5 months, 3 walks, 2 many goats to count.

I woke up before the crack this morning and dragged myself to Lake Dimmick. It was nice and crisp outside and I was happy to be out in the fresh air. The scenery was beautiful even though the sky lacked interesting clouds or color. Afterwards I drove by the University Farm but the goats weren’t out. My next stop was Green’s View overlook before returning to the cottage.

The big news is that the Little Man turned five months old today. He has really been in a great mood all weekend – lots of smiles and laughter. I suppose the Mountain does us all a bit of good. He was still asleep when I got back, but he woke up and started nursing shortly after. Then we took our first walk of the day which was wonderful. We followed that up with a visit to the goats and then the campus coffee shop so that Liz could get some breakfast.

After more nursing and some tummy time we went on another walk. It sure is nice to be able to go out during the heat of the day and not feel miserable. There were a lot of other people out as well. After the goats we drove over to Tracy City to see if their grocery store had any better produce than our Piggly Wiggly. It did not. We had a relaxing afternoon before our final walk and goat visit. Liz and I celebrated the Little Man’s five months with ice cream (dairy-free for her), and he had breast milk. It was a low key evening and I did not go out for sunset.

Little (mountain) Man.

We all slept in this morning after getting to the cottage pretty late last night. The day was beautiful and after I went to Piggly Wiggly for some supplies and we ate breakfast, my parents came by for a little visit. They were headed home from Chattanooga. Luke didn’t cry at all while they were here. After that we went on a walk on the greenway. Then of course we went to see the goats. In addition to the regulars were five new ones, off in another area. We had a low key lunch at the cottage and there were some thunderstorms this afternoon. Once they cleared we went on another walk and visited the goats again. We finished up our excursion with a visit to the pottery shop next door to see our friend Debbie. Back at the cottage Luke nursed and then we went out to dinner at the Mountain Goat Market. It was rather crowded but we found a table outside. Luke was very well behaved the whole time, and the sky was lovely. He got a bath back at the cottage and now we are just relaxing and following the football games on our phones.