Our Camping Experience

Oregon was foggy indeed, on the coast that is, and it was awesome. I took some pictures of the fog but it doesn't do it justice. As the trip grew Darren was increasingly resistant to sitting in the carseat. We finally gave in and bought a forward facing booster seat. Now he doesn't scream at all which is a relief to his chauffeur.

We slept in a tent and Darren slept in his crib. Our tent was big enough to accommodate such an arrangement. We slept a couple of nights in the rv with mom & dad. It was convenient having the rv since I am still breastfeeding. Even with everyone talking around the campfire he slept through it all. He never woke up once the whole trip. He has figured out that he wants the same food that everyone else eats so that was a problem but we've started his feeding routine at meal times. He eats cereal and gerber food and he loves it but nothing compares to breastmilk.

Darren met his great grandmother Stewart, great uncle Ray, and great aunt Kathy on the Oregon coast and he loved every minute of it. He giggled at gramma's dog when it barked. It was an enjoyable visit.

It was cold at night so we had to bundle Darren in heavy outfits. The one picture of Uncle Jason and Darren was taken because I found Darren a shirt almost like Jason's so they would match. Darren's middle name is after his uncle's name and he's his only related uncle so it was a special find for me to buy.

On the way back home we met lots of people for camping on Whidbey Island. We did the usual visit to Fort Casey and Anacortes and had basically a great time. We took over two campsites because there were 16 of us. I reserve the campsites every year on the same weekend and we'll be doing it again next year I'm sure. Darren will be 17 months next time we go so that'll be exciting for us.