Bailey's first camping trip (23 weeks)

This week we headed over to Lake Roosevelt for the 4th of July weekend. We stayed with a friend Joel, on his parent's property... along with Vic and Jeanie, Joel's fun and generous parents. Joel's girlfriend Kayla was there too, along with a fishing buddy Dave...the boys went out everyday and provided the meat for multiple meals. Walleye is YUMMY fried! So are Bass fish tacos. We also got to meet Vic and Jeanie's good friends Dale and Judith- such nice people!

Ryan's 'monster' fish!

(Actually, the smallest fish of the trip)

This was Bailey's first camping trip- we were kind of nervous, wondering how he would do in the open air with other dogs. But he did SO great! He stayed off-leash all weekend and treated us like we were his pack leaders-always keeping an eye on us but running around and sniffing like one of the big dogs. His favorite thing was the beach- he ran up and down the sand with a giant grin on his face. Even though he knows how to swim, it is not his favorite thing and will only go in the water if you put him there. The funniest thing was watching him bark at the waves as they broke on the beach.

Ryan putting Bailey in the water for a dip...

you can see his legs already 'swimming'!

Bailey...the VERY dirty white dog!

Each day we drove into town to replenish the ice in our coolers...Bailey loves rides but usually doesn't like to go faster than 25-30mph...not out in the country! He enjoyed the wind in his face all the way to 50-60mph! 

What a relaxing and restful weekend! Despite all the relaxation, we all left tired out whether it was from the early mornings fishing, the swims in the cold Lake Roosevelt water, the sunbathing, or all that pretending to be a big dog...we headed home on July 5th looking forward to a warm shower and a clean bed!

Bailey was so tired on the way home he even turned

down an apple core, one of his favorite 'treats'!

Baby B did great on the trip too:) I slept okay camping, not any worse than I have been in my own bed at home- so I really can't complain. I'm now surviving on Zantac 3 times a day for the heartburn and this belly is really getting in the way of comfort...and I still have FOUR months to go/grow! I think I might have had my first Braxton-Hicks contraction while walking on the beach. I had to stop and breath for a minute and my uterus was rock hard...beyond the normal firmness. I'll have to ask the mid-wife about that next week at our appointment. I also discovered that those round inflatable floatation devices will allow a pregnant woman to lay in the sun on her belly:)!! I made everyone laugh with that one but it has been months since I've laid on my stomach and it felt SO good! Baby B now weighs over 1.5lbs and can really slow down a roadtrip with kicks to the bladder that make us stop frequently! And when you combine those bladder shots with daddy making mommy laugh...those stops can sometimes be so urgent the side of the road has to do...and despite all of that, we're hoping to do more camping this summer!