Camping - with a new twist!

May 15th-17th


I got so rushed trying to get everything caught up that I left out our camping trip to Hocking Hills. That will teach me to blog more often instead of doing it all at once!


My brother Carl found a 100 mile Poker Run down in Hocking Hills that was on May 16th. Late Friday afternoon, we took off with my parents, little brother Jason, older brother Carl & his fiance Moriah.

Mom and I prepared for a while for this trip trying to figure out what she can and can't have, do we plan on doing banana boats instead of smores or vise versa. Once the doctor said that we can do the the Insulin to Carb ratio, that helped out tremendiously! It allowed us to plan a regular meal without making sure it was a certain amount of carbs for Ellee.

It was VERY late by the time we got down to Old Man's Cave Friday night. Carl and I were on the motorcycles with Dad following us in the Yukon with the big camper. Josh and Jason got impatient and went ahead to the campground to get the pop-up camper set up. We finally get there and get both campers set up and go to bed!

Late Saturday morning, Josh and I & Carl and Moriah head over to the poker run (which wasn't all that fun because it rained on us).

That evening, it was a "make your own dinner" type of thing! We had stuff for Pizza Pie Irons, Hobo Foil Packs, or Kabobs. Have I mentioned how much I like the Insulin:Carb thing lately?! This is one of those times where I would have gone crazy if I had to make El eat a certain amount of carbs! It was also nice because she didn't eat very many carbs for dinner, which allowed her to eat more of the fun stuff later on! She could eat as many smores and banana boats as she wanted, then we just had to dose her accordingly!

The weekend went really fast and we didn't even get a chance to go hiking. How can you go to Old Man's Cave and not hike?! I some how talked everyone but Mom and Moriah into going down and hiking for about half an hour before we took off. I never cease to be amazed at the differences between Ellee and Dani! I honestly think that Ellee has grandpa wrapped around her little finger because she ended up riding on his shoulders most of the time while Dani (only 18 months old) walked up and down every single step! I did have to give her a ride in a few spots to keep her away from the steep dropoffs!

As a mother, I constantly worry and panic. It's even worse with the diabetes because I think of Ellee's long-term health in addition to the short term. This is just one of the instances where I'm learning that I can't change things to conform to the diabetes, but instead I get to have the upperhand and make the diabetes conform to our life!!!