Baker Lake

Finally, a weekend of sun! We made our way to Baker Lake (thanks to Nate taking the day off Friday) and had a wonderful weekend. Eliana had her first memorable boat ride and loved swimming at the beach. We think she said her first word, "boat" - what a fisherman's daughter! She kept pointing to the drift boat and yelling, "bow"; the 't' sound is still coming, but she kept saying it over and over when we were out on the lake seeing the boats with motors pass us by. We still love our oar-powered (aka Nate) boat and loved watching Eliana delight in the water surrounding her. Not to the mention that this lake reaches out and grabs Mt Baker to the northwest and the North Cascades to the North. It's a NW paradise.

Some other highlights were: Nate's crafty rig up of the booster seat to the drift boat seat (baby proof), Eliana's tantrum when we wouldn't let her drag around her only pair of pajamas, stained spaghetti mouth after dinner on the boat, Eliana wading up to her armpits on the swim beach (with Dad, of course!), waking up in our cots (yes, we've become soft in our parenting age) to see Eliana waving and smiling at us at 7:00 am (she even gave us a 30 minute snooze) and singing all the camp songs Nana taught us (Fire is Burning, Wondering, etc.)









Boil up some water and add some cold; baby camp bath!



A sleepy and worn out camper girl....and the one and only next to her snuggled up (Mr. Bear!)











Spaghetti dinner on the boat



After an attempt at a hike with sleepy Elle Belle, we discovered she pooped through her pants. With no other option, she got to ride in diaper only back to the camp site and proceeded to pat her belly...



Mt Baker

















Mr. Bear; goes with her wherever we go











Our little helper getting things ready to go