Fantabulous Week!! :0)

I just have to tell you that I have had the best week EVER!! First off, my mom (currently known as GG) started her vacation Friday night (the 20th) and honored me with wanting to spend it with me. Ok, maybe it was to be with her grandson, but I was present too. Mom and my cousin Mikie came up on Fri. night and we all headed to the Washington Zoo on Saturday. It was such a great day. I've got some really great pics to post on "fish". (I've already had some weirdo/freak post an awful comment on the Scared to Death thread. It has since been erased but there will definitely NOT be any pics of my kid on this thing, it's just not private enough) We were all wore out by the time we got to Cracker Barell for dinner. AJ slept in my lap the whole time we ate. He was so cute. It's not often that the little man cuddles to sleep anymore. Anyway, we watched movies, talked, and played pretty much the rest of the week. Mom finally convinced Jason and I to go out just the two of us. On Tuesday night we left our little monster for the first time EVER. One or the other of us is ALWAYS with him. It's just so hard to have him out of our sites. Anyway, mom finally convinced us to loosen our heiney holes a wee bit and let her watch him while we went out to dinner. Jason and I were a little weirded out at first. We both kept giggling in the car like 12 year olds. I think Jason got a little sentimental on me when a couple brought their new-born into The Outback. Anyway, Jason and I had a WONDERFUL night together (wink wink)and Jason told me that mom could stay as long as she wants after that. Mom called my Aunt Piss on Wednesday night because she was going to head out and spend the rest of her vacation with them at a campsite. Well, mom called them and verified the arrangements and asked Jason to look up directions for her. Jason pulled up the web-site and that was it. It was beautiful!! I curled up next to him and all but begged him to be spontaneous, this one time, let's just go and not make plans. Let's just head up to the camp site and camp out for a few days. I remember camping as a kid and it was so much fun. I love the feel of the morning, the sound of the birds, the stillness of the morning when you first wake up. I love the smell of eggs and bacon as everyone starts waking up and cooking outside. I love the night time when everyone is out with their lanterns, campfires, and friends. It was such a great time. Well, Jason finally gave in (after some persuasion, wink wink) and I went Thursday afternoon to walmart (after AJ slept for a 3 1/2 hour nap d/t GG) and bought us a tent (17ft by 11ft) and 2 sleeping bags and a little lantern. I packed up all the bags, got the house cleaned up and we were on our way by 7:30pm. We went to Paradise Lake in Appomattox, VA. It is about 3 1/2 hours away from here. It was just the best time. We made some WONDERFUL memories. My Aunt Piss and Uncle Ricky had bought themselves a 5th wheel to start travelling in and mom stayed with them. Jason, AJ, Moose, and myself stayed in the tent. It was great. We got to the campsite around 10:30pm and pitched the tent in the dark with the help of Uncle Rick. That thing is HUGE!!! It was perfect though with the dog and all. AJ did fantastic! He loved every minute of it. He slept like a dream in the tent. Loved walking around in the tent. He just thought he was something. On Friday we went down to the lake and it took AJ some getting used too but GG did her magic and by the end of the day AJ was out in the water like it was nothing. They even have the 8ft slide and diving board in the middle of the lake. It was sooo much fun. Moose got to go swimming for the first time in her 2 years of life. We felt a little guilty that our Lab (a swimming dog) had not been swimming before this. She absolutely loved it!! She matched the color of the water and she looked like a beaver swimming around. She was chasing the Frisbee and having a blast. We even tried to get her to jump off the pier but I think that is going to take some work. She was a wee bit chicken of that one. She loved swimming with her daddy though. I don't know who had more fun, Jason or the dog :0) AJ loved the swimming pool too. By the end of our trip, GG had got him jumping off of the edge of the pool into her arms. On Saturday, he would sit on the side and scoot in, go under water, and GG would grab him and pull him back up, he was having a blast!!!! Jason looked so sweet with AJ in his arms in the pool. It's so neat to see the absolute trust AJ has in all of us. Sat afternoon Jason and I packed everything up and I mean we got everything in the van in the nick of time. We shut the trunk door of the van and I mean the sky opened up!!!!! The sky let loose with the rain. We were very thankful for Uncle Rick and Aunt Piss' trailer. During the nights we would all sit outside, chill, spend time together. Mom and Piss had some really good YA YA moments. After AJ and Jason would go to bed, I would get my PJ's on and go back to the camper and stay awake as long as I could. I felt like a little kid again. I just didn't want to miss a minute of it. The only bad part came when we had to leave. It is always so hard and sad to leave my family. It's been 5 years and I'm telling you, the home sickness just never goes away. They are just the best people in the world and my family and I are so blessed to have them in our lives. I have thanked Piss and Uncle Rick over and over again for allowing us to crash their party. I just love them so much. They are such great people. Anyway, Jason, Moose, AJ and I all left on Saturday evening and Mom left Saturday night. We all got home safely and Piss and Uncle Rick got home Sunday afternoon sometime safely. It was a beautiful and blessed time all the way around. I am so thankful for these times that we are able to make such wonderful memories. It was fun and it was busy. This coming weekend we are going to go to TN to spend time with the in-laws. It's going to be a packed weekend too. We're going to hit Dollywood and from what I'm being told, Opa (grand-pa in german) has perfected his cookie recipe just for AJ. My kid's not loved and spoiled rotten at all!!! Love you guys!!! AJ just woke up so I'll update Snapfish later!