Lincoln's Third Camping Trip

This past weekend we went camping in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was Lincoln's third camping trip this summer, but this was the first time for "real" camping meaning sleeping in a tent. Our group of friends headed up Friday night but we decided to wait and head up Saturday morning after Lincoln had eaten. We arrived at the camp site around 9:30 am Saturday morning. It was a beautiful drive up through Estes Park. The camp site was beautiful. When the reservation was made we were told that we could have two tents per site so we just reserved 2 sites. When the group got there they realized that was not the case. The tent pads were really small and there was only one per site. Greg and Ginger, Ebeth and Jason found a way to put both of their tents on one pad and then Carl and Denise put theirs on another one. We decided just to share a tent with Carl and Denise because the one they brought was huge. We were able to fit our king size double decker blow up mattress (I know....I know...but we have a baby) and also his pack in play in the tent along with Carl and Denise's blow up mattress. We had a fun day of cards and talking. It rained for a little while so we went to our tents but it didn't last long. Eli took Lincoln on a couple of walks in the back pack and of course he had his camera out taking lots of great pictures. We put Lincoln to bed at 7 and he went down pretty easily but then he continued to wake up about every hour. When we went to bed we brought him into bed with us to keep him warm but he just couldn't sleep. He would wake up out of a dead sleep crying. His nose was so stuffed up and we could tell he was miserable. We also felt terrible because we were sharing a tent with Carl and Denise. At 3am we gave up and drove home. When we got home we all went straight to bed. On Sunday morning when I went to get Lincoln out of bed his face was covered in snot and he just looked terrible. He caught his first cold. He has been coughing, sneezing and his nose is still running. Poor little guy. Eli had to drive back up to the campground on Sunday morning to pack up all of our stuff and then drive back home. Once Eli finally got home we all spent a lazy Sunday at home watching movies.