The whole thing started out on Friday morning getting up at the butt-crack of dawn to get into Calgary for my 20 week ultrasound. Let me tell you that driving to Calgary with your bladder full is NOT fun, but it was worth it. We found out that we are having ANOTHER girl!!!! Yay for us! Her name is Maria Solveig (Sol-vay). We now have EVERYTHING we need except a double stroller. Everything that Jenni wore that was super cute gets to be REUSED!!! Wahoo! You know how people refer to a family with a boy and a girl as a million dollar family? Well, let me tell you, we will be closer to the million dollar family with two girls because we already have everything we need except diapers. That will cost WAY less money!
Well, Sean took the day off to come to the ultrasound so we decided to make a date of it. So great! We went to the mall right after the ultrasound for lunch and then we booked it to Country Hills to go watch the new BATMAN movie. We had a gift card so it only cost us $5.00 to get into the movie and get a bag of nibs. Then after that we went out for a nice sit down supper and then Sean dropped me off for a wonderful pampering experience of a mani/pedi in Airdrie. After that we went to Superstore and picked up Maria's first outfit. So cute!!! We got her a little sleeper to bring her home from the hospital in. Then we stopped at Starbucks, got complimentary carmel fraps and drove home.
Sean packed up the vehicle Friday night because we were leaving the next morning early and didn't want to do it all Saturday morning!
Saturday morning we work up bright and early to get a move on with travel. We did actually leave the house at 7:08am and it was awesome, but we also stopped in to see my very close friend in Airdrie and then had to get some breakie, so at 9:27am we were finally again, on our way.
Let me tell you, the drive from Three Hills to Yakima, WA is a very VERY long one! Jenni did really well, but we had to stop in Radium, and that is where we met up with Sean's parents (now officially referred to as "mom and dad") and Sean's younger brother, Bryce.
After a lot of long driving, a pull over for vomit, and plenty of sesame street later we finally arrived at Grandma and Grandpa's (G&G's) around 11:26pm pacific time. So it was after midnight in my brain.
Sunday morning we just kind of putzed around at G&G's. Jenni and I had a great nap, Sean, Bryce, mom and dad all picked apricots from the tree, and when Jenni woke up Jenni and I set the pool up in the back yard to play in the water. There was a big family dinner at G&G's and we got to see as many of the cousins as we could. It was really nice.
After the big meal I worked really hard at getting all of our stuff together so that we could leave as early as we could on Monday morning to get to Easton Lake where G&G are members of a campground. So sweet that we could stay there for $1.00 a night! Normally it is $35.00 a night, so it is a pretty SWEET deal! Around 9:00 Sean and I went with mom and dad to Fred Meyer's and we got some REALLY cute stuff for Jenni. It was great! Such cute clothes for such a low price. We also got some food and snacks for camping.
Monday morning came all too soon. After a lot of packing up and waiting around, we finally left G&G's to go to the camp. Sean, Jenni and I went with mom and dad first (there were two trailers and only 1 pickup truck) and the old trailer to get it set up for us to use. We got there, and mom took Jenni on an adventure around the campsite to know where she was going. I worked hard to set up our beds and make the trailer a little house for us. Mom and dad left shortly after dad got the trailer for us to get the rest of the stuff and G&G. Sean and I went for a walk to get some lunch, and then we came back to the trailer for a nap. So great being able to just sleep for the afternoon.
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| This was inside our trailer, and the only picture I have until Wednesday because there were so many other cameras around. |
Now, I do consider myself a veteran camper, but for some reason, in my head, it was going to be SUPER hot all the time like it is in Yakima... not freezing cold in the evening after the sun started to set. Needless to say, Jenni only had 2 pairs of pants, and 2 long sleeved shirts. Now, thankfully we did pack a warm coat for her because we didn't know if it would rain, but I only had 1 really lame flimsy sweater, and I was so cold. Grandma thankfully had a sweater that I was able to use that night, and Jenni was warm enough, after she warmed up from swimming. Note to self: camping in the Cascade Mountains is not much different than camping when I was a kid...Sweaters, hoodies, coats, and warm pants are a MUST!
Tuesday Jenni woke up SUPER early, and then climbed into bed with daddy. She did go back to sleep, but not for very long. Finally we did get up and head over to G&G's trailer. Jenni got to have some breakfast and then we just kind of putzed around the campsite until it started getting warmer. Jenni wanted to go swimming again, so we took her to the pool and sat there. The water was FREEZING at this point in the day, so I just sat by the pool in my cute belly-showing swimsuit and let Sean and Jenni play in the water. Now, one thing with this cute, belly-showing swimsuit, is that my belly hasn't seen the sun this summer at all. So, I have quite the funny triangle shaped burn-turned-tan-line on my tummy.
After a while, I went back to the campsite to get lunch ready for our little family, while Sean got Jenni all dry. We ate lunch and Jenni went down for a nap. I went back to the pool side for about half an hour and then I decided it was nap time too. Ahhhh, praise the Lord for nap time!
When I did finally resurface Sean's cousin, and my very good friend, Chantelle was at the camp with her two beautiful girls, Brookelyn and Nicole. The five of us girls went to the little playground area and the little girls got to play together. It was lots of fun!
So, one of mom's requests was that Grandpa would make his home-made clam chowder. Grandpa, loving his children all very much, gladly obliged. It was delicious! Uncle Greg, Uncle Gary, and Aunty Debbie all came out for the afternoon and for supper. Uncle Gary is really big into making animal sounds, and Jenni really took to him. Tuesday was the last night that we were able to have a fire because a fire ban was going to take effect at midnight that night.
Sean and I went to bed around 10:00 and apparently Aunt Becky and Uncle Curt did come that night and set up.
Well, there will be more to come, but I do believe that this is enough for right now.
