We finally made it camping after living in Colorado for a year. We packed a whole car load full of stuff and headed about an hour and a half into the mountains. We made the trip with the Chapins, another family that lives on campus. They have three very adventurous boys, Joshua (4 years), Daniel (3 years), and Matthew (17 months). Most of our time was spent just hanging out around our campsite and trying to keep Cole from eating every stick, rock, and pinecone, and trying to keep all the boys from catching themselves on fire.
On day 1, Cole is having a blast camping!!!
Matthew takes a break from exploring to rehydrate.
Men doing manly things.
Cole and I having a father/son moment. I like how he really wants to eat the stick, so he points at something to get me to look away and then shoves the stick in his mouth.
All the boys sitting down at the same time. This lasted for about 17 seconds.
We finally got the kids to go to bed around 9:00, so we had about an hour to relax and chat around the fire before the crying starting. Thus began a whole night's worth of Cole and Matthew taking turns crying and shattering the silence of our campsite. Finally at about 3:00 I took Cole into the car and we slept in there. Here is video of the morning after. Cole seems pretty content with life. We, and the other hand, were exhausted.
Even though we were tired, we still went on a short hike on Day 2 before heading home. Cole is rockin' the backpack.
The whole family having a great time together :)
Here are Andrew, Melissa, and the boys. Melissa is due with Baby #4 about 3 weeks after Emily is due.
Next time we take a family photo we'll have FOUR of us in it!!!! Baby Girl is now 3 weeks and 2 days from being due!!!
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