I’m not sure how many green thumbs read my blog, but I think I have a couple, so I thought I would post some updates on our garden! I went out in my jammie pants and rubber boots (because I’m cool like that) and took some pictures of everything.
Our carrots look great and lush so far! We’ve never had especially successful carrots. The one year that they grew well-ish, they had zero flavor. No good. What we learned: The tape seeds don’t produce the flavor or the real thing!
Our cucumbers are probably the lamest thing in our garden. Not sure if they’ll produce or not.
Beans!!! They’re flowering and getting little mini beans on them already! Can’t wait for fresh green bean casserole!!!
Corn and sunflowers are growing sooo well! They also took a bit of a beating with all of the wind last night, but as far as I can tell, no stalks are broken.
Potatoes!!! These are beautiful and budding and I’m so looking forward to fresh potatoes 🙂
My one and only peony plant even produced, but the two flowers got the crap kicked out of them by the storm last night. Plus, my only beef with peonies is the amount of ants they bring into my house 🙁 Bummer. So I kind of missed them this year, but there’s always next year. I should plant more…
The other big new progress in our house is that little Miss Laela is ready to move!
Time to move her crib down again!
Yesterday we saw her first tiny little shuffle towards a toy, and got really excited. Well, all has changed. She crawls. Not perfectly, of course. She falls over onto her head a lot, and spends more time on her hands and feet instead of hands and knees. But hey, polar bears do it and they’re cute! I couldn’t get it on video, but this is something anyway.
She’s pretty proud of herself, and Dekker is actually excited by it! I once lived in fear of the day that she would crawl, and touch him, and he would cry and cry. But now, he will lay on the floor with his face in her face, begging her to touch him head. Its going to be sooo great! For those of you who are expecting your first, don’t let people tell you it will be miserable when your kids can move around on their own! It is incredible and exciting and frankly, I think it helps with the kids independence to a degree! Sure, you’ll potentially have to baby proof a bit more, but you’ll learn that quick. Its sooo exciting to see this happening, and knowing how soon after walking will come!
Thats the end for tonight. Brady and I are in dire need of a date night, so we’re going to go make popcorn and drinks and find movie to cuddle up and watch downstairs. Hope you all have a great Friday night!