Jason finished his last day of school on Thursday, and we had a long weekend with no other commitments. Since our birthing class takes up every other Saturday, it was a blessed chance to get out of town and adventure.
We had a birthday party to attend Sat morning in Evergreen, CO which was at a small farm and included a tractor ride, a pony ride, painting, cupcakes, and rocking horses.
We then drove South toward Salida, and South East from there to an area near Westcliffe, CO. We reserved a camping spot for 2 nights and enjoyed the beautiful Sangre de Cristo mountain range. This was a new part of the state for me, and the mountains overhead were so tempting to try and climb.
Great things about the camping trip:
- It was warm, but not too hot, making it one of the most pleasant temperatures we've ever had camping
- Rachel slept in her own sleeping bag through the night (8:15pm until 5:15am) both nights
- The campground was lovely, easy, and campsites were spaced out nicely
- Humbolt Mountain, a 14er, towered close by and tempted us into future plans
- Rachel entertained herself nearby the campsite by throwing rocks, sticks and cones into the river for quite some time.
- I did not go into labor, which would have been a challenge.
- On the way home, we ate at IHOP and a man came to our table and made Rachel an AMAZING balloon giraffe. She loves it!
Not as great things about the camping trip:
- Jason was not feeling well after the 5 hours of driving Saturday and had a horrible headache Saturday night.
- Jason went for a run up to some waterfalls at 11,000ft and back down for 6 miles, but wasn't really able to complete the loop he had wanted - which was 16 miles and included 2 peaks over 13,000ft and quite snowy.
- Getting in and out of a sleeping bag in your last trimester to pee many times is hard when you have no abdominal muscles!
- We went to Canyon City and tried to see the high bridge, but we missed seeing it in the car or on a train due to our timing.
- We dropped our camera on this trip and it is now broken, which means that our iphones are our only current camera option. I have not yet learned how to upload pictures from our phones on to this blog. So our apologies - more pictures will have to come at a later date.
35 weeks pregnant:
I'm starting to be quite big. The baby has dropped down lower and is growing way out in front now. Sleeping is more difficult. Lots of our free time is dedicated to baby appointments, relaxation CDs, birthing class, prenatal exercises, choosing baby names, cleaning up and organizing the baby's room, packing our hospital bag, having Rachel mess up the nursery and unpack our hospital bag, and starting over again.
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