first night away from home

Well we survived our first night away from home. We went to Wolf Lodge with Joe's family. It's an indoor water park in Canada, so we took Zoey swimming for the first time. All in all it was a good trip, but it was a bit stressful for me. I was so nervous that I was going to forget something. You wouldn't believe how much stuff I brought for just one night away. So, we got there around 3ish on Friday, checked into our room and then headed into the water park. I was excited to try out Zoey's cute little bathing suit that I bought for her. She really loved the water - it was so cute! After a while, we decided that we wanted to try some of the waterslides, so we left Zoey with Joe's dad while we did that. It was kind of a pain though because the lines were long, and I felt a little bit uneasy leaving Zoey because she was getting passed around between the people that we were there with, and some of them were friends of Joe's dad that I don't really know that well. I know that she was fine and it's not like I don't trust them or anything. But still, the paranoid mama in me has a hard time leaving her with someone I don't know very well (even if it is just for 20 minutes so I can go on some waterslides).
So we had a good time, but once we tried to settle in for the night, things didn't work out so well. I got Zoey to sleep in the Pack N Play, but she woke up after only about 45 minutes and wouldn't go back to sleep. I nursed her some more until she settled back down and then put her in her carseat to sleep. Well, that lasted for maybe an hour or two until she woke up again. I think that she could sense that she was in an unfamiliar enviroment. So, I spent pretty much the whole night fighting with her to go to sleep. :( At around 6:00, I decided to put her in the stroller and walk the halls of the hotel. That put her right to sleep in about 15 minutes and then she slept until around 10:00. So, it wasn't too bad, but definitely not a great night's sleep.
So, we got up around 10:00 packed up and then went back to the water park for about another 2 hours before heading home. All in all, it was a good trip, but we were all very happy to come home.
Here are some pics from the trip:
All ready to head to the water park - I love this pic!

Modeling her bathing suit. (I didn't want to be in the pic -photos in a bathing suit = yuck!)

But I had to give up hiding from the camera - Joe is picture crazy, so here's one of me and Zoey.

Zoey with Daddy

Swimming! She loved it when I put her on her belly so she could move her arms around and kick her legs - she's definitely gonna be a little swimmer!

Playing in the pool with cousin Madalynn

After a while, she had enough and wanted to get out. (awww...doesn't that face break your heart?)

After swimming Zoey was perfectly happy just to hang out with daddy. She is completely facinated by his facial hair so he has been keeping it long for her - she's spoiled by her daddy already!