The Icing on My Birthday Cake of a Trip.

I'm always at a loss on where to begin. First of all, let me say that this was one of the best birthdays EVER. We were only gone for one night, but it felt like we were on vacation for a few days! Milo totally dug camping. I'm not surprised since we already know he loves being outside. We camped at the D.H. Day Campground which is part of the Sleeping Bear Dune National Park. The camping is much more rustic. No showers and only outhouses for bathrooms. But they maintained the campsites nicely. I know our neighbors say us with a baby and thought... "OH great!" But I am proud to say that Milo barely made a peep. All three of us slept wonderfully. And who can beat $12/night accommodations.

We didn't swim, but we did put Milo's feet in Lake Michigan. Let's just say Milo is not ready for lake swimming. The moment the bottoms of his feet touched the water (which was pretty chilly) he screamed! I kind of felt bad, but we got a couple cute pictures of the moment. :) We also went to the scenic overlook of the big dune to watch the sun set. It was nice, although very windy which kind of blew the sand around. But again, we got some great pictures.

About two miles down the road from our campground was the town of Glen Arbor. It was a tiny but absolutely adorable little town. We even decided to skip the Drive In movie. We were just having such a great, relaxing time. We'll do that another time. We also took a few drives while Milo napped to look at all the beautiful houses and inns.

For dinner we cooked hot dogs and made smores. And Nathan even bought a little shortcake to put a birthday candle in for me! I started to make a wish... and for the past several years I had been wishing for either Nathan to be ready to have a baby or just to be able to get pregnant. This was the first year in a long time that my birthday wish was something non baby related... although still family oriented. Yeah... I know its just a fun wish, but still... I love the whole 'make a wish' thing.

Saturday was truly a GREAT day. The only thing that could have made it more perfect was to have the rest of my family with us.

Then today we had coffee and split a banana and nutella sandwich on fresh baked bread at a cute little cafe in Leland, MI. After we packed up our campsite we headed over to Traverse City. I knew there was a baby boutique and I wanted to check it out now that I actually have a baby. The moment I walked in I realized I was in Mommy Heaven. Seriously. Everything I loved was there. Cloth diapers, Sophie the Giraffe, Kate Quinn clothes.... and Mobys... Mobys in every color you could imagine!! Then I saw it... the ErgoBaby Carrier! I had been eyeing this thing up for a while. But I had never seen one in person... and they are pricey. It was a big buy for something I had never seen or tried. BUT I have heard so many great things about the ErgoBaby. In Milo went and I fell in love all over again... LOL. There was also a family in the store using theirs. The dad stopped to tell me about how much they love theirs and what a great investment it has been for them over the past few years. The mom said she has been wearing it for the past four years through two kids.

Now let me say that I still LOVE my Moby and am still a big believer in the Moby. But as Milo gets bigger I knew I'd wants something a bit more supportive. {I do think the Moby is better when they're little.}

Anyway... I used my birthday money to buy one!! I am now the very proud owner of a chocolate brown ErgoBaby Carrier. That was the icing on my birthday cake of a trip.

OK. I think that just about covers the trip. I'll get pictures up soon... I promise. {I have a few different places where I have been uploading pictures more frequently like Facebook, etc.} We got some good ones!

This week is going to be crazy for me. Tomorrow I am not supposed to eat any carbs. That is not an easy feat. Then I can only drink water after 9 p.m. I will have one more day to pump. Milo also has a doctor's appointment to get a second opinion on the tongue tie. I'm not sure if we will keep that appointment, because Milo sticks his tongue out all the time and finally keep a pacifier in. So I guess maybe he isn't tongue tied. Tuesday is my PET scan. Then its pump and dump for 48 hours. I don't know how soon I'll get the results, but its bound to be a crazy week. Plus... I'll still have a final week of all days with Anya.

Ok. I really need to get to bed now. I'll update as things progress.