"Hiking"

Since Shayna loves being outside so much, Nahum and I decided to go on a little outing with Shayna last weekend.  We went a whole 0.4 mile to a beautiful overlook called Wind Rock.  Shayna walked about a quarter of it each way and loved scrambling around on the rocks, eating rocks and pulling up the grass.  We plan to explore Mountain Lake this weekend.  Hopefully it'll be sunny so Shayna can check out the water too (something else she loves).

Shayna and Patricia playing on the rocks and looking over the overlook.

Nahum helps Shayna with the uneven ground.

Shayna waffles between wanting to hold a hand and doing it on her own.

Shayna is adding to her vocabulary and can say duck along with hat.  She works on other words like on, off, down, help, and hand when I mention them first (eg I say, "do you want some help?" and she'll say, "hep, hep" if she does).  One of her favorite play areas in our shower where the drain cover comes up so she can stick her hand down the hole or try to stuff my shampoos down the drain.

Today I sanded the deck after power washing it last week in preparation for staining it tomorrow.  I finally got around to putting the insulation back in the basement ceiling last week (had been removed a year ago when M&M were here after Shayna's birth as Michael and I ran some new line for a new spigot outside).  I only got about 1/2 way done when I discovered the master shower had been leaking.  There's some cracks in the grout where the floor and walls meet.   I'm just waiting for it to finish drying so I can caulk it.  I fixed Shayna's door yesterday so the top doesn't stick on the jamb.  The house projects seem to be never ending but I guess that's just part of home ownership.

Labs were still the same last week (liver numbers stagnant and EBV down).  She was an angel again today and didn't cry at all when Misty took her blood.  I'll see those results probably Friday.