Eliana's 9 month celebration

In honor of our little bug turning 9 months old we celebrated by a weekend up at the mountain. Saturday found us at Ski Bowl. It was my first time going there and I had a blast. Greg and I switched off with Eli in the lodge. I got to (finally) ride with Eryn. So nice to make some turns with another lady. We stayed with Eli's friend, Hazel, at a place in Government Camp on Saturday night. Hazel let her parents come, too. Eliana managed to eat a crayon while she and Hazel were playing in the living room. No kidding.

On Sunday we cruised up to Meadows so that Greg could spend the morning coaching the Lakeridge team. We worked out a plan earlier in the week for Greg to head up to the top of the race with my snowboard and his on the chairlift. I would then put Eli in the backpack and snowshoe up to the top of the race. I would then transfer Eli to Greg and get my board. If it all worked out Eli would get her first ride down the mountain on her dad's back. The long hike was worth it. My apologies to those of you who might think this is dangerous. We decided it was less dangerous than riding in a car and we do that everyday.

The hike was really physically demanding on me, but it was totally worth this:

Once we got to the bottom of the run, Greg went in with Eli. I made a couple more runs with our friends Rob and Jess. Snowboarding is so amazing. The snow was really nice and I love cruising down the hill.

I'm still riding the wave of awesomeness that surrounded the weekend. I love my husband. I love my daughter. I'm a lucky, lucky lady!