Thursday, November 12, 2009

It's been a while


My intentions of being a daily or weekly blogger have failed me miserably (just like every diary I have ever started), but today is a new day and I will try and fill in some important things going on with me and the family. Speaking of which, we will be adding a new addition to the family sometime late March. I have my "big" ultrasound appointment tomorrow where I can find out if it is a boy or girl, but I think we are going to try and wait to find out. I am going to the appointment alone because it will be easier than trying to entertain the kids in a dark room for an hour. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid the temptation of finding out, I won't have Bill there to keep me strong. We'll see... and hopefully I won't see anything to let me know that it's a boy. Harrison was willing to show his off at my 13 week appointment and we knew very early!

Other important news is that our baby girl just turned 3. I guess it's true what they say about them growing up fast. I still can't believe she's 3 years old! She's been talking like a big girl for quite a while now and she manages to amaze me daily in something she does or says, but I'm still trying to wrap my brain around the fact that she's 3. We had a wonderful birthday party for her at Kiddie Acres with lots of friends and family. She really enjoyed herself and is still talking about it.


Harrison is growing quickly too. He is talking up a storm these days. He's talking in sentences and we actually understand what he is saying! He's still my baby boy, but he's getting to be such a big boy! It's hard to believe he'll be 2 years old in 2 months. I couldn't end this post without a few cutie pictures of him.


Saturday, May 30, 2009

The Garden is Growing!

Before and After

First Peppers

Here are the first peppers from our garden. I know we are dorks, but we are so proud and they were very yummy. We made a mushroom and pepper risotto with the first two. Then the second two peppers we added to black beans and they were delicious. Here is a proud papa and a proud sissy holding our treasures!

Summer Time


Summer is finally here and we have headed out doors. Bill and I took the kids to Toys R Us last weekend and bought them a sand/water table. We also got a pool with a slide which is probably going to make our water bill sky rocket because I get daily request to get in the pool. For those of you who are green you'll be happy to know that we use the extra water in our garden and flowers.


Tuesday, May 5, 2009

We Love to Paint!


Being an ex-teacher and having 2 small toddlers, I get a wild hair every now and then and try to do some kind of art activity. Painting days are my really ambitious days! Caitlin is a really good painter and pretty good at the mechanics of it all, but Harrison "our little Billy Goat" is another story. He loves to eat paper, crayons, dirt, sand, and paint is no different. You have to watch him like a hawk or our entire house would be eaten.



Harrison's work of art with a little help from mommy.


Caitlin's work of art.



Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Beginner Gardener


This entry is to show and document our gardening efforts. We started tilling the yard back in early March and finally planted our plants early April. We started with 10 tomato plants, 2 cherry tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 2 zucchinis, 2 hot peppers, 2 banana peppers, 3 basil, 3 cilantro, 2 oregano, 2 strawberries, 2 eggplants, and 1 watermelon plant. We figured with all of these plants some of them will survive. We've already lost the cucumber plant which was a bummer because I love cucumber and I'm tired of getting them from Mexico. Hopefully some local ones will be hitting the supermarkets soon. We lost the watermelon plant, but I figured that was a longshot anyway. I thought one of the eggplants was gone, but it has made a comeback. It is still to small to see if it will make it. We have flea beetles that are eating holes in the eggplant and pepper plants so we'll see if we can get rid of those. Despite our set backs, the garden is wonderful. We go out there everyday to water it and prune any leaves that look wilted or poor. Harrison and Caitlin enjoy it too, hopefully they will have a greener thumb than their father and me. I can't wait to enjoy the fruits of our labor!!!

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Trip to the Zoo


Dr. Suess goat



Harrison feeding the silly goat




Caitlin feeding the deer



My two favorite guys



Grandma Pam and Harrison


Saturday, April 25, 2009

Hello, Hello,
This is my first ever blog and I've always wanted to start one so here it goes. I guess I am doing this for a few reasons...
  1. Keep an online diary since I failed miserably with a handwritten one
  2. Keep family updated with the day-to-day adventures of Harrison and Caitlin
  3. Keep a journal of all the excitement and craziness of being a mom
If you are reading this you will need to bare with me as I figure things out. I'm excited to start blogging and sharing my life as a circus.

Love,
Christina