We had a blast at the Cranberry Country Lodge Wednesday and Thursday. Check in time was 3:00pm and we arrived shortly before that. We were lucky enough to have a room on the first floor and about as close to the Waterpark as you could get. So that was awesome. As soon as we were in our room, we changed into swimming suits and grabbed towels, a cooler of snacks and juices, cameras and other little items.

The Waterpark has a nice Toddlers area that we stayed in for most of the time. Later I did take Gabriel into the deep end, but Mariah said no way to that! The big pool’s water was SO cold that Gabriel started shaking. Needless to say, we weren’t in it after that. But he enjoyed the Toddlers area. The water there starts out at 1 inch and slowly gets deeper (1 1/2 feet at the deepest point).

Anyway, we had a great time. We went back to our room about 10:00, which is when the pools closed. Gabe and Mar didn’t even pass out until MIDNIGHT. They were hyper, hyper, hyper!

Here’s some photos:

Mariah sitting on one of those gysers.

Gabriel and me after going down a slide. He wasn’t quite sure of it that time..

Mariah entering the Toddler Area.

She LOVED this beaver.

Pretending to go down the slide. Yes, pretending. She hated the slides, but apparently wanted everyone to think otherwise.

Mariah decided she wanted to stay at my grandma’s Thursday night, so we dropped her off on our way through town. My mom dropped Gabriel and me off at our house and then headed home herself. Ian got home about five hours after we did and Gabriel enjoyed not having to share him with Mariah.

Oh, another thing about Gabriel (besides the fact that he turned EIGHT MONTHS on Thursday?! *tear*)… he QUACKS now. He makes a duck noise and if you do it to him, he’ll do it back. It is SO cute. It kept me entertained for nearly an hour the other day. Then he started laughing too hard and couldn’t do it anymore. Adorable!

Okay. Where was I?

Oh, yeah. Thursday night. The three of us went to bed around 9, which is EARLY for me and Ian! And Friday my dad came to watch Gabriel while Ian and I went out to dinner and then to The Dark Knight. FINALLY! I loved it. It was worth waiting for.

Today we’re going to the city as soon as Ian gets home from golfing. We’re purchasing tickets to next week’s Sevendust, Drowning Pool and Nonpoint concert! I’m so excited. I’ve only been to ONE other concert and that was John Mellencamp.

Feel free to share with me the concerts you’ve been to!