The central struggle of parenthood is to let our hopes for our children outweigh our fears.

-Ellen Goodman

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Camping at Pawnee Lake


We didn't have great weather on Friday night or Sunday morning, but Saturday was beautiful!  Parker spent a majority of the weekend doing this...
She slept through the night on Friday and woke up happy Saturday morning.  She was her cheery little self for the morning and fell asleep at about 10:00 am.  Marshall and Eli went fishing so I read my book for a while.  I figured Parker would wake up by lunchtime for sure. Here she is at 12:30 pm...
So I continued reading my book and doing various things around the campsite thinking at any moment she would wake up.  Didn't happen.  Here's a different vantage point, but she's still zonked out in the stroller.
I couldn't believe how long she slept.  It was the perfect temperature outside though.  About 75 degrees and just the slightest breeze.  Great weather for sleeping outside.  Eventually Parker did decide to wake up.  
She just loves lounging in the stroller and watching her big brother be silly.  She's really found her voice and tries to talk back to him.  He loves to make her smile.
Marshall and Eli had a great time fishing.  He got a few shoulder rides.  I know next year Eli will probably be too big for shoulder rides and Parker definitely won't be taking long naps in the stroller.  She'll be on the move!

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