Life's a Breeze: The Great Outdoors

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The Great Outdoors

Last weekend we went camping. It was Breeze's first time and she did great. Naps where a little bit of a struggle but she slept like a champ all night long in between Adam and I. It was not the hardest camping in the world with a camper trailer in a camp ground. But hey, you gotta start some where! It did make me start to think about back packing in to go camping when she gets older. Adam and I always use the freeze dried meals, they are so simple, good and easy. But packed with protein. So hmmmm what will Breeze do? This I will have to investigate further and possibly have a new business venture on my hands. Maybe I will talk to the cook for love ladies. It cant be that difficult to make a recipe and freeze dry it right? Anyone have any experience freeze drying food? To feed Breeze and keep track while camping was a little tricky and I must say I was not the best at it. Plum organic has these great pouches though that Breeze loves, but unless I weigh out portions, or she eats the whole thing I'm not sure how much phe she is getting. So I just gave her the mango and pear pouches that I know are low in phe. I think next time I will have planned meals and already have everything calculated and divided up. Live and learn right?

We also went on a great hike to Mohawk lake just outside of Breckenridge,GORGEOUS! It was so nice to get up into the mountains.

Hiking with Dad above tree line

Mohawk Lake

Bubble time!

Its a family affair

There was also a very pretty waterfall!

Our Home away from home

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About Us

We are the happy family of three plus two dogs. Adam and I have been married going on eight years! Hard to believe. We decided to wait to have children, we played hard and enjoyed our dogs. So when we finally got around to try to have kids we had some difficulty, but finally with a little help, last year we had a daughter, Breeze Marie Porter. She has been the most wonderful addition to our lives. There is no other word to describe her but delightful. She has been a good baby since day one. I think that my step sister Kelly summed it up nicely when she said that "God give the happiest babies to those who will have other difficulties to deal with".

Our difficulty came to us in the second week of Breeze's life. We found out she has PKU. So in addition to adjusting to being new parents we also had to learn about this rare genetic disorder that we gave our child. I had to use the pump I had no intentions of using unless I had a night out with the girls and I had to learn about the millions of bottles and nipples out there that had no resemblance of my boob what so ever. The hardest part was I had to take Breeze off my breast and give her a bottle, with hopes she would come back. Needless to say that week was hell. Thank goodness for grandparents and we had two sets here. We all had Bottle Use 101 in our kitchen and learned a few things the hard way. Like do not open all the packages of different bottles at once and expect to get them back together, just throw away and start over. Do not boil the nipples for too long, they will not work properly. Do not trust your bottle warmer, it will make the milk wayyyyy to hot. I'm still trying to find the humor in the remark about my resemblance to a milking cow while double pumping(thank goodness for the pumping bra!) But all you can do when life throws you a curve ball is have a good cry, or maybe a few, throw a temporary pity party, have a drink, or maybe a few and get on with it. There is nothing in life that is going to keep this family down.

Note to self- If today sucks, there is always tomorrow.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

The Great Outdoors

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