Fourth of July - uneventful :) We went to my nephew's baptism on Saturday afternoon. Chloe slept in the car while Shane drove her around. I've decided that it's best to not wake her up right before family functions. She gets extremely clingy and grumpy now.... She used to be so cheerful!! Oh well. Anyway, she woke up and was happy. It was a nice afternoon - very hot!

On the actual fourth, we just did some small fireworks that night. Chloe wasn't too fond of the loud noise and bright lights, but she LOVED the poppers. She even had her first very own ice cream cone!

Shane went fishing with his brother on Monday and me and Chloe just watched TV all day. I made 4 loaves of banana bread and some cinnamon rolls. My mom finally gave me the recipe and I was so excited. It actually wasn't too hard, but very time-consuming. I'll be making them a lot more! 

Um, Chloe has been spending a lot of afternoons out in her little pool. She doesn't get dressed anymore - it is getting so hard for me to do the little things that are so important these days. She's lucky if I brush her hair and get her dressed. She always takes off her pajamas so she can play dress up with whatever clothes she can reach! 

We've also started to try potty training. Not going so well. She doesn't like this little "portable" toilet. She goes on the toilet occasionally but we're just taking it slowly. Oh well :(

Lastly.... Shane has been freaking out about our wood floors. They were looking dingy and he was afraid we'd have to refinish them or something. Then he noticed something one day and started doing to internet searching. Anyway, we found out that the product we had been using - Orange Glo - leaves a yucky waxy build-up on the floor. Well, an entire bottle had been used on this floor and the renters didn't sweep or anything before they used it so everything was just really gross. I don't know if you can see the difference in the picture below, but one side is the yucky, waxy side and the other is how it looked after hours of working on hands and knees, scrubbing and ammonia. Ugh, but after days and days of working, Shane finally finished! Even when the floor is dirty, it still looks light years better than it did.