Vacation Time!

Camping in the Oregon Rainforest, I mean, Oregon Coast
Every year we go camping on the Oregon coast with the whole family. Everyone brings their boats and each morning we head out to catch some salmon. And, every year we take a chance with the Oregon Coast weather. This year, we were not so lucky. One day, it rained for 24 hours straight. At one point there were 3 inches of standing water in the campsite, and anything not in the tent was soaking wet.

I do wish we'd have taken more pictures. But honestly it was so wet it was hard to pull out the camera, and when it wasn't, let me tell you, chasing a 13 month old around a campground who is learning to walk is no easy task!

When we went stir crazy in the tent, thank goodness for my Girasol baby carrier, because Rosie spent a lot of time in that thing! There were a couple nice days though, and we did have a chance to go to the beach.

Rosie LOVED the beach! The first day I took her it was too icky to go to the water so we stayed up in the dry sand. She giggled at the sand and loved feeling it in her hands. A couple times she tried to snuggle with it by laying her head down into the sand. Cute little thing was covered in sand.

When we did finally get to the water, it was amazing.


Rosie just loved the ocean! We were not expecting her to want to get in the water so she was wearing jeans!
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But she literally ran toward the water, and would have kept running into the ocean if we hadn't stopped her! She really adored the waves crashing in and the water going under her feet. She made many trips up and down the beach with her Dad.
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It was windy, and in Oregon Coast fashion, there were a ton of kites. Of course, Rosie waves at anything that flies and kites are no exception.
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Our only regret was that we didn't put her in a swimsuit that day!
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Back at camp, Rosie was a fabulous camper. We camped in a tent and she slept in her pack n play. She slept like an angel every night, despite all the sounds of a busy campground. She went to bed at her regular bedtime (sleeping through the night without fail), napped at her regular naptime, and ate all her meals like a champ. She really shocks me with her amazing ability to adapt to any situation.

When it was nice enough, we laid out a tarp so she could hang out on that and play with toys. Toys? This girl knows what's important in life.
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She was disappointed there was no cell phone service though.
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Back home, there was one thing she was waiting for. To hug her best friend Cino.
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Just before leaving for the camp trip, Rosie experienced her first sprinkler play time on the 4th of July.
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She loved dancing in the sprinkler! Look at our little girl go!
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