seedlings

when are you due?

This is a question I get daily.  My response, "Mid September." 

You can see them doing the math in their head.  Yes, I'm only 5 months.  Yes, I still have a LONG 4 months to go.  Yes, I look pretty far along to only be 5 months.  No, there aren't multiples in there.  I then need to follow my response with, "But it's my third so I guess I'm just bigger.  Plus I have really weak stomach muscles :)"  That seems to placate them, although it's pretty clear they still think that I need to recalculate my due date, moving it up by about 3 months.

Let's see if I am in fact bigger...I've dug up a few pictures from roughly the same time.  Here is a picture of me earlier this week at 22 1/2 weeks:

Here I am at 23 weeks with Cade, my first baby:

And here at 23 weeks with my second, Deacon:

LOL, I think that it's pretty safe to say that I AM BIGGER.  Maybe it's because it's a girl (or is it??)...;)

garden rhododendrons

mother's day week

This Mother's Day was really special because MY mother came out for a few days to spend time with me and the family.  Along with her was my Dad, brother, niece (Marley), and friends Denise and Luke.  We had a full house!

The weather was beautiful and we spend most of our days outdoors: a trip to the zoo, a picnic in the park, a t-ball game, hanging out at the beach.

The kids got along really well, in fact Deacon cried when Marley left.  The two of them were super cute together.  They'd chase eachother around the house, lay down together to "read," had bubble baths and shared *most* of the time.

 

happy mother's day!

first garden post of the season

Since there's been *almost* as much sun in Seattle as rain, the garden has begun to grow.  Here's my current herb garden.  I still need to add basil but I'm waiting for Trader Joe's to have their basil in store, it's the biggest and the best.  Here's our sage, mint, dill, oregano, chives, lemon balm and parsley:

Drinking lemonade with fresh mint has been so refreshing...it's almost makes me forget that I can't drink mojitos.

I've also got some pictures of the veggie beds.  There isn't a whole lot to see but it's fun to look back at the start and compare it to the mid-season garden.  I decided to do all my plants in the front yard this year and I've reserved the back for raspberries and strawberries.  We've got plans to rebuild the deck this summer and part of the new construction will include a roof-top garden, so this year is pretty scarce as we're revamping the entire garden by the end of the season.

In the beds I have swiss chard growing that survived over the winter.  We've actually had quite a bit of it already and I've had to harvest a few times.  In fact tonight's dinner was roasted chicken and chard.  I also have sweet peas growing, carrot seedlings (4 rows), three cherry and yellow pear tomato plants, a variety of lettuce and artichokes (4 plants).  Today I planted cucumber, bell pepper and pole bean seeds so hopefully with a little more heat we'll see some seeds sprouting in the next couple of weeks.

some belly and other random pictures

I love this picture of Cade wearing my glasses.  He tried them on and stated, "Mom, everything looks funny in this room.  I can't see anything."  Hopefully he won't be cursed with my bad eyesight.

Here's Deacon screwing around in his crib.  To say that it's his crib is a bit of a joke.  He never slept in it a day in his life...it's simply been "on display" these past 2 years.  Maybe we'll get some use out of it with the next one.  Not holding my breath.

Finally, here are some pictures of my growing belly.  Some days I feel small then others I feel huge.  I do, however, feel pretty uncomfortable most days and I'm trying to figure out if it's because I lug around a 2 year old all day or if it's just because I'm older.  Whatever the cause I'm feeling definitely done after this one!  My body is over it.

Here's the belly, same day, but under wraps:

evolution of style

Cade takes school seriously, very seriously.

These days if you ask him what he's going to be when he grows up it's simply this, "a professor."  If you want specifics it's a "professor in demolition" but that's neither here nor there.  What he will tell you is that you have to study really hard, do well in school, and go to College.  In order to do all of this you must look the part.  This is how Cade dresses to go to school these days.  No joke.

The above version is what you wear to school on a rainy and cold day.  Since we've had a few nice days sprinkled into our spring he also has a "warm weather" version as seen below.  Please note that the hat and tie are absolute staples to the ensemble. 

And yes, I allow him to go out looking like this.

more beach pictures

Here are a few more pictures from our trip to Golden Gardens on Sunday.  I'm glad we enjoyed the sun while it was here...Seattle is back to 50 degrees and rain with no end in sight.  Sigh.

19 week belly

Here are some pictures from the beach yesterday.  One is a shot from my viewpoint :)

sunny afternoon

We're feeling very fortunate that spring has finally found Seattle.  We enjoyed this sunny day eating lunch by Lake Union at Ivars.  Cade was excited to be perched below the I5 bridge while Deacon was psyched about the unobstructed view of the Space Needle (he's taken over his brother's obsession).

Next we headed over to Gasworks park to fly the kite we picked up in Seaside, OR.  Both boys were able to keep the kite up in the sky and we enjoyed taking in the cloudless view of the city, bridges, take-offs and landings of the seaplanes.

Here's one last picture of me and the boys.  As you can see, Deacon was pretty over it by the time we left.  It was way past nap time and I'm pretty sure the kiddo is coming down with an ear infection.  Poor kid...at least he got a little fresh air before he hit the sack.