Baby you're a firework... Norfolk style

Ok, so that Katy Perry song was on my playlist during this morning's run... so it stuck in my head and made the title... It seemed appropriate enough considering we visited Norfolk during the 4th of July holiday to meet Baby Luke.... AND we got to see fireworks. So there you go.

Since Camille and I had July 4th and 5th off and Nick had to work, we figured what better way to spend those two days.... Norfolk bound!

We loved getting to meet Luke. He is such a sweet baby and so laid back. He has quite a lot of entertainment with big brother Jack, so I guess he feels like he just needs to listen. I got lots of Luke snuggle time... and when I carried him in the infant carrier, I had to keep checking to see if he was asleep b/c even when awake, he is so quiet and content. I took a few selfies of me and Luke.

Jack wanted to visit the Virginia Aquarium, which worked out great since Camille had never been before! They were so excited and held hands and followed each other around a lot of the time. They both agreed that the sharks were very cool and the most fascinating. However, what held their attention the most was this submarine simulator thing. It was basically a dark space with lots of lights and buttons.... so they were in heaven. You should have seen the looks on their faces when they figured out they were actually allowed to touch all of the buttons. 

It was a fun day! I figured Camille would be so exhausted after all that fun and no nap, so we headed back to the hotel right after dinner thinking she could go to bed early. Boy was I mistaken. She saw there was an indoor pool at the hotel and started jumping up and down until I agreed to let her go for a swim. I had to drag her out after an hour because Mommy was tired! She is getting to be quiet the little fish. She loves going under..... completely.... which is actually quite funny. She will jump in and go under over and over and over and over. I guess those swim lessons are paying off. She still won't put in much effort to paddle with her arms or kick with her legs, but I figure that shouldn't be too hard.

Since it was July 4th that evening and our hotel overlooked the Norfolk waterfront, I figured I would let Camille stay up a little late to watch the fireworks. She was still pumped up from the day, so she happily waited. We had a pretty good view from our hotel room so it wasn't too loud and not at all crowded :) That was the ticket!

The next day we ventured to the park so the kids could get some energy out. It was a hot day, so we had some sweaty kids on our hands. Camille liked sliding and climbing the most, while Jack loved digging in the dirt and sand :)

They did get pretty exhausted so on the way back.....

Another fun visit to Norfolk... Thanks Allie for your great hospitality! Oh and if you wonder where John is during all this fun... that is when he was working night shifts, so he was using his daytime hours to get some sleep.

We made it home in time to see the Garner fireworks which had been postponed to Friday the 5th..... another post to come on that :)