Hiking in Huntsville
The trip out wasn’t bad at all. Much better than I had feared. I picked Celeste up around 10am and we arrived in Beaumont just before 6pm. She only slept for about 45 minutes of the trip. We stopped for lunch in Corsicana, for an hour or so of hiking in Huntsville, and a handful of additional times for diaper changes, refuelings, and toy fetchings. Celeste really didn’t get cranky until the last 45 minutes or so.
Huntsville State Park is beautiful. Well, I didn’t see all of it. But the bits I did see were beautiful. Even now, the weather was nice enough to enjoy it. In a month or so, it’ll be perfect.
After settling in and playing with puppies and such, we headed out for dinner with a bunch of friends. Then we came back for a bit more play, bathtime, and such.
Celeste was acting a bit strange last night. Most likely because of the lack of a nap and the new environment. She didn’t want to take a bath. Cried the whole time. I’d normally just go with the flow and skip it, but I didn’t know how early we were leaving and she really needed a bath. Putting her down for bed was a huge fight, too. She was clearly cranky, so I brought her to bed like I usually do. Only this time she wanted nothing to do with it. Ordinally, I’d just let her stay up longer. But she was being cranky even when I told her that if she stopped we could go into the living room.
I had to be really stern with her and tell her that I needed her to stop and I needed her to stop RIGHT NOW. Finally, she said “okay” and, with a few little whines here and there, the crankies turned off like a light switch.
We watched a show about the building of the Grand Canyon Sky Walk on NatGeo and she fell asleep in my arms on the rocking chair. She only woke up once in the night. I was worried she’d wake the whole house. But, after 5 minutes or so, she went back to sleep.
Today’s plans are undetermined. A little grocery shopping, maybe some hiking, and some friends to see. Then, perhaps an Alligator Farm or a late night trip to the beach.