mountain loop highway

today i took the girls for a drive around the mountain loop highway (granite falls to darrington through the mountains). we stopped to do a little hiking, a little feeding, some diaper changes, and some stretching. all in all it was a seven hour adventure. we're all a little tuckered out, but glad for the great weather and time outside. here are some pictures from the trip, and i'll upload some of the videos and add them to this post later tonight or tomorrow.




this is Tegan on her first hike - and her first time facing forward in the baby sling. she seemed to love doing both! every time i looked at her she was half smiling at some shadow, tree, or leaf. she was fascinated by the river when we walked across it, and generally pleased with the experience.


there isn't much to this video except - if you notice Tegan is sound asleep. she slept the whole way back to the car, even in the awkward sling.


tegan playing(?) with the ice of big 4 ice caves. we were thrilled with her, and i'm pretty excited that my baby girl isn't scared of a little snow and ice! my apologies for the crappy camera work here, the sun was right in my eyes and i couldn't make out the LCD of the camera.


more of tegan at the ice caves.


at the end of our day Tegan was spent and only up to making some solemn and fun faces at the camera.