6 months old and happy campers

This week was a busy week. We went to the doctor and went camping as well as took professional pictures. Jim's company was closed for the week, so we took advantage.

Tucker weighs 19 pounds and 2 oz and is 27 inches long. Whitney is 15 pounds 11 oz and 25 3/4 inches tall. They still hate their shots, but did better with them. It seemed to only do a mild fever for a few hours and a lot less grumpyness.

We went camping for two nights up a canyon near our house. Most of the pictures explain what we did. We set up camp, used the dutch oven, went hiking and kayakin,g and made it through the night with only waking up 3 times the first night then 1 time the next night (a record I would love to have at home). I learned a few things about keeping them warm at night. The babies even slept through a big thunderstorm. If you've ever been through heavy rain and thunder in a tent, that is a feat. They were tired. From the pictures you might realize why they were so tired.

The first four pictures are from the portrait studio. We printed off the best pictures and will pass those along. We don't want to give away the cute ones yet!! The next one is Whitney with her hat wet after hiking to a waterfall with Daddy. Whitney really likes to reach out and pull things toward her now and there is a picture of her exploring a pine tree and its needles. Tucker had a hard time actually taking naps during nap time. Too much excitement in the tent, so he fell asleep on our hike. Here he is relaxing in the pack once we got back. I couldn't wake him up for anything. One night I bathed them and Tucker wouldn't sit in the bucket, but had fun with the washcloth. The next picture is the babies waking up at 7 am, right on schedule, but Daddy wasn't wanting to get up that early. The next on is Daddy feeding Tucker at the base of the waterfall. Whitney was ready for bed, basically wearing her sleeping bag, sitting in Mommy's camp chair and looking very cute in the next picture. Tucker is in the next picture, checking out the lake's waves. The next picture is of Whitney. The neighbor brought over an exersaucer that she absolutely loved. This was the day before we left for camping and she was glad to play in it again when she got home. This is a good expression of how much she likes to play with toys. The next picture is everyone helping Daddy figure out how to put up the new tent that we had to get to fit two pack 'n plays in. Whitney is sure if she eats the instructions the secret will come out in ink that is activated by slobber. The next shot is a front view of Tucker playing in the lake. The last picture is of Whitney, taking her bath in the bucket. I love we caught her smile!!

It was really fun to take the babies camping for the first time and we had fun being together this week that Jim had off work. Until next week...enjoy!