Brock and Kate have been growin it, I've been eating it! If I can't find Brock or Kate I know where to look....the garden. Those two have been hard at work in the garden all summer and their efforts have payed off, they have produced some great stuff. Kate will eat a whole cucumber by herself. She doesn't like tomatoes, but doesn't seem to mind growing them. They also have a sunflower that is about to open and bloom anyday.
I also bought some fresh corn and peaches from the Snead's (a farmer I worked for when I was 18). I think he has the best produce in Virginia. I froze away 3 dozen ears of corn and made fresh freezer jam with the peaches. It was wonderful on our pancakes this morning.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Kate's Garden
Lydia's tooth
It comes from my side of the family I suppose. My nephew had teeth early and I think my dad did too. Lydia joins the club with early teething. She had a tooth pop through on the day she turned 10 weeks old. I can see it and sometimes feel it, it sorta goes under the gum and then comes back up. I actually noticed this white pimple on her gum in the hospital with her, I thought it looked like a tooth then but brushed off the idea of it since she was so young to be getting a tooth. I also had been meaning to bring it up to the pediatrician but always forgot. I tried to get a picture of it which she didn't like very much. You'll have to tell me what you think.
Click on it to make it larger. It's the white pimple thing in the lower left gum.
Life is a bowl full of cherries
My friend Becky sent me the most beautiful handmade quilt for Lydia, a friend of hers made it. I thought it deserved a picture on my blog.
4 under 2.5
One reason I haven't been very good with updating my blog is because I was watching 4 kids under the age of 2 1/2 for 6 days. My mom went to visit my brother in UT which left my seester without a sitter for 6 days so the big seesters stepped up to the plate and offered to help out. What was I thinking! Honestly I was happy to do it and even happier that I had the time to do it. Normally I would be working but I have the summer off for maternity leave. There were some rough moments when the 2 babies were being demanding at the same time but over all I had so much fun watching the 4 kids. The toddlers were so cute to watch and played very well together and for the most part the babies took turns being good and bad. I honestly can't say which baby was better or worse. They both really are about the same which is good because they are the exact same age.
Here are some pictures from that week.
The two babies, they both had their moments but I have to admit Rowan has a much louder cry then Lydia and Lydia can cry. At their 2 month appointments these two were about 1 lbs 3 oz difference in size
Here are some pictures from that week.
The two babies, they both had their moments but I have to admit Rowan has a much louder cry then Lydia and Lydia can cry. At their 2 month appointments these two were about 1 lbs 3 oz difference in size
Just look how upset Rowan is, not sure why
His Nickname is T R O U B L E
This is such a cute picture of Kate
A day at the Lake
We didn't really spend a day at the lake more like a few minutes. Kate could've spent the day there, she had such a great time in the few minutes we were there and didn't want to leave. It was a hot humid day so we took a few pictures and then headed to the pool.
Click on the pictures to make them bigger
I love the picture of Kate splashing in the lake, not sure why Lydia is throwing a fit she loves water guess just not this water?
Lydia seems to like the water a little better here
Thought this was such a cute picture of my Kate
We went to the pool almost everyday on vacation. It was so refreshing and it was such a nice pool. Brock and Kate were so cute together. By the end of the week, Kate had turned into a little fish and was swimming by herself with water wings on. It was incredible to me and I'm still in shock that my 2 year old was swimming! She did such a great job. Here is a video of her swimming with her wings, it's long so you don't have to watch the whole thing to get the idea. I just don't know how to edit it.
Brock and Kate
I think this is our only family picture while on vacation
Here's a couple more pictures from our vacation:
Brock took this picture of Kate and he was just so proud of himself. It really is a great picture of her, she looks grown up. She also has a quirky little smile, she gives us this smile a lot so it's nice to have it on film now
Kate loves Lydia tons, but she doesn't like getting too close to her. She's never held her or asked to hold her. This picture is the closest she's ever been to holding her so I had to snap it, it's cute that she even held the bottle for a second. This moment didn't last long at all so I'm glad I have it captured.
A day in the Park
One of the days of our vacation we spent at this beautiful park. There was a cute stream running through the park that Kate loved playin in. We didn't get a chance to walk around the park much but there were waterfalls in the area you could walk to but with the two girls we didn't last long, or I should say they didn't last long. We still had a great time. And if you haven't figured out already Lydia is the soundtrack in all our video. She cried every time we had a video recording, I think she wanted you all to believe she cried the whole vacation, which she did cry a lot of it but not the whole time.
I love pictures of kids being kids. Kate was just so cute exploring this creek. I love her little overalls, she kept telling me she "looks like a farmer"
Diggin for Gold
We also went diggin for Gold while in Georgia. Mostly this gave Kate a chance to play in the sand and get dirty. She loved the whole process though, scooping up the sand and putting it in the sifter boxes and finding "gold". According to her we found nothing but gold and diamonds. I wish. We did come home with a couple of baggies of jewels.
Kate pickin out the bucket she wanted to dig thru
There she is with her shovel
Daddy and Kate looking for Gold and Diamonds
All the gold and diamonds they found
Where do Cabbage Patch Kids Come From?
If you've always wanted to know where Cabbage Patch Kids come from you will want to read this blog.
While on vacation we headed to Cleveland, GA to check out the General Hospital where Cabbage Patch kids are born. They take it seriously here too, once you step in to this place the staff are dressed in scrubs and take the CPK's adoptions serious. There is even a screening process....I kid you not!
Kate had so much fun here, when you put a little girl in a building full of baby dolls you get one happy girl. She was definitely overwhelmed by all the stuff to look at. We told her she could pick out a baby to adopt but she didn't want anything she just wanted to look around or I should say run around.
One of the things they do is let you witness a CPK birth. Here is a video but let me explain, they have you gather around, the doctor then pulls a baby from the cabbage, gives it a spank, swaddles it and then allows the audience to name it. Oh and they do an ultrasound to find out if it's a girl or boy, this one is a girl. The video is sorta hard to watch so I wanted to explain.
The next video is the same newborn that was just born and they took her to the nursery to get weighed and make sure she is healthy. Oh in the video I say the baby is 12lbs, it was only 1.2lbs. Each of theses dolls are hand made so they all are a little different.
Here are a few pictures from the visit to the General Hospital. I would recommend this to any kid, boy or girl. It was a lot of fun.
Outside of the Hospital
A field of cabbage patch babies
Kate interrupting the Cabbage Patch Kid's Lunch
Guess which Cabbage Patch Kid we went home with? Even though she was crying we felt she was the perfect one for us!
Kate loving the Cabbage Patch Kid display, the one to the far lower left with the mickey mouse ears was the first one born, about 36 years ago, I can't remember his name
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