Ahhh...the end of another week...and here we are on the eve of my FAVORITE holiday!! All day long I was so excited for the day to end I just couldn't help but be happy and cheerful!!! It also helped that this was only a 4-day week instead of 5!!!!!! WOO-HOO!!!!

I think Cole and I will sneak up to Wetumpka tonight and purchase some flash and sizzle (a.k.a fireworks)...I am going to refrain from getting anything that is TOO loud and TOO crazy, just so I can get Cole used to them this first time around...but in the years to come...he better be a pyro just like his dear mother!!

My parents got the Unofficial--Official Word that they will be stationed in Huntsville, AL come the Fall. We are pretty excited about this news...most especially because it means that going to see them will not require plane tickets or a 15-hour drive any longer. And I know they are more than ready to get out of Nebraska. They have enjoyed meeting new people and experiencing a new community...but they are ready to come back to the South...where people are...normal?!?!? HA HA HA!!! Well, maybe not normal...but certainly more friendly and welcoming.

Update on Cole...he is crawling faster and faster everyday. He is starting to figure out how to pull himself up on things...so I'm sure walking isn't all that far away!! Once he gets up, I'm sure he will NEVER stop running...can't wait!! His two little teeth creep out a little further every day...he bit me on the hand the other morning and actually left a mark!! Guess who has learned not to stick her hand in the baby's mouth anymore!!! He has also started saying, "Baaa Baaa Baa" over and over and over and over and over again...can't wait to see what that turns into. He's very silly...and acts A LOT like his Daddy!! Every morning when I wake him up to get him ready to go to his Grandma's house, he will give me the NASTIEST look and then roll over on his stomach...I'm sure if he could talk he would throw in some colorful language as well...HA HA HA!!! I see lots of butt-whoopins in his future....

Update on Ronnie...he is going to look at a fishing boat tonight. He has been absolutely DYING to get one for the past week. I don't know why he suddenly decided that he MUST have one right this second...but he has. So, we made a deal...cuz there's no WAY I am going to get the short end of this stick...and if the boat isn't a hunk of junk...we may have a little boat by the end of the night!!! Hmmmm....oughta be interesting! At least I will have someplace to sunbathe and read a book while he fishes...that the snakes can't get too!!!!!!!!!!

Alrighty...everybody needs to have a wonderful and relatively safe 4th of July!!!! Light some for me...cuz I can NEVER get enough!!!