Some Call It Brave

Most would call it just plain crazy!!

With just 2 1/2 weeks to go I braved the cold, hard ground and went camping! Okay, well not the hard ground, I used Chris's cot. But I did brave the cold! Every year Chris and I go camping with my brother Keith and his wife Natalie. This was year #4. I didn't want to miss out just because I was pregnant and it was either go camping at 8 months pregnant or go camping with a newborn. I chose pregnant.

It was an eventful trip for sure. To make a long story short, our original camping spot was crap! You had to put your tent on gravel! It was ridiculous. So we spent the first night in a hotel in durango. Good thing too because it poured rain that night. We ended up finding a really nice place the next day and enjoyed the rest of our camping trip...for the most part. Ava got really sick the first night (in the hotel) and was sick the rest of the trip. The first night we camped she threw up twice and ended up sleeping with Chris on the ground instead of her pack and play. (poor Chris! Ava is the worst to sleep with!) The second, and last, night we camped was much like the first without the throw up. Oh, and it was FREEZING! But during the day we had a good time. Here are a few pictures from the trip. Ava really loves being outside and had a good time playing in the dirt and on the rocks.

Keith's big 30th birthday was strategically planned so it happened on our camping trip, far away from any possible surprise party!

Keith's surpise face! (He picked them out a while ago!)
It's not a Morgan/Shideler camping trip without Keith giving me his "I'm too sexy" butt pose! Here the boys are getting ready to go fishing.

Unfortunately the fishing here was terrible, but Keith enjoyed soaking up a few rays on the pier.

Ava and I also trying to soak up the rays while dad and uncle Keith (keek, as Ava called him) fished.

Ava and Dad (either morning or bedtime, I'm not sure)
And as luck would have it the radio worked fine so the boys were able to listen to Game 2 of the NBA finals. Lucky us!

I just realized I have no pictures of Natalie from our camping trip. You can thank me later, Natalie! :)
Thanks for the good time guys. Looking forward to next year already!