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8pm

Written on 06/09/2011 by Dreawood in caleb, Owen, travel

These were taken just a few minutes shy of 8pm :) – Owens typical bed time.

He doesn’t look a bit sleepy huh? :)

We weren’t prepared for him to go swimming when we walked to the lake… only the older two. So we had no choice but to strip him down. We think he enjoyed that freedom :) – it was so funny to see. He had NO FEAR… and took many dives into the water without hesitation.

We went back the next morning around 10am – more photos of that to come.

These btw were taken with my tiny OLD point and shoot camera… so they are a bit grainy.

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Float

Written on 06/09/2011 by Dreawood in caleb, Owen, Taite, travel

This week we have full access to a large camp pool… and the boys are loving it.
Owen I was nervous wouldn’t however. He isn’t the biggest bath time fan, so I just assumed the pool would scare him. Well let me tell you, he loved it! He was not at all nervous and actually kept fighting us to let him go. I don’t think he realized what would happen had we let go :)

We put one of the boys life vest on him to begin with…

It was a tad big though and that quickly came off. He spent most of his time in a smaller sized inner tube. We tried putting him in a baby one they had at the pool (with a seat) but he didn’t care for it.

Oh and to those curious where his bathing suit is from :)
Its a cloth diaper swimmie. I got it when Taite was a baby.
Works great!! You can find one at Kushie’s Swimwear.
If you use one of these you don’t need the disposable swim diapers.

Also, I am pleased to report none of us have gotten sunburned ;-)

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Babywearing Hike Workout

Written on 06/08/2011 by Dreawood in babywearing, caleb, Owen, Taite, travel

I tell you… sticking a 25lb plus baby on your back in a baby carrier, and hiking down a mountain and back up, is no easy task. I could feel the burn. Not really a bad thing, always nice to get a little workout, even on vacation.

Owen is taking a nap, err…. trying… and the boys are down at the lake with Travis canoeing.
I’m back in the room taking it easy… then its lunch, pool time and naps! :-)

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Vacation or not?

Written on 06/07/2011 by Dreawood in caleb, family, Owen, Taite, travel

Well it is day two (Or I suppose day 1.5) of our vacation. We got here yesterday at 5:30pm or so – a little later than we had hoped, but with me being gone the entire weekend before, we just weren’t prepared to leave very early on monday morning. Its ok though – and we got here safe and sound.

When we got to our location – we of course had to stop for groceries…. We cant justify eating out every meal with 3 kids… and so we had to buy essentials to feed us for a week. The place we are staying has a full kitchen (pretty much) – so I am able to cook so-so meals for breakfast, lunch & dinner. Although I do hope we can go out to eat at least once :)

By the time we got things unpacked, put together… and fed… it was pretty much Owen’s bed time.

And wow, what a nightmare! Owen I must say is by far our most crib addicted baby :) – he just ADORES his own crib… and so to be in a new place… in a pack-n-play, was hard for him. Even though I attempted on transitioning him into this pack-n-play at home weeks before our trip, it obviously didn’t make a difference. He was mad, scared and letting the entire hotel know it.

He cried hard…. which resulted in us attempting to put a mattress on the floor… but quickly realizing he was confused as to what was going on… and began climbing on things and doing everything but sleeping. We even tried giving him his bottle to settled him.

After about an hour of this, I said “well, he is just going to have to cry it out.”

So we moved his pack-n-play into our room, since I knew him sharing one with the boys would only result in our older two waking up at some point during the night… after 5-10 min of screaming, he finally zonked out in the pack-n-play….

but… only to wake up again screaming at midnight…

Lets just say, he finally did fall back asleep and slept til 8… but it was not a restful night.

Today he did however nap well… and tonight when I laid him down instead of crying for 10 minutes, he only cried for about 2. So im hopeful that tonight will go much better than last night :)

Vacationing is nice… we all need to get away… and I am thankful we can afford to do so… however, vacationing with children this age, is easier said than done.

It involves a lot of planning… packing… organizing… and often times you wonder, is it worth it? … because I don’t really feel relaxed enough for this to be considered a vacation LOL…

But then I think back on my childhood… and remember the times I was able to vacation with my family. I do remember it! I remember going camping with them to a place called white lake… I remember our many travels up north to visit my grandparents and even trips to Panama to visit my moms family. I am sure during those trips my parents had the same thoughts :) – and frustrations… but in the end it is worth it.

Our boys were so excited to get here… and despite Owen being at a really difficult “traveling” age… It is sweet to see my boys enjoying things so much.

Right now the kids are watching a red-box movie we picked up… and after they go to bed, Travis and I will watch one we got for ourselves :) Tomorrow I see lots more swimming time :) – and naps! haha..

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Remembering the Funnies

Written on 06/03/2011 by Dreawood in caleb, Taite

I try when I can to jot down some of the things my children do that just make me laugh.
Because even though I have a great memory… I may not one day. So this is my way to remember the funnies :)

So this morning I got up and was trying on an outfit my friend Shannon let me borrow. As soon as I put the clothes on Taite came over to me and gave me a big hug around my legs.

He then breathed in real deeply and said…

“You smell like Evan’s house.”

Evan btw is Shannons oldest son & my kids refer to anything at Shannon’s as “Evan’s” – I guess because he is the oldest :)

I then looked at Taite after he said this and said “Do you like the way it smells?”

Taite responded with a sly little grin... and a big ::sigh:: saying “You know I do” and smiled.

While this may not seem funny to some, it was so funny to me. His expression and his face just make me laugh.
Later on that same day, Caleb was moving this outfit for me from the table to the counter, and as he moved it he looked at me and said “Hey, this smells like Evan’s house.” :) – So its official, all of Shannon’s outfits, smell like “Evan’s House” :) – its a good smell btw.

Later this same day….
Travis took the boys out to get ice-cream.
It was late, so it was dark out… and while the boys ate their ice cream outside – Caleb lost his tooth! He said it had bounced off after he bit into the ice cream cone and went into the grass…. since it was so dark out however, he couldn’t find it.

As he came inside and explained to me what happened, I asked him “Are you sure it didnt just go into your ice cream cone?” – Thinking to myself for a moment and then saying “What if you swallowed it?”

Caleb got a look of fear and confusion on his face and began sucking on something in his mouth…

Then with a toothless smile said “Oo… there it is.” Pulling out with his hand, his tooth.

He then said “It did fall into my ice cream!” again, giving me the toothless grin.

Travis and I both cracked up laughing.
I think I had tears in my eyes at one point I was laughing so hard.

Kids really are funny.

I love them so much. Even though they do test us :)
Theres nothing more precious than these times.

*Note: The photo of Caleb was taken earlier in the day, before his tooth fell out – so he now has TWO teeth gone in the front. Travis snagged a cell phone photo of it too, but the photo I took earlier in the day was sharper, so I used it instead*

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