My First Camping Trip

For Memorial Day weekend we took Truett on his first camping trip.  We went with a group of friends so there were lots of other kids for him to play with.  I knew he loves the outdoors, so I was expecting him to have a blast... and he did not disappoint.  We had some rain showers every day, but that didn't stop him from trying to find the mud puddles and the streams of water dripping off the awnings.  He was in little boy heaven until mom made him take his naps.

Here he is just chillin' by the fire.  I think he was feeling like pretty hot stuff sitting in a chair like everyone else.
 He spent lots of time playing with his friends.  Don't blame them for the hats, their moms made them wear them!

Here's my little lumberjack early in the morning.

You may wonder how he liked his first night in the camper.  Well, this is after he woke up the first morning....ummm, a little excited for the day ahead!

A whole new world

Now that the snow has melted, Truett is getting to experience a whole new world that he never knew existed (or didn't remember existed).  He loves to walk now, so the big yard is full of endless things for him to discover.  His favorite things are playing with flowers, playing on the back steps, and eating dirt.  For these reasons, mom is super vigilant during our outside times and he is often annoyed with the restrictions I put on him.

Our living room is desperately lacking in space compared to the backyard, but Truett has found a way to get his alloted steps in for the day, while staying in the room with mom and dad.  

Warm and "the cold"

This picture was taken just about a week and a half ago.  Since then, all the snow has melted and the grass is starting to turn green.  Truett has always loved the outdoors and we are both excited that he can actually get out and play in it now.  He loves walking up and down the little sidewalk and eating the rocks beside the sidewalk (not with mom's permission, of course).  I think his rock eating may have led to the next week of his being sick.

This is the day before he got sick, just sitting with dad and watching TV.  I got this picture because it was a rare moment of him sitting still.  That should have been my clue to what was going to follow in the days to come.

He loves playing with dad when he gets home from work.

 

Last Thursday Truett woke up with a fever and just laid around like this all day.  I felt so bad for him, but I must say I enjoyed getting to hold him all day and letting him fall asleep in my arms three times!

The fever only lasted a day, but then the runny nose, cough, and FUSSINESS kicked in.  The next few pictures are more of what he has looked like the past few days.

This morning he woke up feeling much better and played without fussing for hours.  It was wonderful!  Now we're going to get out and enjoy the beautiful day again!