22 Weeks - Ozarks

Jase has officially been on his first vacation!   

We were invited to stay at Evan's in-laws house on Lake of the Ozarks and while it took pulling some strings at work, we worked it out to go.  So glad we did!  While I feel like I say this in every post, it never really gets old...Jase was a rockstar!  You'd never have known he'd never been in the car longer then 45 min or stayed anywhere other then home.  We are VERY spoiled parents.
 
Kiel had to work Friday morning (July 5) so Jase & I got everything packed up and headed to meet him in Bloomington around 1.  For a first time mom, going on her first vacation with a 5 mo old (with a kid period) for 3 days and 3 nights, I think I did pretty well not going overboard with the packing...Kiel disagrees lol

 
We stopped once to check Jase's diaper in fear he blew it out...false alarm.  Whew!  And then about an hour after that to feed him.  It took us about 6 hours which is pretty dang good if you ask me!  By the time we got there around 6:45pm he was HUN-GRY!  We didn't do much that night as everyone was getting ready to eat when we got there so by the time dinner was cleaned up, we got a tour, and got our stuff settled in, it was time for bed.  I felt a little silly taking the monitors, but am glad I did as they made it super easy to put him down inside and still enjoy the great weather we had.  Jase slept all night as usual and even let us sleep until after 7 the first day (rocked it!).  

Saturday, Janelle & I went for a walk and came back to Owen dressed & ready to head down to the dock

We spent the day outside on the dock & floating in the water getting mama some much needed sun (sad how pasty I still am even after 2 days).

The heat really wore the J man out.  He took a 2.5 hour nap in the morning and another in the afternoon.  No one objected.  

We went for a boat ride at night and Jase slept through most of it :)

Kiel & Evan were sent into town for ice and came back with fireworks so we had a good show.  Not sure how much the neighbors appreciated it, but it was pretty! 

Sunday morning, Jase woke us up at 5:30am (very unlike him), but went back to sleep in our bed until 8am so I wasn't really complaining!

The boys fished off the dock and found out Owen is not afraid of fish...

Kiel had never been on a jet ski before so after lunch while Jase was napping, we took Gary's out for a spin and ended up in the lake.  haha 

Jase spent some more time in the blow up pool they have for Owen & Jack and he LOVED it! 

Went for a family paddle boat ride...

While I can't keep up with the boys anymore, I did get to enjoy a few vacation cocktails thanks to my awesome sleeper :) 

Lots of pics of Jase & Jack together...

Took another ride in the big boat later in the day.  Didn't get another pic, but the minute the boat started, our boy was fast asleep :)

 
Another good night of sleep and it was already time to pack up and head home.  Everyone headed out and Kiel & I headed into town to check out the strip of little shops.  Next time I'd like to make some time to walk around, it's a cute little town. 

We stopped in Pittsfield at a bow shop where a guy Kiel & Evan know works.  It was a good stopping point to change pants and have a snack.  Fun Fact:  Pittsfield is in Pike County which is "God's Country" aka good hunting (rolls eyes).   

Big thanks to the Hoffman's and the Henkel's for inviting us down and to the J man for being so laid back.  Mom & Dad sure appreciated the weekend away and if vacations continue like this, I think we're in for a lot of good ones.

-Nicole