Camping...Attempt #2 - Ink's Lake

Let's try this whole camping with a baby thing again...Hey! this time it worked!

We went to a lake called Ink's Lake which is about 2 hours from San Antonio.  The great thing about Texas is that there is sooo much to do outside.  There are hundreds of state parks and lakes.  Really if you are into the outdoors (and heat), Texas is the place to be.  Jer an I are really looking forward to a little bit older baby and a little bit cooler weather so we can really start to check out some of the cool places nearby.   

We went with out friends the Ashmore's again...pictured below...

We tried the water out for Zac...but he was not having it...

But at least he looked the part with his hat, swim trunks and swim shirt....awesome. 

The water was just a little to cold for our little boy that LOVES the heat.  When we are camping he is in heaven being outside in the heat all day (in the shade of course).  He absolutely loves to be warm.  Seeing that he didn't love the cold lake water, we are excited to see how he does in Grandpa's pool (which is kept so warm that you are probably sweating, you just can't tell because you are in the water...really it is just a giant hot tub...Zac is going to love it!).  Grandpa...we are coming this weekend...make sure that pool is steaming!

We did some boating and as you can see below...Zac was SUPER comfortable in his infant life vest...

Really...he could breath.  In fact, the life vest did an excellent job of holding the binky in his mouth.  As soon as we started moving, he passed out.  I really don't think he even realized he was on the boat.

As far as an update is concerned...our little boy is getting not so little.  Last trip to the doctor he weighed in at a whopping 11 lbs. 8 oz.  HUGE...growing like a weed. 

He has gone from a really good baby to an incredibly fussing baby.  It started literally as soon as he hit one month.  He could put a pubescent 14 year old boy to shame with his gas.  I have tried to eliminate a lot of dairy from my diet to see if that helps, which is hard to tell if it is working because if he is not being held, he fusses.  Very needy...oh well, I guess that is children.  He still sleeps excellent at night so that keeps me pretty happy.

We started putting him in his bumbo the other day.  He takes it like a champ.  He is not the best with head control yet, but he can sit in the seat for a good ten minutes before getting tired from keeping his head up. 

One Month and a Catch Up

So the little bugger is 1 month old!  Time really flies when you are completely immersed in nursing and diaper changes all day long.  I didn't forget to take a picture of the event.

Other big happenings over the last month were 1) his blessing and 2) his first camping trip. 

First his blessing.  We had Zac blessed on July 18th.  Yes only 10 days after his birth.  Why so soon?  Why not...but the real reason was that Jer's parents were in town and we thought it would be cool to have Jer's dad stand in the blessing circle for his first grandchild.

Next was Zac's first camping trip.  We went with our friends the Ashmore's to Canyon Lake which is about 45 minutes from our house.  It really wasn't all that eventful for Zac (or myself as I got sick and stayed in the trailer most of the time).  We don't have an infant life vest so Zac spent most of the day in the trailer with me.  Lame.  We will try to repeat the camping experience in a few weeks when we go to Ink's Lake with the Ashmore's again.

Other than above mentioned events...it is pretty much as I said in the beginning...feeding and diaper changes.

Last trip to the doctor he was doing well.  Healthy boy.  I don't know his stats.  I just know he is healthy.  He is a pretty good baby.  He fusses now and then, but for the most part he is pretty calm.  He sleeps great at night.  Only wakes up once a night to eat...however...he doesn't like to go to bed all that early, usually between 11pm and 1 am.  We are working on it, but at least he sleeps until 9:30 ish for me.  He is now sleeping in his crib.  That's about it. 

Here are a bunch of my favorite pictures that we took over the month.

Church outfit