Daddy and Mommy and Alex headed out to Connecticut to visit John and Pam Wasylik and their family. What a lovely trip! We did a big circle – on the way out, we took the Orient Point ferry, and so drove through Long Island wine country. We stopped at a winery to pick up a little gift for the Wasyliks, and Alex was so wide eyed in there! The ferry ride was lovely, and I was told I was very brave for being out and about with a one month old like that. John and Pam were wonderfully welcoming, and Amanda was just great with her little cousin (is it third cousin, or first cousin twice removed? Who knows at this point. They are both Wasyliks). We had a wonderful dinner (including Pam’s fabulous blueberry pie). We drove through Connecticut and New York for the trip home, and Alex miraculously slept all the way to Nassau. Since Mike was driving, I was able to just crawl in the back seat and soothe him until we got home.