E's First Camping Trip

So we spent all day Thursday running ragged around town trying to get the trailer packed for our big camping trip. We left on Friday morning stopping for breakfast on the way out at a great new little place close to home. We got up to the Mogollon Rim outside of Payson around 11 and spent a good hour trying to locate the "perfect spot" that Larry and I had spotted at the end of last year. We drove back and forth trying to follow a stupid drawing that I had made on the map. We did finally find it but it had already been snagged. We eneded up at our trusty spot that we camp at almost every trip. It is nice and big and not too close to the road so that the dogs can run free. Easton slept the whole trip up there which was great. We hung around camp most of Friday unpacking and letting Easton take in the fresh air. He was on the ground ousided and low and behold he starts crawling! Towards the dirt of course! Since it was chilly we tried to put a hat on but that was a challenge. He thought it was so funny to pull them off. So.......Mommy found the one that strapped under the chin!

We attempted co-sleeping for the first time on Friday night since it was going to be in the 40's, which is cold for us Arizonans! Needless to say nobody slept real well. Saturday we got up and cooked some breakfast. Easton was getting fussy so we went into the trailer and turned on the heater for a bit. He was much happier playing on the floor with a bowl and spoon where it was nice and warm with no wind. We went for a couple of little hikes on Saturday and Easton loved his backpack! He had a great time! When we got back to camp we let him play on the turf ouside of the trailer and he had a fabulous time playing with the puppies! We got some really cute photos.

Napping was a whole nother issue! There was just so much going on that he didn't want to nap. When we would finally get him down he would only sleep for about a half hour. By Saturday evening Larry and I were looking at each other totally beat. We made a split decision to pack up and go home. We threw everything in to the camper and took off around 7:30 pm. E slept the whole way home until 9:30. He slept all night until 5, ate, then went back to sleep until 8am! I think he was worn out!

All in all it was an adventure and I think we will be more prepared next time around. Mid July is looking pretty hopeful :)