I'm obviously a committed blogger.

My second-to-last post was about my daughter turning three...and in 3 months she'll be four. I definitely need to get on the ball here. How about a quick overview of the past 6-8 months? I'll assume you just said, "Why yes, please! Fill us in!" :) Okay, since you asked... Layla turned 3, the girls became playmates (yay!), we got pregnant and miscarried :( , we went to San Fran for Christmas and had a great time with Jacob's family and the Hacketts, we came back and got pregnant again (woo-hoo!-- EDD is Oct. 7th), Paisley grew up (seriously-- it was like overnight. She started talking in sentences, listening to her parents, stopped getting in trouble, learned her colors/shapes/letters/numbers...I think she was just ready to be a big sister).... I think those are all of the highlights. Coming soon: Paisley turns 2, Mommy turns 28, Angie graduates highschool, and Layla turns 4!

Okay, now that we're all caught up, I'm going to try to blog once a week. Ha.

Are you kidding me child?

So I'm sitting next to Layla watching cartoons in the family room, and I realize Paisley has been awfully quiet in the kitchen. Though that usually spells trouble, I am not concerned. I have installed child safety locks on every kitchen cabinet, locked the water and ice dispenser, and put door knob locks on all downstairs doors. I've even bought trash cans that were too tall for her to reach into, and that have lids that are wedged under the first pantry shelf so she can't remove them. I am not concerned. And then I see a small fuzzy head peep up into my line of sight OVER the kitchen bar, and hear a squeal of pure delight. She has just scaled a chair, pulled herself from the chair onto our pub-height table, and is now dancing with glee. Luckily, she doesn't fall off before I can grab her. Even luckier, my camera is handy. If we make it to 2 before we visit the emergency room, it will be a miracle.

The Birthday Girl

I can't believe I have a 3-year old. I mean, I can believe it because she's acted like she was 3 since she was 1, but still...3!!?? Where did the time go? My baby isn't a baby anymore. She's not even technically a toddler. She's a, what, preschooler? I'm not ready for backpacks and lunches and big yellow school buses. Okay, I have 2 more years until the school bus, but 2 years seems not so far away.
But enough emotional-mommy talk...this post was supposed to be about her birthday party, which was a lot of fun. She has her friends Emma, Josh, Kiefer, and Brayden over, and they all took turns beating on a pinata which evidently necessitated a real bat instead of a plastic one. With a little mommy-help it was eventually opened. She got lots of nice presents, including plenty of sparkly dress-up clothes which are her and Sissy's current favorite thing to play with. Thanks for coming everybody, and thanks for the great gifts!

Stay Classy San Diego

It's Alive!!! (muahahahaha)

So we actually got something to grow! I picked 5 heads of lettuce, and they filled a huge colander. They were still on the small side, but the aphids have moved in and were really interested in the salad bar we had going...so I figured better small than never. Coming soon: cherry tomatoes and (we hope) green beans and squash!

Survivor-- vegetable edition

Umm...this is what I saw today when I opened my composter for the first time in a week.The only thing I think they could be is soybeans-- from the edamame that was boxed, frozen, bought at Costco, probably allowed to defrost (you gotta sit and have a hot dog after a tedious day shopping at Costco), refrozen in my fridge at home, and then microwaved for 3 minutes. After surviving all that, I'd hate to have them die now-- so we're trying to figure out how to transplant them somewhere safer without shocking the heck out of them. Apparently soybeans like coffee as much as I do, They were growing in 3 inches of it.

ETA: Okay, so apparently soybeans CAN'T survive all that-- when I went to dig them up I saw that they were growing out of squash shells. I had forgotten that I threw away some butternut squash guts a couple of weeks ago. Actually that's really exciting, because our family eats butternut squash by the truckload-- so if we can actually manage to grow some fruit before we kill the plants, we'll be all set for the summer (you know, butternut squash-wise) We planted 21 of the plants in our garden, and gave away 40+ more to Jamie, the Bams, and the Grzeckas. Actually, we did more of a run-by-seedling with the Gerckies-- they might not have even wanted them. Hehe. :)

Layla's New Do...

I decided to bob Layla's hair for the summer. (Daddy thinks it's really cute short) I found out from Tasia that some hair donation organizations --like Pantene's Beautiful Lengths-- let you donate only 8" of hair, which Layla BARELY had to give (so it's a little shorter than originally planned) It was a really unique opportunity to teach her about giving, and she let everyone know that she "donated her ponytail to kids that needed some hair." I love her new do, and so does Daddy-- although it makes her look closer to 5 than 2. :( BTW I wasn't just letting myself off the hook... I was ready to donate 8" too, but they don't accept dyed or highlighted hair. *whew!*