{"id":437,"date":"2012-11-06T12:43:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T16:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=437"},"modified":"2012-11-06T19:18:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T23:18:27","slug":"the-new-hueco-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/?p=437","title":{"rendered":"The New Hueco Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"

The temps are slowly cooling here in the southwest and we’re beginning to fall back into our Hueco groove. Ivan has been officially initiated (responding with big chubby-faced smiles and giggles – this kid is happy no matter where he is), Silas is already proving to be an accomplished hiker and scrambler (this is the first season we’re not carrying him in a pack), Paul can’t get Crown of Aragorn off the brain, and I’m relishing in the freedom of having a whole Hueco season ahead of me without being pregnant and puking….woo! With 2 kids now, this season will no doubt be unlike any of the previous and I’ll admit I’m a bit excited to take on the challenge…in a masochistic, super-mom sort of way. <\/p>\n

Originally, we were selfishly hoping that Ivan (now 6 months old) would take his time at becoming mobile so that he could just happily hang out in the bouncer or on a pad while we climbed and Silas played. But given that a month ago he started rolling over obsessively (both front-to-back and back-to-front) and now he’s mastered the dead-legs army crawl, our chances seem a bit slim that we’re going to make it to Thanksgiving without him wanting to explore the boulders 4-legged style. The good news though, is that Ivan has Silas. And Silas is Ivan’s ultimate hero. And most of the time, if Silas sets up his construction zone, train station, pizza factory or pancake kitchen (all of his most popular make-believe games these days) next to Ivan, Ivan is about 99% absorbed into Silas’ every move. So we’re now hoping this should keep him somewhat stationary….at least long enough for me to glance at Paul and shout some words of encouragement while he’s climbing or vise versa, anyway. If it doesn’t end up that easy – well, bring it on baby! Stay tuned this season for the new adventures of April & Paul…and Silas…and now Ivan at Hueco. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n


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\nMorning in the van<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSome reading before day begins<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nTime to head to the boulders<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nHow we roll<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nIvan anchored down with rocks. We don’t trust this boy anymore.<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nConstruction zone<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSome climbing in the Gymnasium<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas can’t pass this gate without showing off<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nPaul on Belly of the Beast, v7<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n


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\nTopping out Belly of the Beast, v7<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas with his “sleigh.” Apparently, the fine powdery dirt here made for good “snow”<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nPaul on Ice<\/em> at the East Spur<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas at his oven in the pizza factory. Nothing beats hot and fresh pizza at the boulders<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nMmmmm<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nGoofing off at camp<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nIvan is of course entertained<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nThe hero and his admirer<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nCuteness<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nDouble cuteness<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nAnd more! Ahhh I can’t take it!<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas finding a friend<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas with more friends<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nStorytime<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nSilas wants to climb his own boulders now. He picks them out himself<\/center><\/p>\n


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\nA fine pick.<\/center><\/p>\n

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The temps are slowly cooling here in the southwest and we’re beginning to fall back into our Hueco groove. Ivan has been officially initiated (responding with big chubby-faced smiles and giggles – this kid is happy no matter where he is), Silas is already proving to be an accomplished hiker and scrambler (this is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,34,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.apadventures.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}