Midnight Musings

Evan had his first camping experience this past weekend. Not only was it camping, it was also primitive camping. Kim and I went camping with our college friends and in college we always went camping in John's Mountain National Forest, mainly because it was free. Our normal spot off of the road and across a little creek was occupied (first time that has happened in the eight years I've been camping there) so we found another secluded spot that was about a half mile up a winding gravel road with several hairpin turns. The spot was actually pretty cool. It was on the very tip-top of a ridgeline, but I did miss the creek a bit. Also having to hike the camping equipment and Evan's fat little butt 100 yards up a hill to get to the spot from the nearest realistic parking was a bit of a pain, but it was worth it.

Evan was an excellent camper. It gave us a great excuse to use a camping outfit we've had for Evan since before he was born. And he didn't cause any major problems. He did wake up and pitch a fit around 3 a.m., but it wasn't for very long and Kim was able to calm him down easily. We think she bumped him in the dark while she was trying to get him situated to nurse in the dark. He was fine with random friends of ours that he had never seen holding him. He was also perfectly fine with random dogs licking his feet. He was even appropriately enthralled with the campfire until he fell asleep.

On non-camping news, Evan has started to be able to sit up a bit on his own. We can put him in the seat of shopping carts without his carseat and we can sit him down on the couch or or laps an he'll play with his feet. He's also starting to get REALLY chatty.