Our First's First Fourth

Annabelle had quite a day for her first Fourth of July. We had very nice weather in the morning, so we decided we would go for a walk at the nature reserve. But, on the way there, it started raining. So, we continued on to St Louis and ended up having a great trip. It was Annabelle's first big outing (she's been to quick visits to Target and once to the mall, but this was almost 6 hours)

First, we went to the Butterfly House.
Annabelle wasn't too interested in the butterflies.

Perhaps they were moving to fast for her to really see them. But, she liked all the leaves and the waterfall. It was a little warm in the butterfly house, so we didn't stay inside too long.

She really liked the mounted butterflies (they moved a lot less than the ones in the butterfly house).



And, she had the same reaction to the cockroach exhibit as Mommy.


After a break for a meal (for her) we went outside for a walk and "played" on the playground.

After the butterfly house, we took a trip to the mall and Babies R Us. We found some sunglasses and a sun rash shirt for her (on clearance, of course). Maybe we'll find a baby pool in the next few weeks.

Although we decided it would be too late (9pm) to take her to the fireworks display in Washington, our neighbors had some fireworks they were setting off in the street. She paid no attention to them unless there was lots of light and colors (unfortunately, most of them were just a lot of noise). Here's her festive outfit (thank you Denise) that she spit up on by 9am and had to change (one of four outfits yesterday!). The hat is an addition from Kris' collection.