This weekend was action packed in the Beard household. Some might say a little too busy, but that’s just how I roll unfortunately. A little sanity check is always good though.

Friday I joined Cora’s day care for a field trip to the Seattle Aquarium. It was my first time to join them (they went to the zoo last week, pictures to come soon) and it was quite an experience.

Despite her lack of enthusiasm for the zoo animals, Cora was enthralled with the fish and sea life on display. She reached out to touch the anemones and urchins available in the interactive pool and got as close as she could to the sea life in the underwater dome.  It probably helped that mama was close by, but I think the girl is developing an affinity for water like her Dad.

On Saturday, I got this crazy idea (planted by a friend) that a 7-8 mile hike would be a good idea at nearly 8 months pregnant. Mostly it was a bad idea because it was not a slow nor easy 8 miles, and we felt the need to carry so much food and water because that is always worse in my mind than being tired due to extra weight.

Experience with Cora has told me: keep that belly full or ears will be ringing before too long.

We hiked to Lake Serene near Mount Index in the central Cascades. The views were beautiful and definitely something we all want to be able to enjoy more often. So yes, I’m thinking about getting shape while waddling around at 8 months. Color me crazy.