Michael took Grace up to the Brevard area for another attempt at camping. Over a year ago, we attempted to take Grace camping (you can read about it here ) and it did not go so well. Michael has been chomping at the bit to take her again and he finally got his chance!

The trip was filled with Grace's new favorite hobby, fishing. 

They also hiked, ran, ate WAY too much ice cream and made memories she will remember for a lifetime!

I know yall (yes I am from the South) have been anxiously waiting to hear about the rest of our weekend. First of all let me thank those of you who texted, called and messaged me to see how Grace was doing! It means to much to know we have great friends that really care!

Well after our scare on Friday night, Grace woke up, after sleeping on her Daddy on all night, ready for the day! She was still wheezing slightly, but nothing like the night before. I kept giving her tylenol and rubbing Vicks on her chest and neck. 

Now I am about to show a lot of pictures, but how cute are the many faces of Baby Grace!!

I would love to know what she was thinking during some of these pictures?!?!

The rest of the evening was full of family, friends, corn-hole, fire, food and lots of fun because it was Grace's Uncle Justin's Birthday!

Thank you Uncle Justin for letting us crash on your couch and spend your special day with you! Happy Birthday! We love you!

Fall is here in South Carolina and it just makes you want to spend all your day outside. So this weekend that is what we decided to do with our time. We took Grace on her first camping trip! 

Before Grace was born, we would go camping all the time. We love being outside and we also love that it is fairly inexpensive and you can make more of your weekend that way. We usually hike into a location and camp, but for Grace's first time camping we decided to car camp at Cascade Lake Campground. It was a beautiful setting right on the water. As soon as we got out of the car Grace was in heaven! She would live outside if she could! Grace and I explored while, daddy set up the tent and site. Then it was time to sit and enjoy!

Grace was a trooper! We grilled hamburgers, baked beans and apples. We had our blowup set up in the tent with Grace's pack-n-play mattress right beside the blowup. When it was time for bed she laid right down and fell asleep! Michael and I thought it could not get much better than this! She is asleep, we sat by the fire with a glass of wine and marshmallows! Then that is when the night became interesting...

At mid-night I am awoken to a gasp beside me. Grace is gasping for air and not able to breath. I grab her and lay her on my chest and she is still wheezing and gasping. Michael jumps up and we rush in the car. Grace almost immediately starts to breath better once in the car... HUM... We were ready to drive to the ER! Thankfully Michael's brother and family live down the road about 30 minutes from where were camping. We call him and to tell him know we were coming to crash on his couch. Grace slept on her daddy that night to make sure she did not have another episode. She was still wheezing all night, but thankfully no more gasping. We are pretty sure Grace has croup. Very scary, but rarely serious. 

Tune in tomorrow to hear the rest of the weekend...

You know I could not let a weekend go by without telling you all about it! As you know weekends are our favorite time of the week! Mostly because my hunky husband and Grace's wonderful daddy get to spend some time with us! This weekend we had the treat of one of my sisters, Margaret, coming for the weekend! We have an open door policy for family, whenever anyone wants to come we NEVER say no! She had been planning on coming and visiting for quite some time now and we were over joyed to have her!

We began the weekend with homemade black bean salsa, beef and bean burritos and basketball. (Did you notice those were all Bs?)

Yesterday was such a beautiful day, that after church we had the itch to hike! We packed up the car and  headed up to Table Rock State Park. We had never been there before and heard such great things about it, we could not wait to go. We grabbed a sandwich, all the baby necessities, Addis and put on our hiking shoes! It was the perfect family excursion. We did not quite know how it was going to turn out with Grace, but is was a lot better than I originally thought. Of course, we did take two nurse breaks/ water breaks. We made it to the very top and basked in the glory of our Lord, after all it was His day. 

Most of you might not know that my husband, Michael, proposed to me on a hiking trip. It is part of who we are. It was so nice to hike as a family, with our new addition. She did so great! She loves being outside, looking at everything, listening to all the new sounds and hanging onto daddy is not bad either. She even took a couple naps while hiking. 

This was just the beginning of many more excursions to come! 

Genesis 1:31 God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good!