weekend away

This last weekend Chris, Brooks and I traveled to Monticello, MN for JD (Chris' brother) and Pamela's wedding reception.  They actually were married in Antigua a month ago, but their reception was over the weekend.  So we packed up and hit the road for a weekend filled with friends and family.  It was kinda overwhelming for Brooks, but he was a trooper and had a smile most of the weekend.  Here's the three of us at the reception.  Chris was a groomsmen for the re-enactment of their wedding ... hence, the tux.

This picture was taken at the end of the night and Brooks was soooo tired.  Not too many smiles left.

While we were there, we stayed at a hotel in Becker and they had a pool!  Which means that Brooks went swimming for the first time this weekend.  It was a blast!!!  This picture made me laugh.  He was wearing these huge swim trunks so his skinny little legs looked like toothpicks sticking out the bottom.  You'll also notice the swim diaper sticking out the top.  It was so big on him.  The smallest size we could find was for babies 16-25lbs and he's right at 16 pounds.  So we still had to wring out the diaper after swimming.  Oh well.  We had so much fun.  Here's a few more pictures from our water aventures.

Brooks was giggling and laughing ... which made Daddy laugh too :)

 He loved swimming on his tummy.  He kicked his little legs and splashed and splashed.  I think we have a little swimmer on our hands!

I tried putting him on his back, but he didn't like that as much.

I can't wait for this summer to do some more swimming.  There are a few free splash pools here in Sioux Falls and I'm sure we'll be spending lots of time there.