Last weekend we went to San Diego to visit Mary, Geoff, Jonas and Harper. The main purpose of our trip was to visit our friends who have been stuck at home battling leukemia. But we decided to make a weekend out of it and get a hotel room and go to the ZOO! Before we went, Marea was hesitant about seeing the animals, saying that she didn't want to see some of them. But as soon as we got there, so was so excited! She got so close to the giant Orangutan and wasn't even scared. She says that her favorite part was the giant snakes. Another fun thing that we did was stay in a hotel. I prepared Marea for this beforehand so she wouldn't be so surprised. So we went to dinner and I left early to put Evie to bed. Marea and Gary returned right as Evie was going to sleep so we hid in the bathroom and ate candy. Marea had jellybeans in the bathtub and thought that was super fun.
Evie has been working on all kinds of physical stuff lately. Basically Gary and I area her jungle gym and she practices climbing us. She is getting better and better every day. We just sit on the floor with her and she climbs all over us. She is almost crawling...I say another two weeks. We'll see if i'm right! Evie is such a busy girl. She always has to have something in her hands (and then mouth). She is constantly reaching for something or looking for something to reach for. Even when she's eating, her hands have to be busy. She's also been SO vocal lately. She has this high pitched scream that she does when she's excited. It's cute, but LOUD. I wonder sometimes if the neighbors think we have a loud squaking parrot in the house. The leg kick thing she does when she's excited is pretty funny too. She's almost 7 months old now. I have fallen for her all over again. It's that magic time!
