Mountain Retreat

Jon had to be out of town for work for the first half of my 38th week of pregnancy. We knew this all along, but when the time finally came we were both pretty concerned that #2 would make an early appearance. I'm happy to report that didn't happen and that instead Reed and I spent two of the days/nights up at Grandpa and Grandma's cabin. They have been restoring the upstairs of the cabin all summer and we were officially the first guests to get to spend the night in the newly completed bedrooms and loft. Dodger loves the mountains (not so much the car rides to the mountains) so Reed and I took him along too. To be honest I don't know which of my boys had more fun!!!

It was such a great weekend of talking, eating, sleeping, forest adventures, pumpkin carving, playing, and doing whatever else we felt like. We were spoiled having all of our meals made for us and generally being "taken care of." I tried to narrow down the pictures to share but there are just too many that make me smile. The funny part is that in most of them Reed isn't looking at the camera, but I think that's a pretty accurate depiction of the weekend, he was just on the go the entire time.

The kid had no fear of running off by himself!

Helping Grandpa build a fire

First Bath in the Cabin

Taking the "hard" way through the forest



My other boy enjoying himself

Grandpa's "sunset" chair

Balancing on logs was a huge hit!

Hikes with Grandpa always turn into Scavenger Hunts

Figuring out how to get the pumpkins up the hill

 

Tower Building

Taking a break

Learning how to use binoculars

 

We tried for a few posed shots on the front porch with our jack 'o lantern, but you can see how well that went!