We went on a couple of little day trips this past week. One, of course, was the K-town zoo. Lea would tell me what the animals were (she called an emu a crane but otherwise was pretty dead-on) and then she would go up to the enclosures, get as close as she could, and go "hey, buddy". The way she sounded was so sweet and adoring she about broke my heart. I think that wild birds will be eating out of her hand in no time.








We also hiked up to a castle from a trailhead that's about 3 miles from the house. Shamefully, I admit it was the first time I had been. The hike was a couple miles, which I was not used to since it was pretty much up a mountain, but I made it, gosh darn it. Miles put Lea in the Kelty pack where she fell asleep. It was awesome and I will post some pics soon!

Other than that, the baby is kicking away and Miles felt it for the first time. He was pretty fascinated (for those who don't know, I found out I was pregnant with Lea the week after he left for a 15 month deployment, so he missed a lot with her). This baby has been moving a lot. When I went to see the midwife a couple of weeks ago, she was pretty surprised by all of the movement we could hear through the Doppler.