Camping at Sinks Canyon, WY

Last weekend we got to go on our first camping trip of the season, and Ben decided the place to go was Sinks Canyon by Lander, WY. Excellent choice :) We had great weather, had fun cooking and eating camping food, and made a few small hikes along the Popo Agie river and up to the falls. The river was roaring due to all the run off, which I have to say also made for good background noise while sleeping at night :) Now that Andi is bigger than last camping season, she is no longer sleeping in the cubby next to me, but has now graduated to her own bed. This went pretty well ... naptimes are a little difficult (which is why she ended up asleep in the backpack while hiking one time), and we had to lay next to her until she fell asleep, but then she did great. It was actually pretty comical to see how she puts herself to sleep at night ... she s like a fish on dry land, flopping around trying to get comfortable until she finally crashes.

We have many pictures of our trip, most posted here, but here's a select few:

The fam.



The fam again :)

Mom, Andi and Sage by the campfire

Our cutie

2 little toophies!

Mmm cookie crums, sunscreen and perhaps a few boogies smeared on my face :)

Playing with rocks is fun!

Happy hikers

Having fun on dad's back

Trails, trails, trails :)

Relaxing in the shade with dad.

Today is actually Andi's 15 month 'birthday', so we went to the pediatrician for her checkup...here are her stats :)

Height: 29 3/4 inches (28th %, up from 20th% last time)

Weight: 21 lbs 1 oz (25th%, down from 40th% last time)

Head: 46 1/2 cm

She actually started taking her first few solo steps yesterday (as in: not encouraged...she took some heavily cheerleaded first steps last week :) ), and is becoming more fond of standing on her feet. I still can't really make out any specific words that she says, though I think she says "Sage" when she sees Sage, and "juice" , "that/dat" when she points at things. Though who knows...with two languages as an option there always seems to be a word that her sounds sound like :)

She recently discovered a pack of pencils in one of my drawers, and has been having fun coloring (don't think she shows preference for right or left hand quite yet). Maybe she'll become like me when I was little: always making little drawings and coloring :)

Still only 2 teeth, her bottom teeth, but I think her top two teeth are starting to come in...screaming at night, and swollen gums.