Sleeping through the parade.
Sitting on Grandma's lap at the parade.
Photo by Rachel
Sarah & Grandpa enjoying a good book together.
Anna & Sam at the party.
Since we were all awake and, in what seemed to be in relatively good spirits, we went to the parade with Rachel, Mat, Jake, & Sam. We only stayed for an hour since Sarah could only sleep through so many marching bands and I think Anna's 4 AM wake-up was starting to get to her.
Anna took a 45-minute nap and made it until 6:30 again. We were able to go over to Rachel & Mat's for their annual 4th of July party for just a little bit (enough to go down the slides, play with some balls, have some food and chat a bit).
I was worried that the fireworks would be a problem and wake Anna in the night but it started to get windy and look like rain so I think the neighborhood fireworks were kept to a minimum (in years past, the fireworks were a nightmare (waking Anna and causing a long, long night) and I wondered why we came home just in time for them this year!).
Anna is acting super scared of my dad (and very shy of everyone else except me & my mom). I think the men-lifting-the-stroller in Doha didn't help her stranger anxiety. Sometimes she seems OK with him in the same room but other times will run into her room and cry. Hopefully by the end of our visit she will be comfortable around him. I'm not really sure what to do about it since this is new behavior (I'm not sure if it's jet-lag-induced, uncertainty because Craig is not with us, or just a combination of things).
