Castle Chronicles

Another Colorado RCUS Family Camp has come and gone.  We headed out to Golden Bell Campground around 3pm on Thursday, and arrived with baby refusing any semblance of an afternoon nap.  We set up the tent, only to realize we once again didn't have any tent stakes (we think that's happened every time --- at least, every time that we've brought a tent since last year we forgot that our tent was in storage).  Thankfully, we were able to borrow some tent stakes.  With everything set up, we headed to the lodge where the non-campers stay to make dinner and attend services.  We finally got little c to take a short, short catnap during the worship service.  There was supposed to by a hymn sing after the service, but the crowd disappeared into the great outdoors so we ended up just  hanging out.  M took C back to the tent for bed around 9pm, and C gave in around 9:45.  J returned to the tent around 10, and we passed a relatively good night in the ten...

We went to the Colorado Renaissance Festival on Saturday.  We could not have asked for a better day.  It was partly cloudy with a few cool off sprinkles here and there.  Little c did great, even without naps.  We wandered around, going up hills in hopes of speeding our friend into labor (she's due on Wednesday).  J took a record number of photos with small children, and even got his armor fondled by a few of them...  M only managed to get a couple compliments from onlooking gentlemen, while little c got many compliments on her cuteness. And if one day without naps wasn't enough, we pushed little c's limits even farther on Sunday.  After church, we went to a new family's house out on the eastern plains.  J rode zip-lines, horses, climbed a homemade rock wall, and generally had an awesome 1st Father's Day.  M desperately tried to get c to nap in a playpen provided by the host family, and failed.  M finally gave up after c rolled arou...

all about c little c had her 6 month wellness check-up this morning.  she weighed in at 14 pounds, 26 inches long, and has a head circumference of 16.75 inches (it's like an orange on a toothpick --- no wonder the poor girl has a hard time keeping her head up).  she's now grabbing for everything within reach and "swimming" to try to get things just out of reach.  mom is very happy to be sporting short hair and has gone back to wearing contacts to avoid glasses getting shlobbered (yes, i really mean shlobbered).  teething looks as though it promises to be a long and slow process according to the doctor's analysis of c's gum line.  she's close to sitting on her own, but she prefers to practice standing.  she still doesn't talk to herself in the mirror but she does reach out to grab that cute baby staring at her with a wide open mouth.  she's healthy, growing, and mostly content (as long as she gets to do what she wants). she doesn't often...