GATOR-DADER

After our great adventure camping with the trailer the first time, we decided to do it again. This time it was a lot closer in Wolf Creek where the Allreds camp during the bow hunt every year. We pull in to the entrance of the campgrounds where those weird outdoor bathrooms are and stretch. Carley wakes up and cries. I take her out of her car seat. "Wow, she must be really sweaty from that car seat," I think to myself as I feel her wet back. I look at it and realize her onsie is filled with yellow mush. She had a blowout that went clear up to her shoulders and got all over the carseat. The good news is that the car seat has a little insert part that is optional so we were able to just take that part out and continue to use the carseat without having it smell like poo. Once I realized my baby was covered in her own filth, I started walking towards the trailer to change her and bathe her with wipes. There was an older couple at the restroom area. The woman saw my baby and proceeded towards my little bundle of ooze. As she was walking she had her hand up and ready to pat the baby on the back while asking how old she is. Of course I stopped her hand from making contact with the soaked onsie still attached to my baby, but perhaps it would have been more entertaining to see her face after she touched it and continued to attempt such pleasantness. heh heh.
Baby is clean, we proceed to our actual campsite and park the trailer. It really is quite beautiful. Mountain peaks, wild flowers, and pine trees. I step out and take a deep breath. It smells like.... trees.... but stinky trees. Like the little car airfreshener that looks like a tree had fermented. It was really strange. Luckily it was only in one spot. Once everyone had arrived and were settled, we had a great time. Cody LOVES playing with his cousin. Kim (Brian's sister) and her family came. She has 3 boys and 1 girl 2 months older than Carley. Cody calls her kids his boys. We had sloppy joes for dinner and later had marshmallows in the campfire. Cody declared he was tired so his dad took him into the trailer and got him to sleep. I was shocked. He always makes me put him to bed. It was great - until later. He woke up around 2ish in the morning crying. We were desperately trying to make him shut up before he woke up the baby but it turned into a yell cry. Brian and I got SO mad because then we had two kids screaming and I was starting to have a meltdown since I didn't know what to do. Cody just fell right back to sleep but the baby took FOR EV ER to settle down again and go to sleep. Phew. Peacefulness. sleep. sleeeeeep..... Cody wakes up crying again. This time I pulled Cody in bed with me as Brian and I were both starting to lose our temper and Brian swung the carseat holding Carley back and forth like a swing until she went back to sleep. Brian slept on a different bed and Cody slept fine the rest of the night. I told Brian I was never camping again.
The next day was fine. Brian and I were grumpy from being mad at Cody but we got over it and Cody went off to play in the dirt and pee in his pants. Again. After breakfast and a failed attempt for a nap everyone went fishing except for me and the baby, Kim and her baby, and Sherry. I tried getting baby to sleep for probably an hour but she couldn't seem to fall asleep without her swing. She FINALLY fell asleep but only stayed asleep for about ten minutes. So I took her over to Ed and Sherrys motorhome and watched the rest of Mama Mia with Kim and Sherry. Cody had a lot of fun fishing but didn't want to touch any of the fish. Did I mention he peed his pants again? I almost ran out of clothes for him.
That night went much more smoothly. Cody woke up crying and I just brought him in bed with us. Carley didn't wake up even though he was really loud. This time I slept on the other bed while Cody stayed in my spot in the big bed. The las day was more enjoyable. Brian made sure to keep Cody busy so I could nurse the baby and keep her happy. Well- Brian kept him busy the whole time. so it was good.
Funny story- the boys made a fort off in the woods that they liked to go to. On the last day we were there Brian went to check it out. He saw some water bottles lying around. Brian told them to pick it up and throw it away or something and the kids said, "We pee in those bottles and then dump the pee out around our fort. We're marking it." Brian told them not to do that anymore. The kids are 12, 6, 4- almost 5 and then Cody who is almost 3. I don't think the 12 yr old had anything to do with it. I hope not anyway. Still need to tell their mom about that one. haha.

Welp, we surved another camping trip. Cody LOVED it and was totally covered in dirt everday. We are planning how to work out the next camping trip the end of August for the bow hunt.

PS Cody calls Gatorade gatordader. it's funny.