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21 Months and 29 Weeks

Z is getting closer and closer to becoming a 2 year old! It's so fun to watch her learning new things and trying out new things. She's such a little ray of sunshine and brings us so much laughter! I cannot wait to watch her grow into her new role as big sister. I sometimes imagine what it will be like having her come to the hospital and meet her little baby sister. It's going to be so very special. It's been really fun hearing her say new words and to hear what language they come out in. Her body parts are almost all in English. Two words that she often says in German are car and hot {I did get her to say car in English yesterday though!}. Thankfully, some words are the same or almost the same in both languages, such as baby and shoe. She was getting better at answering a question with yes, when this was the case, but now she's gone back to answering in a positive no and we keep telling her, "you have to say yes!" She is so funny! Sadly, she is still freaked out when we go to the doctor, even if it's just something for me. I was hoping her hospital trauma would wear off and she'd be ok again, but it doesn't seem like it will. I love seeing how comfortable she is with other people and will go to almost anyone {minus the doctor ;) lol}. She just loves people, our little social butterfly ... wonder where she gets that from? ;)

Tomorrow, I have another doctor's appointment {without Zoey!}. I think I'll get to see the baby again!! I've been feeling pretty well these past few weeks, minus heartburn and sometimes a yuck feeling and of course there's the tiredness. But I'm so thankful to be doing better than I was at the beginning!!

Housewise there hasn't been a lot happening. The basement is standing and they put insulation on. The actual house won't be built until June 24th. Felix, his dad and brother will have to build a supporting wall in the meantime and we've been looking around at fences, tiles, kitchen appliances, and I've even looked at some curtains and lamps. I dreamed about the house the other night, but it didn't look at all like it was supposed to and we had totally different neighbors...it was strange.

I gained another tutoring student, so some weeks I tutor three times a week. Z does great during these. She loves when the kids come over.

Well, I guess that's all from my end right now. Hope everyone has a great start to a new week!

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