Thursday at Skamania

On Thursday we woke up to a beautiful day. But of course we didn't know that because it was still dark out! Daddy was down at his meeting by 7 a.m. and Lauren and I were in town by 7:45. Stevenson, WA is VERY small, but we found a little ma and pop restuarant for breakfast. The view was great.


Then we made a pit stop at the grocery store and back to the lodge. The photo opportunity on the front lawn of the lodge was too good to pass up!






Then it was off to the room for a bottle and a nap. When Lauren got up we decided to have a change of scenery and took a blanket to plop outside. On the way we ran into Heath's wife and daughter, Erica and Karin. (Heath works for AFRC as well.) It was so nice to talk to another woman that gave up her career to be a stay-at-home mommy. AND to have a conversation with another adult was nice as well!

Karin liked Lauren's toys and thankfully Lauren liked Karin's. So the girls got along great!

The view was great for the moms. It was the first time Lauren had to wear sunscreen!

Karin is 11 months (1 year on May 2nd). She weighed what Lauren currently weighs at almost 10 months! Karin toddles quite a bit, while Lauren is trying to sit up more and more on her own.

Lauren took a nap for about a half hour, but woke up grumpy. So she went back down for another 45 minute nap, which mommy had to wake her from to make it to the banquet! We had to hurry to get dressed in our fancy clothes! She was soooooo good. She sat in a highchair (that was a first for one of that kind) for most of the dinner. It was so nice of her to let us have a nice dinner without interruption!

Ross' (Jake's coworker in Eugene) wife Melodee was nice enough to take some pics for mommy.

Finally at 8:15 before the comedian started, mommy took Lauren to the room. (I didn't want to have to excuse myself during the performance.) It was already past her bedtime and we didn't want to gamble any longer! But once we got to the room, she didn't want to shut her glassy eyes! She was up until 8:45, which is late for Miss Lauren. Overall it was a good first "vacation".