The 4th

This past weekend we went up to Norman to visit Jason's parents. He took a couple extra days off so we could have some family time. He only got to take a couple of days off right when Bella was born because his job was so hectic. It has finally slowed down so it was nice to be able to have some quality family time.

Thursday we drove up to Norman and basically just hung out with the family and took it easy. Friday we went to see Jason's grandmother and went to eat at Bison Witches. If you are not familiar with Norman, Bison Witches is your basic college town dive/sports bar/restaurant and they have the BEST chili. This, in turn, makes for the best chili cheese nachos on planet Earth. So it is pretty much a requirement to eat there whenever we are in town. That night the Trents were nice enough to babysit and we went to see Public Enemies. It was good. I didn't know much about John Dillinger so it was interesting, but after about the third shoot out with the cops scene I got a little bored. Also, Marion Cotillard plays his girlfriend. In real life she is French, and to me, in the movie about half the time she sounded French and I think she was trying for a Southern accent. I don't know, but it was sort of distracting to me. If you like those kind of movies I would say see it, but it isn't the best movie I have seen.

Saturday was the 4th of July so we were going to drive up to Lake Eufala to see Jason's extended family. None of them had seen Isabella so we were excited, and also his cousin had a baby a couple months before us so we wanted them to get to meet. Well, it ended up being a lot further away than we thought, so we didn't get there until around 6. Basically we ate dinner and visited for a bit and then Bella started to get really cranky. We were going to put her to sleep in the bedroom but it was really loud and she was fussier than I have seen her in a long time. So we ended up leaving around 8, right as it was starting to pour down rain! It came down in sheets on the drive home, but she slept like an angel the whole time.

Sunday we pretty much just got up and got packed, then went and had some lunch at Ted's and then headed home. It was a good trip and nice to spend some time with Bella's Grammy and Poppy. =) Here is a picture of her in her Fourth of July outfit...