Katharine Lange: Leia Week 84: Springtime in February

It is so fun watching Leia's vocabulary and skills make huge leaps every day. This week she's starting to put strings of words together when she imitates us. If Josh grabs her in a bear hug and says "I got you!", she'll grab him back and reply "I got you!" A few more favorites are "let's find baby," "I'm coming," "I foun it," "You get away," (followed by shoving either Josh or I out of the way) and "I fick it" (aka., I fix it). It's really exciting. We took a week off from skiing, but it was nice and sunny, so we enjoyed other outdoor adventures (including lots of hot tub time...she pretty much doesn't let a day go by without requesting a dip in the "hot tubby"). After hitting a pretty dark spot, I decided to take control of my life, get off my nausea meds (they were making me so tired and I was still nauseous anyway), and get out for a little exercise. Leia doesn't like the stroller, she won't walk far, and she's too heavy to carry, so I decided to throw her in the back pack and try hiking (that ways she's up at my level interacting with me, but not a burden on my arms). The pack was really heavy (mostly because she is really heavy!), it was hard to keep it from squashing my belly, and the whole thing was exhausting, so I didn't make it too far, but all in all, a successful adventure. Hopefully more to come.

We had our 19 week ultrasound as well, so we have our first pictures of little #2! Plus a quick peak at my current belly size.