1st trip

We went up to Yosemite for a long weekend the end of April. Matt was a speaker at the California Trails Conference and it was our first getaway with Jasper.

We stayed at Tenaya Lodge for a few nights and then at Wowona tent camping alongside the rushing river. Jasper was a real champ as the temps dropped to near freezing and we cuddled together to keep warm.

We had the best time, discovered that Jasper loves the outdoors as much as we do, saw a bobcat and some gorgeous does too. He had a perma grin the whole time as we hiked up to a waterfall.

 
I got to nurse him under an amazing tree and also next to a waterfall. That was pretty dreamy.

We were able to keep it green with the diapering even in the wild- we always use cotton prefolds and wool covers normally with the occasional bamboo Goodmama fitted diaper- and so this was a first for us to depart from that routine.

We did G Diapers which worked fine for the most part. They have a cotton outer, a nylon liner and then an insert which is like a thicker maxi pad. I would not ever use these on a regular basis but for travel, they are a good choice for us.

Unlike disposables, they biodegrade and can be flushed, composted or thrown in the trash. They did leak (our first ever nighttime leak) the first night at the lodge requiring the sheets to be changed. Made us miss our cloth diapers and we did cloth the rest of the trip for overnight and just toted the wet dipes home (he still did all his poops on the toilet even on the trip! Yay!) but yes, he did look cute in the G's and no rash from wearing them...

We made good use of our brand new limited edition cashmere Didymos Indio wrap. Oh boy, is this wrap ever nice and he loves it too...

Oh yes, we even had a nice snow storm we went through the same day we went swimming.

 That is the beauty of Yosemite...such dramatic weather changes from moment to moment.
The air is amazing up there and it truly is a magical part of the world.
We just love it and that is an understatement.

Jasper asleep in the tent...

We spent our first summer up in the Sierras right by Yosemite when we fell in love, then returned last winter and was there skiing when we found out we were having a baby, got married up there last May and did a Yosemite hike the day before the wedding with our close pals and family, had a babymoon in September just before Jasper was born so for us to have his very first getaway be up here was very special for our family.

I feel blessed.

 

All three of us have the distinction of having our Venus in Scorpio which means we all enjoy the same things and like to be together doing things and having fun. So far, this is proving to be true. Pretty cool.

I mean look at this smile...he did not stop grinning...

The rest of the set is on my FLICKR page along with other videos too.

Comments

[Joanna]

All three of you look like you had a fantastic time!

[Serena]

ohhh why arent my comments posting? :(

Looks like you guys had such an enchanting trip, everything looks beautiful! as is Jasper and his family :)

[orchide]

Thanks Joanna!!!

Serena, it really was an enchanting time. Thanks mama.
Did you leave more comments I am not seeing?

[casemnor]

I just can not stand how adorable Jasper is. Seriously. I want to munch him up. Next time we come to LA...can we meet so I can scrunch him in person?