Wilderness Explorers

We just returned home from a four day trip to the Greanya cabin in Northern Michigan. This was Mady's first overnight excursion and she did really well. We played lots of games, went for walks, and sat around a camp fire. We enjoyed visiting Carrie's Aunt Charmaine and Uncle Del, her cousins Nicole, Jared, and Anna, Jared's wife, Mariah, and Mariah's Father, Ken. Nicole's cats Legolas and Maximus Decimus Meridius (aka Dogfood) were also there. It was a very full cabin! Anna, Jared and Ken caught lots of fish (trout, bass, and bluegill). Uncle Del fried them up and we had a fish feast before we left. It was amazing. That was my first time having fish fresh from a lake.

We were worried that Mady wouldn't sleep well in an unfamiliar environment, but she actually slept much better (and so did we consequently) at the cabin than she does here. We had some problems the first night because our bed was really creaky. We had Mady in a little crib in our room, when she woke, we could get her down again pretty easily, but when Carrie or I climbed back into bed, the creaking would wake her again. On the second night, we just had her join us in our bed after she woke the first time, and that worked really well. On the third night, we woke to find her in bed with us in the morning and neither of us remembered bringing her there (I still think Carrie must have done it). Madelyn discovered some new facial expressions over the weekend that she kept everyone entertained with. She can now make a fish face and poutty face. One of the pictures on the right looks like a combination of the two. :)

There are a few more cabin pictures posted in the June Album. It was great to have such a successful trip with the baby. It gives us a lot more confidence about our upcoming trip to Cleveland for Steven and Krista's wedding this weekend.