cyampin - it's a long one

4 hours to get there. i sat in the back with the munch and fed her with a bottle, read stories, and played with peetee. she did really well, didn't get upset at all. if only i had a clone for when i need to go places without eric!

right after this scott, eric and i went down the ocean rocks to a little cave that housed the biggest star fish i've ever seen. after a few minutes i heard zoey crying quit loudly and although i knew she wasn't hurt as she was with my kristin, i went traversing the rocks yelling "i'm coming, i'm coming!" at the speed of light. poor kristin was traumatized because i had forgotten to check if zoey was hungry before i left, and also had forgotten to tell kristin that she tends to "choke" when she cries hard.

the car floor was a good place to sleep in her snuggle nest (portable bed) because it was warm and quiet. we, of course, happened to camp next to the loudest family on earth.

campsite was beautiful, right on the inlet from the ocean. across the way we saw a bald eagle in the top of a tall pine tree. eric and scott launched the kayaks right from our campsites rocky shore.

by the fire, she fell asleep wrapped up tight. eric wondered if watching the fire too long is like watching the sun too long, for an infant.

for the first time, the benevides's were up in the morning before the javai.

zoey helped her Godparents make camp cakes the morning after our first evening stuffed in a tent.

cuddly

sweet

kristin has really nice shoulders, especially when they're wrapped in kermit the frog.

campsite haven. those are kristin and scott's kayaks. love the reflection across the water.

it was bright, she was a good girl wearing her japanese looking sunhat. so cute.

she liked when her feet touched the sand. i wouldn't reccomend doing this when you're camping however because it takes quite a lot of wipes to get the sticky beach sand out from between a baby's toes!

eric, the marine biologist. he should really have a show on television. everyone on the beach (it was a nice quiet place with only about three groups of people other than us) came to see this moon snail enveloping a quahog. freaky! slimey.

no, the carrier is not "intended" for the back but it sure feels better to us, and she loves it. eric was looking for that bald eagle we saw.

peekaboo. she actually was really comfortable, or at least she appeared to be.

crazy sock hands

what do you mean i have to stay here another night?! at least tell the campers next door to stop yelling "zoey" at their dog named zoey. sheesh.

heehee

constructing tarp town it was to rain the second night, and it did. good thing we had tarp town!

munchkin in a sweater hood

i have to sleep where?

diaper liners hung from the apple trees

family is fun. i'm so lucky to have these two in my life.

the car ride back was equally enjoyable. it was a happy surprise to us all i think. look at the sweet hair.