4th of July Parade

Our fireworks were canceled and rescheduled for the following weekend. We were so excited to take Reid just to see his face and hear him talk and jabber all about them. Much to our surprise he was scared of the fireworks and clutched onto Kevin and buried his head into his shoulder the entire time. Last year he loved them and oohed and ahhed over them. Oh well, I think Kevin and I were more disappointed than anything! Anyway, this started a series of events.....since he turned 2 he now refuses to sit in a high chair, most of the time refuses to wear a bib, and if we are lucky he even refuses a booster seat so he'll spend the majority of the time wondering around during meal times. Awesome. He is also terrified of the big blow up flappy guys outside of businesses, scared (a mild way of saying it) of ceiling fans, and scared of fireplaces, mainly of the reflection I think. So the child who has been completely fearless up until now is a complete scaredy cat of the most unusual things. I'm sure it will pass quickly, I hope!
A few more things that are going on in his little life.....he loves water, I think 90% of his day is spent getting wet. He even likes to go under the water and laughs and giggles. It's terrifying for me. Yesterday he fell off of a raft and I had to pull him up and he came up laughing saying, "Under Wa Wa." So he isn't scared of that, just ceiling fans.The other night we were playing and he was playing with his new work bench and Kevin was goofing around hitting the whiffle ball. He heard the crack of the bat and said, "Nice hit Daddy!" It was very cute. Everything he says now is in sentence form and he is very polite.

Here are a few pictures from the 4th of July parade.This is what Reid's fake smile looks like while saying CHEESE!