Camping Was Fun!

Dear Teagan:
Well so much has happened in the past month. Our trip to North Carolina was so much fun! We had a rough start though- Our plane was delayed and we were supposed to be there by 2:30 and we didn't get there until 6pm! So that was annoying. But we made it safe and sound despite the fact that you kept saying we were going to fall.
We went shopping and to a park. I bought myself a Coach diaper bag for when the baby comes, so that was very exciting.
I think you started to just get homesick and tired out. You weren't very nice to Owen. You got mad and threw a toy at his head. I was very upset with you for that. Your routine was completely out of whack. You were sleeping with me and not going to bed until I was going to bed, you were waking up earlier than normal and not napping. So you were defintely ready to go home. You really missed your daddy.

Then this past weekend we went camping for 4th of July. Our site was right across the road from grandma and grandpa's and we spent most of our time over there. You had a blast!! You were so excited to go, you asked me every day last week if we were going camping with grandma yet. You loved being in the tent and you were such a good boy. The first night we didn't get you in bed until probably after 11pm which is wayyy late for you. And then we were up at 7am. You slept on the air mattress right in between daddy and I. And you actually slept pretty good. Usually if you sleep in bed with us you kick and roll over and cry randomly in your sleep. But none of that happened while we were camping...I think you were just too tired.
On Saturday we got up and went out on the boat. It was super choppy out and I don't think it was a very idea that I went. I had to hold my belly with 2 hands so it wasn't jiggling all over. But you loved it. You sat on grandpa's lap and "drove."
Then you played on your bike in the road. You thought that that was the coolest thing ever that you could ride in the middle of the road and it was okay. We borrowed the little tricycle bike from Nana and brought that with us. You had so much fun playing with the other kids that were camping. Finally we got you to take a nap. It was like 150 degrees in our tent and I thought you were going to die in there though. We had the rain fly practically off and the door wide open so you could get a breeze. While you slept we filled a ton of water balloons up. We filled your wagon plus a cooler full of them. And then we filled up this other cooler type thing and Janelle (Owen & Ava's mom) filled up more in that cooler thing. Once you woke up we had a water balloon fight. The older kids (Owen, Ava, Julian & Nyla) had one bin and the younger kids (You, Riley & Reagan) had the other bin. You guys had a blast.
You loved going down to the water and throwing rocks in for the dogs to go after. You also loved that you could just go over to the swings/sandbox area and play by yourself or with the other kids without mommy or daddy going with you. We could see you right from our campsite. I think you felt like such a big kid. Everyone keeps saying that they think you'd rather have an older brother or sister rather than a baby. I think so too. You just love being able to play with the older kids!
Then once it got dark out grandpa had brought glowsticks from work and all of you kids got to have one. You all ran around with your glowsticks waving them around. You didn't think that they were all that cool though. Later we sat by the fire and had s'mores. It didn't take long for you to fall asleep once daddy went and got "mop" for you to snuggle with.
Sunday morning we got up and hung out for a while. You wanted to ride down the road so we went down and visited Diane & Pat since they were awake. Diane had bought you a fishing pole and gave that to you. It's a Cars fishing pole and has a tire on the end instead of a hook so you can practice until you get the hang of it.
After breakfast we went out on the boat and you were starting to get cranky and you were mad at your life jacket so you took your sunglasses off and threw them into the lake. So no more sunglasses for you. They were your favorite pair too! So I'm sad about that! But on the way back in you were sitting on daddy's lap "driving" the boat and you fell asleep in his arms. So once we got off the boat I laid you down and changed your clothes while you were still sleeping and we headed home.
You were so glad to be home after you woke up from your nap. I thought that you'd be upset about waking up at home to find that you weren't camping anymore, but you seemed quite happy to be there. You were excited to play with all of your toys again and you had no qualms with going to bed either.

I can't wait to take you camping again. You're just so good and you love it so much. The next camping trip that grandpa & grandma have planned is to Welesley in a few weeks, but there won't be other little kids there. Aunt Erin needs to get on the baby making train. You need some more cousins to play with!!

Alright, I better get back to work.
I love you to the moon and back baby.
Love,
Mommy