The Great Dismal Swamp

For a little over four years now we’ve been trying to go see the lake inside of the Great Dismal Swamp.  Well, we finally made it today.  It was a nice family outing and seeing such calm water was very cool, almost bordering on creepy.  On the way home Brooke sang to us all.  For the first half of the first video Laura kept the camera down so as to not have Brooke’s “stage fright” set in.

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Fall Leaves

We all took a walk this evening on the golf course behind our house; Brooke had a great time running around.  The fall leaves are really starting to come out.

Drawing with Chalk

While we were getting Alex ready for bed, Brooke kept herself busy by getting a chair and setting herself up to draw for a while.  She has been doing really great with playing independently lately.

Alex’s 2 month check up

Alex had an appointment with Dr. Mink this morning for his 2 month well baby check up.  He did great with Dr. Mink and we found out that he is 24.8 inches long and 14lb 15oz.  He, of course, did not enjoy receiving the shots but nursed well and took a nap after his appointment.  Then he was happy for about an hour and that was about it for the day.  Alex and I had a busy day of consoling, extra extra nursings, a trip to walgreens for infant pain medication (I have 3 bottles of 2 year and up in the closet but didn’t have infant for 1-24 month on hand), naps on Mommy, naps in the carseat because it made him stop crying, and being consoled by big sister Brooke.