Happy 4th of July!

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Jake sure has been keeping us busy lately. Besides all the attention that he demands at home (which we give lovingly), he's been in the mood to get out of the house a lot lately.

Last week Jake got a chance to visit Babies-R-Us again to look for an outfit for his three month pictures. While we found something cute, we decided it was too big when we got home... maybe it will work for his 6 month pics!

Last Friday night we made the trip up to Grand Blanc and Jake got to spend his first night outside our house since he came home from the hospital. He was a very good baby at Meme and Papa's house. You can see pictures of that visit here.

Saturday afternoon we met up with the Herman clan at Grandma and Grandpa's to celebrate Independence Day a little early. Jake spent a lot of time sleeping on the boat while I swam with Colin, Dan, and for a brief time, Michele. After grilling dinner, then a quick visit for Michele and Jacob to the nursing home, we headed back home.

Sunday we actually made it to 9:30 mass (instead of 11:30). We then headed over to our favorite bagel shop, only to find out that it was no longer there. We settled for Einstein's for breakfast, and it wasn't too bad. After breakfast we made our way over to 12 Oaks. We looked around for a while, and then we headed to the JCPenney photo studio. Jake woke up just in time, and actually cooperated more than I expected him too. If the sign is correct, we should have some of those shots posted in 7 to 10 days.

After all the excitement of the mall, we headed over to Trader Joe's and the new Omaha Steaks store in Northville. All of that shopping really tired the little guy out! We decided we should probably wait a little longer before we try to cram that much stuff into one day.

Today, Meme and Papa are bringing Alison down to Livonia to visit. We're going to head over to the Water Park at the LCRC with the Pruss crew.

As you can see here, the Herman family had a pretty busy weekend as well. Also, Lynette has finally gone public with their pregnancy! We're all very excited about it!

Lastly, the picture of Jacob above will link you to the end of our June pictures. Click here, or navigate through DotPhoto to get to our July album.