So life has been fairly quiet as of late. Jim's work schedule seems to be beginning to normalize, Adam and I are having fun being best buddies, and we're cringing as we wait for the onslaught of our first real northern Alberta winter. BUT we did go on a little adventure this last weekend!

We love camping. As a kid we would camp throughout the summer and I have so many sweet memories of sleeping in tents under the stars and discovering new places to swim. With this summer having been so nice I was desperate to camp but before Adam's arrival I was too pregnant to pull it off, and afterwards he was too young. But this last weekend was our church congregation's father-son campout, and we decided we couldn't miss it! Being however, that I am unfortunately neither father nor son, we thought it best if we camped as a family somewhere else on the campground and let Adam and Jim enjoy some of the activities. But once we arrived they invited me to stay as Adam's food supply and given that the group site was already paid for...we couldn't find a good reason to say no!

We arrived and set up camp. This was our first time using our new fancy air mattress in our small tent. It only barely fit (and by barely I meant not really), and we ended up having to let out quite a bit of air to fit it inside. This made for some wobbly sleeping later that night. We enjoyed some time around a roaring campfire, watched some little guys practice their fledgling pyrotechnic skills on flaming marshmellows, and then went to bed.

Sleep seems to have come easy only for little Adam. We tried to squeeze him into our sleeping bags, but being that they are mummy shaped...there wasn't much room. So we bundled him tight in some thick blankets, and guess who ended up warmest of all? We each tried to cradle him in at least one arm so one arm was perpetually cold, and that combined with our rather unstable air mattress neither Jim nor I slept much. But we were both fine with it as long as our baby boy was safe and sound.

All in all we had a great time, and Adam survived his first father-son campout!

In other news, sadly the house we are renting from was just sold. So we are once again on the hunt for the perfect rental, in an extremely rental unfriendly market. Everyone keep their fingers crossed for us?

And here are some photo's!

                                                     Baby boy clutching his blanket

 

Adam last week in his grown up plaid sunday blues!

 Yesterday, looking cute in his Monkey Business outfit