28 and 29 Weeks: 3rd Trimester is Here!!

Baby Bump- 29 weeks!

That's right- as of last week, I am officially in my 3rd trimester!! 

Today, I am 29w2d pregnant and overall feeling pretty good!  My biggest complaint right now is that my hips hurt really bad at night while sleeping and I inevitably wake up in so much pain that I have to switch to sleeping reclined in our bed. 

Other than that, I love being pregnant (feeling little Cameron kick is the absolute best!) and am thankful that I am still walking every day (sometimes up to 2 hours total, between a walk in the morning and in the evening)!

Our campsite!

Not too much has been going on pregnancy-wise.  This past weekend Lloyd and I took advantage of having a weekend of no plans and went camping!  We decided to check out a new campsite up in Idyllwild (Boulder Basin).  We headed up there early on Friday, arriving around noon.  We had reserved site 23 but quickly decided that we liked site 27 better, so we made the switch since it was available.

Unfortunately, it was not the ideal weekend to go camping.  It was cold and windy on Friday.  After setting up camp we took a walk around the campground to explore.  We spontaneously decided that we wanted to walk up to the lookout tower (it's a tower that has volunteers running it daily to check for wildfires in the area).  The sign said it was only 1/4 mile so we thought we would go up there and check it out (it was probably closer to 1/2 mile each way and a very steep uphill getting there...starting elevation was 7,300 ft; ending elevation was 7,700+ ft).

29 weeks pregnant and at 7,772 ft elevation!

Once at the tower we met the volunteers.  To our surprise it was a retired married couple from Yorba Linda (we could literally throw a rock from our old condo and hit their house!).  We enjoyed talking to them and learning all about the fire tower and volunteer opportunity...in fact, we took a card to explore more into this option (something that Lloyd and I can do a few years down the road!)!

Back at camp we made dinner (turkey burgers and baked beans), had a camp fire (and ate s'mores), and called it a night around 9 pm.  That night was rough (even sleeping on an air mattress!).  It was cold and windy all night and neither of us got a great night of sleep. 

View from Fire Tower Lookout hike (on the way up)

We did end up sleeping, off and on, until about 7:30 am.  Once up, Lloyd got the fire started.  We enjoyed it for a little while until being frustrated at the variable wind direction and smoke blowing in every direction.  After the fire we took a walk down to get water (0.9 mile each way).  On the way back we had a nice conversation with the camp ranger and our next door neighbors (nice couple from Beaumont).

Back to our site we made breakfast...breakfast burritos- yum!!  We relaxed for quite some time and then decided to hike to the group camp, about 1.5 miles down the road.  On the way to our destination we saw some Yellow Post sites...we'll have to check those out next year!  The group camp was very secluded and peaceful!  The hike was beautiful and it was great to get out and away from camp (and get some exercise too!)!

View of Morongo Casino and valley from Fire Lookout Tower

After our trek, we arrived back to a cold and windy campsite.  We were both wondering what to do (whether to stay or go home) as the weather was only getting worse.  Ultimately, we decided to pack most things up, make dinner, enjoy the camp fire, and head home around 9 pm.  It just wasn't worth another night of being cold and not sleeping well. 

So, that's exactly what we did.  We made burritos (chicken, black beans, corn, and cheese on a whole wheat flour tortilla) for dinner, enjoyed the camp fire, ate some s'mores, and called it good.  We left around 8:30 pm and started the drive home.  Thankfully we did as it rained on the way home and the next morning the weather was showing 29 degrees in the mountains (and looked very ominous!).

Besides our camping adventure, this week is really exciting as I have our baby shower this Saturday!!  I'm so excited to see everyone (some friends and family will be there that I haven't seen in a long time) and to see all the great things that we will get for little Cameron!  We are truly so blessed to have everyone in our life and so excited for this little guy's arrival!!!