It most definitely has been awhile

Ok a lot has happened in the many weeks it has been since I last blogged....

Stella is now crawling...she can cross the room a lot faster then we can keep up with.  We are having to remember how we "blocked" access to various areas within our house previously when Luke was at this stage.  It is actually funny how we go about it.  We moved into this house when Luke was the same age Stella currently is and our conversations seem to go "oh remember this is how we did this" or "this is how we made sure Luke didn't bonk his head on the fireplace".

Luke being a precocious two year old makes sure to let his sister know what not to do...the kid can repeat anything we say with the right inflection and tone. It is a little scary at times.  He also can be a little bossy but at least the kid knows what he wants and how he wants it.

So last week we took a big family vacation and went camping.  We went to my family's favorite camping site near Yosemite.  We had a blast.  At first we had thought perhaps Stella and I wouldn't go since things at work are just so chaotic but I said screw that I'm going and I'm taking Stella with me.  We missed the trip last year as I was just too pregnant to deal with sleeping in a tent and using pit toilets.  This year was our fifth trip and my Dad, Uncles and Cousins 10th year.  My family actually has been going to this area since the 50's. It is always fun to hang out, sit around the fire and spend time together in the outdoors.  The kids loved it.