Well, it was quite a week! Mark and I shared a camper with his brother Keith, his wife Kim, and baby Brooke. The weather was wonderful except for Thanksgiving (bummer), but we enjoyed being outside most of the time.We really liked the travel camper we had, as it had heat (until the last morning), a restroom, shower, and tiny kitchen. Much better than a tent, I will say!
We ate lots of yummy food (well, small amounts of it thanks to Gestational Diabetes- ha!), visited with friends and family, and endured some interesting events. Kim and I worked on the meals we were bringing to Thanksgiving (broccoli salad and stuffed mushrooms) and the boys helped with the Turkeys (there were 3 of them, and they were deep fried- yummy).
The picture below is right after Mark took Claire away from Grams. She was very unhappy. She became really attached to Grams this week! I love it! :)
Claire got to sit in a camping chair for the first time and she just looked so cute. We really had to bundle her up because it got quite chilly.
Now for the "events"... Claire also learned how to nap somewhere other than her crib (or shall I say we learned how to get her to nap somewhere else). Sometimes it was in someone's lap... other times we had to practically hold her and lay with her.
I was stung by a yellow jacket (in one of my lady lumps... boo), I got a UTI the day after thanksgiving and had to go to urgent care (didn't want to wind up back in the hospital for another kidney infection), and then after the best day of camping (Saturday- games, great food, perfect weather, family nap time), I fell going down my in-laws' camper and sprained my ankle. Nice. Apparently your joints are loose when you are preggo. Luckily Mark's brother, Keith is a pediatrist and made "rounds" to his mom's camper to check it out. 3 weeks later I am finally able to walk on it with a boot or brace. Whew!
Let's just say it wasn't in our top 10 most relaxing weeks of the year, but we did have a good time, we learned a lot, and it was great to see Keith, Kim, and Brooke, the rest of the family, and our friends. We felt blessed that we were able to share the holiday with them, even if it was crazy!
We'll see if we make it camping next year. We may camp in our living room with our girls next year. I mean, girlie living room tents and fireplace marshmallows are cool, too. Right?
