My Garden

I love having a garden.  Okay, truth be told, I love my grandpa having a garden.  His harvest is always delicious and nothing else compares - even my parents garden doesn't hold a candle to it.  When I lived near him, I always enjoyed visiting them and eating their homegrown tomatoes.  Yummy!  Since being married, I've attempted to have a garden each summer.  It has always been in containers.  It usually does okay for a month or so, then it dies.  But I will NOT give up, so we're trying again this year.  Here is a picture of our garden.

We've planted tomatoes and basil from starts, and carrots and cucumbers from seed.  We're keeping our fingers crossed that something will grow that will be yummy to eat!

Timing

On April 8th, I started to potty train my toddler.  On April 9th, I stopped potty training my toddler.  I decided that when your head feels like it's going to explode every time you bend over is a bad time to potty train.  So we stopped.  She missed her "potty toilet" for a few days, then seemed to forget about.  She brought it up again a few days ago, and I thought, "Sure, we can try again.  We'll start with the new week."  (tomorrow)  Well, my baby has a dr's appointment tomorrow, play group is on Wednesday, and I know my toddler would love to go, after being cooped up in the house for nearly 6 weeks (due to both new baby and sickness that would not leave our house), my toddler has a dr's appointment on Friday, and story time at the library is always a favorite Thursday activity, if baby cooperates.  Baby is nearly out of diapers (that one crept up on me!), and I haven't been grocery shopping (with a list) in over a week.  Case being, except for Tuesday, this week really isn't good for potty training.  Then the question arises, which week will be good?  Is there any week when we will have absolutely no obligations? Doubtful.  And like my husband said, "There's no point in dreading it."  

Forgetfulness

There are things that your forget about until they come around again.  Here are a few things that I forgot about babyhood:

1. Babies are fussy.  You comfort them, they still cry and it's okay.  It's normal.
2. Babies sleep A LOT.  We all want to play and cuddle with him, but all he want is sleep.
3. Babies have their own schedule.  There's nothing you can do about it.  
4. Babies use a TON of diapers.  And here I was thinking that one 200+ box would last us all month.  Not a chance!
5. Babies are adorable!  At ALL times.  It probably helps that they can't disobey or talk back.
6. Getting out of the house with a baby is a big job.  Making sure the diaper bag is fully stocked, baby is dressed appropriately and all of the "what if's..." are covered.
7. Your time is not your own.  You must be ready to drop everything at a moments notice.
8. How cute baby clothes are!  And how small!

Life goes on...

I really don't have much to blog about. I'm getting accustomed to 2 kiddos. A little at a time, it's seeming more normal. We haven't left the house much, and now we're all sick, so our plans to get out today were foiled. Maybe tomorrow.... My house isn't as clean as I'd like, but I've decided that some things, mopping for instance, can wait. As long as the kiddos are out of their PJ's by 10am, I feel good. I'm a zombie by 9pm, so I go to bed. Life goes on...