We began the month with Fourth of July fireworks and family fun. Andy got to stay up late and we had the best view in town of a great fireworks display. Uncle Darrin took us up to his offices on the top floor of the closest building to the display. They were awesome. Watch the videos and you can hear Andy saying, "Whoa!".
We also had tons of fun playing with our friends the Harrows at their block party. A real, live fire truck came and sprayed water all over the street. Andy was courageous enough to run in and out of the huge stream spray. He laughed and laughed.
Speaking of laughing...Marshall ran into a tree while playing catch with his friend Paul. Paul said, "Back up, Marshall. Let's see how far 60 feet is." Then Paul threw the ball over Marshall's head and while running backward and spinning to catch the ball, Marshall ran into a tree. It was really funny for about 1/2 a second, until I realized that Marshall was seriously hurt. He was dazed and bleeding profusely and I knew immediately that he needed lots of stitches. Being a good wife I said, "Don't look at it. Just go to the hospital and they'll probably put in one or two stitches." An hour and ten stitches later, Marshall emerged from the ER bruised and in pain.
And speaking of stitches, our dog had her share too. We grew concerned about a couple of bumps on her skin, so the vet removed them (lab result: no cancer). But Virginia wasn't too happy to have these big holes on her back, so she promptly chewed out the stitches. The vet then added super-glue, but that only lasted about 4 hours. We lost count of how many stitches and re-stitches and re-gluings we had, but we finally got her on the mend. For two weeks we had to endure Virginia bumping into everything with the upside down lamp-shade on her head.
Other than that, it's been a pretty normal month.
For you devoted fans, I'll turn to the cute Andy stories. The rest of you can stop reading now, while I brag about my adorable, smart son. He loves to pray before meals--sometimes three or four times until we declare it's time to eat. He grabs our hands, bows his head, and says "blah, blah, adabah, God."
Andy also loves to talk on the phone, but doesn't always talk out loud. He waves at the phone when we tell him to say "Hi". So if you get a blank message on your machine, you'll know who it's from.
