated :)

This 4th of July was also interesting because not 2 weeks ago I finished reading David McCullough's book 1776. It was FASCINATING and I highly recommend it. It is no secret I'm a huge history nerd, but my knowledge about American history is embarrassing to say the least. However, even if you're not a history nerd, this book reads like a movie and is so interesting. I was able to really reflect on the 4th in a different way this year and appreciated so much more what that generation did for our country and the world. Did you know that we actually lost 25,000 men over the course of the Revolution? Thats 1% of the US population at that time. It was bloody and vicious and its nothing short of a miracle we actually won. Check this one out, you won't be disappointed!