Mother's Day & Camping along the Buffalo

Even though I have been lax on the blogging, I cannot let my special Mother's Day pass without a mention as to how great it was and how blessed I feel to have my sweet family. Last year's MD was a blur with a one month old, so this really felt like my first one. When I woke up, Blake brought Lily in - after changing her of course - to snuggle and play in our bed while he fixed a gourmet breakfast complete with poached eggs and a noble attempt at hollandaise sauce. He also had a very sweet card (that he and Lily picked out together) and several wonderful surprises. The rest of the day was spent with family and we enjoyed every minute of it. I am so thankful to have such a precious daughter and Godly husband. They both bring so much joy to my life and I pray that I can be just as much of a blessing to them.

The following weekend, we met several other couples to camp along the Buffalo River. We had our reservations considering a dismal weather forecast, but decided to go ahead and give it a go. This was Lily's 4th time to camp, but the first time to go for two nights in a row and also the first time where I felt like she was old enough to know what was going on around her - these thoughts made me a little nervous about how our sleeping arrangements would work.

The rain kept itself to one night and was gone by morning - so that was a huge relief. When the storm rolled in I was pretty tense, but Lily slept through almost every minute of the strong winds and distant lightening - only waking once to craw into my sleeping bag and grab me like a koala bear before grinning and going back to sleep.

All in all we had a wonderful time and brought home a very exhausted 1 year old whose only damage from the weekend was a couple of mosquito bites - despite my best efforts with the clip on OFF fan and "natural" bug repellent.

This was right before we left. Can you say "I'm over it?".