family ski trip

We went to Sun River for Christmas with the 'fam' - here's a picture of baby and me, cross country skiing through tons and tons of snow (if you look closely, you can see that my belly button has inverted - out-verted? - yikes)! It was a beautiful white Christmas and we were happy to have lots of down time to read, ski, and relax while eating Mom's good food. Baby had fun too (at least, we assume that all the kicking signifies happiness).

A fun new development: we have discovered that when baby is awake, we can ring a bell near my belly, and he moves in response! Further evidence that there really is a person in there!!

another climbing partner

Since we haven't been able to climb outside at all, we have had climbing-gym passes this fall. It's been interesting going once a week or so - we can watch my abilities deteriorate as my belly grows! My dad took this photo at our last trip because he loves to laugh at how funny I look, belly against the wall! At this point, there's almost nothing that's easy enough for me, so I'm about done with the rock gym. But for a while, it was a good way to work on my balance and adjust to my changing interaction with gravity - it's been a fun distraction. Hopefully in a few years, I'll reintroduce baby to the rock wall, and she will feel right at home :)