garden goodness

I don't get to go blueberry picking this year, but we have received some amazing produce from our friends and neighbors with greener thumbs...huge and perfect squash and zucchini from our friends Caroline and Will and last night our neighbors' kids brought over corn that they grow (surprisingly discreetly) in their front yard! Fresh produce trumps grocery produce every time - what a treat.

2 1/2 weeks

It feels like we've had her with us forever (in a good way).

tahini and blueberries

It is about to be prime blueberry-picking season and this is the first year living in Tallahassee that I won't get to pick them. It is something I so look forward to but it is just not possible with such a newborn...I nurse her too often to leave her at home and it is too hot to bring her with me.


So in honor of blueberry season I will share one of my all-time favorite things to eat for breakfast: a whole wheat english muffin with tahini and blueberries on top. If you haven't tried tahini, you should! It is just pureed sesame seeds and can be used like a spread in place of peanut butter although it tastes pretty different.

first haircut

Meg finally got a haircut a few nights ago. It was a long time coming! She had some strands that were longer that others but she had one curl in the back that I was resisting cutting off. But since it also looked like a rat-tail I had to bite the bullet and even it all out. I'm glad I did. We turned on Teletubbies and she was absolutely transfixed by it! Note the mouth hanging open. She wouldn't take her eyes off the tv for a second.

hydrangea

There is a hydrangea blooming outside the kitchen window that is making me extremely happy. The past few years it was a sad little brown plant that would hardly bloom, and when it did it the blooms were greenish-white. This winter Mark had the great idea to move a huge potted plant away that used to be right next to it, which allowed for more sun...and voila! The hydrangea has taken off and the blooms have turned blue!

grandma time

The past couple of weeks we have been extremely blessed to have our mothers come to help us with watching Meg and adjusting to life with Katie. They have made the transition so smooth and I am sad to see them go!!

m is for meg

My aunt made this to hang in Meg's room...I finally got it hung yesterday. It is so adorable and such a great idea for a child's room!

in the movies

This is why I deserve the worst-daughter-in-law-of-the-year award:
My MIL Nancy came last Wednesday to help me with Meg and Katie. It also was the day that some FSU film students wanted to use our house as a backdrop in one of their movies. They had asked us beforehand for permission to do this, but we didn't realize how long it would take and how many people would be camped out in our front yard.

Nancy was kind enough to offer to run to Publix for me while I took a nap. She didn't have a house key so I left the door unlocked. As she left I said, "call me if you have any problems!"

The next thing I know there is a knock on the dooor and some film student is telling me my car windows are down and it is pouring down rain. So I run outside with the baby, roll up the windows, run inside, and lock the door.

Then I proceed to nurse the baby, get tired, decide to take a nap, and turn off my phone.

I woke up (who knows how much later) to hear some strange tapping noises and I open the front door to find about 15 people with their cameras pointed straight at the front door, filming some scene with my MIL Nancy locked outside with her Publix bags and hiding behind a column!! I had locked her out, in the rain, in front of film cameras, with no way to call me!!

Meg had fun watching all the action.