We Like to Camp, Camp, Camp

We survived our first camping trip with RTR. The four of us spent two days at Lake Wenatchee State Park. It was a lot of fun, once we got past making do because of the things we forgot (pump for air mattress, coffee cups, dish cloths, garbage bags). And we are feeling pretty smug about camping in the rain. The water resistant canopy we bought at GI Joe's was one of the best camping investments we've made. I highly recommend getting one-- not only good for shade, but keeping the rain off your picnic table too. While the first night was pretty rainy, RTR fared really well, going to bed pretty easily and sleeping through the night. It probably helped that he didn't get a good nap on Sunday. Monday night was a different story. He woke up around 1AM crying. He didn't appreciate our efforts to warm him up, our thinking that he was cold. So we then tried some milk. A couple of sips, but then, no dice, more crying. One of us jumped up and grabbed a banana out of the cooler. Ahhh. Much better. RTR snuggled in to the nook of Tyler's arm and chowed down. He reminded me of a baby gorilla at the zoo, all content just eating a delicious banana. But an entire banana was not enough. So Tyler grabbed a granola bar (!) for RTR to gnaw on. We lived dangerously, with RTR using his nine or so teeth to power through a small chunk of granola bar. Yikes. So it goes with those second borns, doing things you'd have never done with the first baby. Sorry for the long line of pictures, I don't know how to group them together through the blogger software.