Camping

Dave and I have been talking and we figured with a family of (soon-to-be) four (with two boys), we would need to branch out on our vacation plans. So we bought a tent and pledged to make it an (at the very least) annual excursion. Our good friends Matt and Becky and Tim and Sheri also packed up their cars and kids and we all headed down to Cardiff-by-the-Sea for our first try as campers with kids. In the days leading up to our trip the kids all got a little sick. We decided to push through, try it out and figured worst case scenario that we could pack it all up and head back home.

3 families, 3 kids, 3 surfboards, 3 bikes, 3 carloads of more stuff than we could ever possibly need on a 2 day camping trip!

While the men set up camp we enjoyed the new sights and lots and lots of dirt.

I requested a fairly large tent that we could grow into. Levi had his own "room" with his pack 'n play and we had enough room on our side for a queen size air mattress. (I'm sure people will say that's not camping but keep in mind that I am 5 months pregnant please!!)

Dinner time!

After dinner stroll along the bluffs.

Up and ready for some surfing!

Levi was ready for his first surf lesson.

Unfortunately our "worst case scenario" came into play. Levi (and the other two kiddos) went right to sleep around 7:30 that night. We all held our breath and couldn't believe our good luck. We enjoyed s'mores by the fire and some great conversation and then called it a night. About a half hour later Levi woke up and refused to go back to sleep. We tried rocking him, more food, cuddling in our bed, a 2am walk around the campsite in the stroller.... no luck. We finally got him back to sleep around 2:30 and he made it until 5:30 when the sun came up. Levi is a 12 hour a night sleeper usually so this poor guy was a wreck the next day. He was definitely not feeling well and wouldn't nap and was making us all a little miserable. Not to mention that this pregnant Mama needs more than three hours of sleep too! We stuck it out through lunchtime and then put him in the car seat and headed back home. He slept the entire way and has been sick ever since. :( We were sad to leave but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. We'll definitely try it again and think that it can (and will) be successful in the future. And we still had a ton of fun with great friends on a new adventure!!!