22 and 23 weeks!

Me at 22w6d

Wow, where is the time going these days!?!?  Today I am 23w2d pregnant and couldn't be more excited for where God has me!  I am extremely blessed and am loving every minute of being pregnant, especially when little Cameron blesses me with his kicks- they truly are the best!  So excited for our little guy and cannot wait to meet him in less than 4 months!

Other than being pregnant, we have been really busy with life lately.  The weekend before last we had a baby shower for some close friends of ours (they are having a boy too!), got to meet Lloyd's best friend's son Jacob (who was only 10 days old at the time and so very cute and precious!), and celebrated my dad's birthday and spent some good quality time with him and my step mom before making the trek home. 

On the way home we stopped at Walmart to stock up on our camping supplies we needed for this past weekend's adventures.  We also relaxed a little that evening by enjoying a little happy hour action at a local restaurant, American Road Trip (delicious burgers and great beer prices for Lloyd), and a movie to close out the weekend.

Lloyd with view from campsite

This past weekend we went camping!!  It was so much fun- so much so that we are looking into doing another weekend here in the upcoming month or so!  We went to one of our favorite destinations (Idyllwild) but stayed at a new site this time (we have stayed at Dark Canyon in the past and love it). 



View from campsite

We arrived at Marion Mountain Campground (which is also the start of a nice trek to the top of Mt. San Jacinto- a hike Lloyd and I have done 3 times, once being from this trailhead) on Friday around 12 p.m.  We were quickly greeted by the Forest Ranger who also had a lot of helpful information about the surrounding sites (he highly recommended Boulder Basin which is where we will likely go next).  Once done talking to the ranger we unpacked the car and setup camp before relaxing for a little while.

Sunset from campsite (Friday)

Later that evening we decided to walk down to Dark Canyon.  We knew it was about 2 1/2 miles but thought we would do it anyways.  It ended up being a long walk but am so glad we did it.  Thankfully we ran into a nice fellow camper at Dark Canyon who gave us some water as the campground does not have any safe drinking water and our walk home was all uphill with about 1,100 ft elevation gain.

Sunset from hike

Back at camp we made turkey burgers and baked beans for dinner, got the camp fire going, and watched a beautiful sunset!  We finished the evening with s'mores and relaxing next to the fire before calling it a night.

Love the pine cones on the trees!

Saturday was very relaxing...we mad breakfast, walked up the trail to an old log cabin, read part of our book together (And Baby Makes Three: Babyproofing Your Marriage), played cards, made lunch and dinner (sandwiches and tacos, respectively), relaxed, sat on top a rock and saw a beautiful sunset, and had a camp fire and made banana boats and s'mores.

Sunset from hike (Sat)

Sunday was more or less the same as the previous two days...we woke up, had some coffee/hot chocolate, packed up our stuff, did some more reading, and walked down to another campground (Fern Basin...probably our least favorite out of the three but glad we checked it out) before heading home. 

God truly has me (and us) in a great spot right now!  I am so so thankful for the journey He has us on and find myself daydreaming of all the things we have to look forward to in the upcoming months!  On my walks (which I try to take at least once per day, if not twice) I think about what my days will look like as a stay-at-home mom, the things I look forward to doing with Cameron (going for walks, hiking, going to the park, church, moms groups, library, and just hanging out at home), what our schedule might look like, things I want us to do as a family, etc.  Life truly is so good right now!  My heart is full of joy, happiness, and love!  All thanks to God who has brought me to this point in our journey and the blessing of being able to enjoy being pregnant and the hope and joy in meeting our son very soon!