Isn't it beautiful

We returned last night from a weekend away visiting Mike's folks. It seems more and more though that when we just drop in for a visit, Evan spends time with his grandparents while Mike and I run off for a quiet lunch or a movie. It's great for us to get time alone, and Evan always has a ball, so I guess it works out for the best. This time around we made our baby registry (we may have gone a little wild with the scanner), had a nice lunch out, and did some other shopping. I think we all really enjoyed the time away.

Evan is talking so much it's frightening, and his pronunciation is steadily improving as well. He did his "apraxia cards" with Shelley at therapy today, and scored between 50-80% on each exercise, so that's awesome. It's wonderful to see him making measurable progress now. I'm actually trying to schedule a meeting with Shelley and Emily (Ev's two SLP's) sometime soon so that we can sit down and talk about Ev's progress and what we should be doing at home. He's improving so quickly and I want to make sure we're helping him as much as we can too.

Baby is doing fine, from what I can see. He must be getting taller now, because I'm feeling movement up at the top of my belly and near the bottom at the same time. I'm suddenly feeling much larger too, so I guess I'm just trying to accommodate his flailing arms and legs. I'll be 23 weeks tomorrow, so I have between 7 and 17 weeks left, depending on your count. I'm still feeling well (aside from some back and hip pain), and trying not to panic too much, so that's good. I really think the excercise has helped this time around, but I'm still checking my blood pressure regularly just in case.

It's 110/74 today, for those of you keeping score at home.