8 Months Today!

Hard to believe it's been 8 months since the kids were born! Like Bethany said earlier today, we spent the day with them being sick and hoping they don't get sick too!

Our camping trip was a great experience. I went up earlier with my dad, Tim, Brandon, and Nicole. We got the tents and other gear setup at the camp site ahead of Beth, Michelle, and my mom's arrival later that evening. They ended up arriving much later than planned which made for a very late night. When they got there at 10pm, Lilly was throwing a fit (which of course was great for our camping neighbors). We finally got her settled an hour later, but it was exhausting and discouraging. We made some contingency plans in case they woke up in the middle of the night and we needed to go home....

It turns out they slept through the night (they were up at 4 or 5, but that doesn't count) and then did well on Saturday night too.

Having waited another month or two would have probably made a big difference - they kids ended up controlling our schedule. Beth and I were up at 6am with the kids in the mornings and feeding them was a challenge. With everyone around, we had help entertaining the kids.


We went to bed at 8:30 last night (I was literally asleep by 8:30!) and are getting ready for bed now. Here are some picture highlights from camping…

 

Our site:

In the morning after everything was setup:

Lauren with Lilly:

Josiah:

 

 

Lilly:

 

 

Trying to get a picture with the two of them – didn’t work out…

 

Brandon and Nicole:

 

Tim and Michelle:

 

Dad rolling in from the kayaking trip: