Zoey's 1st Camping Trip

One of Ryan's favorite things to do is go camping. Over the years I have learned to enjoy it also. It is so peaceful and nice to disconnect from everything and everyone for a couple of days and just spend time together. So many parents think that they can't do the things that they love to do once they have kids and Ryan and I were determined from Day 1 of being pregnant to not let that happen. We can take Zoey along with us and still do the things that we enjoy. First case in point of that was for our anniversary this year. We decided to go to Springfield so we could use some of gift certificates that we had and go out to our favorite place to eat, Texas Roadhouse. We had a blast that day with Zoey and it made our anniversary that much better to be able to include her. We couldn't wait to take her camping and I told Ryan that was what I wanted to do for Mother's Day. She had a great time on her first trip. It did take some extra planning on my part to pack for her and I did forget a few things for our trip, but luckily nothing we couldn't live without. Her favorite part of the trip was being by the water by the camp site. She loves to be outdoors so we knew that wouldn't be an issue. She looked so cute all cuddled up in the tent between Mommy and Daddy.

                                                              Such a happy little girl!

 She just woke up and Daddy had to take a picture of her 1st morning waking up from camping.

                               Staring at the water and couldn't get her attention to take her picture.

This is my favorite picture of us to date! She was in the middle of talking, if you can tell! Too cute. On Sunday, Mother's Day she decided to wake up the entire campsite. She woke up talking and making all kinds of loud noises and woke them up. It was happy noises, but still we were embarrassed a little bit. We decided that it was time to pack up and head home after a nice weekend.