Happy 4th of July

Daddy was gone on a business trip to Ireland from 6/27 until 7/3. He had a really good time going out to pubs and having fine Irish food, however missed his family a lot. The kids were good, but then the darn heat wave came and the house was like an oven. We were all miserable from lack of sleep because it was above 80 degrees inside the house. We are thinking of ordering AC... We go through this every year and then end up not getting it because it gets hot only a few days out of summer. But based on how miserable we were, it might be worth it. I mean, we have five people living in this house!

Sean's talking more and whenever we ask him something and if he wants it, he says "yep, please". Not yes, but yep. It's really cute. His favorite word is still 'no' but we are excited that he's starting to communicate more. He's been very happy since Daddy came home. Daddy called us when he arrived at the airport and Sean just could not believe that Daddy was on the phone. He leaned against the phone so much that he became off balance and fell. I told him Daddy will be coming back on a taxi and we just waited by the window for him. Sean just laughed so hard when Daddy popped out from the cab. He was really excited to see Daddy.

Noah is making a lot of noises and just loves being tickled. He is still very chubby and enjoys jumping in the jumping activity toy. Maybe he can start to work off the rolls he's collecting all over his body. Alyson is a very alert and straight-talk kind of a gal and she's loud like her big bro. She also enjoys jumping and she probably bounces more since she's lighter than Noah. She has longer patch of hair on the left side above her ear and it curls when it's wet. I think she is going to have a wavy hair.

Everyone's doing well and we had a good 4th of July. We were planning to go see the fireworks in the evening but since it's so late, I went to see it by myself. I really wanted to see it since in Japan, firework show is a big deal during summer. I over calculated the viewing spot and it ended up being not so good. I chose to see it from the parking lot of Home Depot since I'd remembered that it has a nice view of the downtown Bellevue. It turns out, the fireworks were shot behind a tall building and I was able to see half of them. Oh well, at least I had a quiet alone time!