Happy 4th of July!

We had such an awesome 4th of July weekend and I am so sad that it is already over :( We started the day off at the Riverdale parade with Cj's family. I loved watching tayler and megan run out for candy and "ohhh" and "ahhh" at the cheerleaders. It makes me think of how Ellie will be in a few years. We then went to my grandpa's house for dinner with my family. It ended up being such a nice day and i love being with my family. During dinner i started to feel some not so "HOTT" cramps, but didn't really think much of it. We then went to the fireworks at Riverdale park and from there my cramps turned into contractions every 5-7 minutes ( at least i think they were contractions..i have never had them before) I thought we were going to have to leave and go to the hospital...but i wanted to tough it out..i think i was more scared of going to the hospital and have them tell me that it is nothing but FALSE labor. After a great firework show we went home and kept timing the painful contractions. I really just wanted to get some sleep, so i laid down and TRIED to fall asleep...with no luck i ended up getting in and out of the tub to help ease the pain. Oddly enough around 4 am the contractions stopped :( i have continued to have some every half hour or so but nothing like last night. I hope that my body will labor right when the time comes tomorrow!! All in all it was a great 4th of July weekend and i cant wait for next year's when i have a cute baby girl to drag along with us!