Camping Pt. 2 and a Drew update too

Before I move on to the more pleasant part of our camping trip, let me update you on the status of Drew's hands. (The picture is courtesy my sister shortly after the hospital visit).

We got into his pediatrician first thing Monday morning. Drew HATES the doctor's office and the screaming commenced when we entered the parking lot and neared the building. It continued until Daddy and Drew left toward the end of the appointment.

The doctor said the hands were not as bad as he expected so he was happy with that. But he said the healing to take more like 2-3 weeks, and not the 10-days the ER doctor told us. We are to continue doing what we're doing, keeping his little blistered hands wrapped in the burn cream until they're healed. We can stop giving him the liquid vicodin too, and move to Motrin (of course go back to Vicodin if needed.) We go for a follow-up appointment in 2 weeks.

OK now onto the fun stuff!!

We arrived at our favorite place, Gold Country Campground around lunchtime on Thursday, and began the grueling process of setting up 2 tents and a trailer (Aunt Lisa, Jimmy & Cousin Kady were there with us too). The temps were pushing 90, so we managed to have a few beers in the set-up process.

OK so we didn't let Kady have much more than the condensation, but hey she should enjoy a cold one too.

How did Drew pass the time after setting everything up? As any toddler would do - playing in the dirt of course!


Grammy came to our rescue with some good clean fun - bubbles!


Other fun things to do - chase balls! We were smarter this time, and found a campsite that had either a fence or a screen room to catch the balls. Last trip they went about 300 yards or more downhill. Kady was just itching to play too.


Later on Thursday night, Uncle Matt and his girlfriend Rana and her daughter Adrina came up. It was a mellow night of enjoying the calm, and campfire. Dave was still at home since he had a Friday meeting at work. We all had a nice relaxing night.

Then came Friday... the day started out really calm and and easy. Some playdough, conversation and cards. Here Matt's girlfriend Rana & her daughter Adrina play Go Fish.


This photo was snapped just moments before Drew took a dive into the firepit. I happened to be capturing a few candids while Drew was happily chasing a ball up and down the campsites. I'll have the final look at our trip for tomorrow's blog.