Going Down

A few days ago I decided to try again to teach Nadia how to go down the steps. I can't remember when I had tried last, but during the previous attempts she would just keep trying to climb up when I was trying to teach her how to come down. Well this time she got it, but now I have the opposite problem. I put her on the 2nd step from the bottom yesterday when it was time for her to go to bed, and she just wanted to go down not up, LOL! Hopefully soon I can give her the instruction up or down and she'll go the right direction. I get very winded carrying her up the stairs these days. I can do other things like trim shrubs without getting out of breath, but for whatever reason carrying her (she weighs almost 22 lb) up the stairs really does me in. Sooo I'd really like it if she would go up and down the stairs herself (with me following closely behind).

One thing that's not going down is my weight. With Nadia I gained 6 lbs during the first trimester. I was hoping to gain less than that this time since I am FAR more active this time around. One glitch in that plan though is that when I am feeling really sick to my stomach the only thing that helps is to eat. So far I've gained 3 lbs, and I have about 2.5 weeks left until I hit the 2nd trimester. I started out 4 lbs heavier this time around, but I guess in the grand scheme of things 4 lbs is not a big deal.

This afternoon I'm taking Nadia for her 1 year old pictures. Hopefully we'll get some good ones! I don't plan on taking her again until we go around Christmas time for our family portrait for our Christmas leter. The changes won't be as dramatic over the next 6 months as they were over the last 6 months or the first 6 months! I'll be posting at least some of those pics this evening. :-)

Yesterday she still had fun playing with her blue balloon, but she also spent a lot more time playing with a few of her new toys. The ones she played with the most yesterday were the latch puzzle and the Little People farm set. She likes hearing the different sounds it makes when you open the barn doors and such.

The new summer session starts tomorrow. This week I'm teaching 3 nights (Tu-Th), and then for the next 5 weeks I'll be teaching 4 nights a week (M-Th). Paul will be coming home early on Mondays to take care of Nadia (starting next Monday), and he'll pick her up from Sarah's at 5:30 Tues-Thurs. I'll be dropping her off at 3:30pm so she'll be spending 6 hours a week with Sarah for the next 6 weeks.