New House = New Garden

At our last house we had an itsy bitsy teeny tiny garden compared to our NEW garden! Our last garden was small and you could only pick from one side, but this year it really has grown. Last year we planted yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, and jalapenos and all did great. Over the last couple weeks we have been working on our new garden. It is going to be lovely. First started with a dump truck full of dirt that dumped this in my driveway!   

Proceeded by Finley wanting to play in it of course. It sat there for a few days until we were completely ready and then it began...

A girl after her own daddy's heart

With the help of my FIL and a couple tractors the dirt started to go in. 

There was a time when I (yep, me) was shoveling the dirt as they dumped, but of course they dumped way faster than me. 

Finley wanting to help shovel. 

We kind of had a team work effort going here. Jeremy would dig the hole, my FIL would water, Finley would plant and I would cover with dirt.

We started with transporting our onions that had been growing in the garage for the last few weeks. We also did tomatoes that day. Bring on the cucumbers, jalapenos, and jalapenos! I can't wait for the first pick! 

Wordless Wednesday

#dailywalk #donkey #horse

#daddydaycare

#LOVESSTOPSIGNS

Zilker kite festival

Over the weekend was the annual Zilker Park Kite Festival. A friend of mine and I decided to take the girls and enjoy the day. The parking was horrible and if I had been by myself I may have decided to turn around and go home thinking this will never work with my two kiddos, but we stuck it out and had a great time! 

She did not want me to hold her

The shark kite. It really was an awesome sight to see. There were so many kites, it was amazing that not more of them were not tangled. 

Finley and her BFF Avery

The Octopus kite! The girls loved this one! 

Landry even watched the kites!

The girls being silly. They had so much fun dancing to the music and watching the kites. 

Kitchen Flood

It was a typical Friday morning in the Morris house waiting on daddy to arrive so I could go to work. Finley has recently decided that she LOVES to play in the water clean the dishes in the sink. I usually let her help me at night after dinner. This morning I was doing a thousand things and I saw Finley 'washing' a few cups in the sink and thought nothing about it. Until I heard... "Mommy, I making a mess!" Through a mother's eyes of a toddler she is ALWAYS making a mess of something! Of course, I tell her I'll be right there. Then I hear... "Mommy, the mess is getting bigger!" I thought to my self, hmmm.....

What could possibly be making such a mess??

Wait for it.......

Yep, Finley managed to flood the kitchen with at least a half inch of water on the counter tops and floor! She looked so sad, but said, "Mommy, I called for you". How was I suppose to get mad if I didn't come when she called me the first time!! I turned off the water, giggled and got some towels. Her daddy came home while I was cleaning up and she told him, "Daddy, DO NOT go in the kitchen, okay??"And he giggled, too!

#makingmemories

Finley - Almost 3 years old

Let me start off by saying for all the times I thought potty training would have been an easy thing for you... IT'S.NOT! Slap.me.in.the.face.now. I almost feel like I have failed, but let's move on. That's how much I despise talking about it.

-Wear size 4 diapers
-Mostly 3T shirts and pants. 3T's are big int he waist, but you need the length in shirts and pants more than anything.
- Can count to 20.
- Knows your ABC's
- Knows that your daddy is a fireman and works at the fire station. You also know that he 'saves' people's lives.
- You are STILL very much a daddy's girl.
- Potty training - ugh! Hardest thing yet I have ever done.
- Knows most of your colors
- Every time you hear or see an airplane you think it is your pepaw.
-  You love your sister and actually said it for the first time - see video below

 

You BFF Avery

 

Riding in daddy's truck

 

I came home from work and daddy said you dressed yourself that day. Wow!

 

You do love your sister!

 

You are into washing dishes! Yay for mommy!

 

A lot going on in this video, but you had so much to say that night!

 

 

Landry 3 months

- 12 lbs. 12 oz @ 11 1/2 weeks old
- Wear size 1 or 2 diapers
- At the beginning of the month you were wearing 0-3 months and now you are almost growing out of 3 months!
- I even have you wearing some 3-6 jammies.
- Cooing and babbling
- First laughs... Love them!
- Love your bath time!
- Love, love, love to have your palms rubbed with lotion after your bath.
- Went to Dr for first time other than for well check - 02/15/13 - you were fine & no problems that Dr could see.
- Mommy changed her diet and noticed you seemed a little happier.
- Poop in your bath tub at least 5 out of 7 nights a week.
- Bath, bottle and bedtime starts around 7:45 to 8:00 pm.
- Sleeping through most nights until 6 - 7:00 am.
- The longest you have slept is from 8:30 pm to 8:10 am. I would say that's 12 hours my darling.
- Fell asleep for the first time under your activity gym.
- Naps are still all over the place; Morning, lunch, afternoon, evening nap is still a must.
- Breastfeed evenings and weekends.
- Bottle feed 4 - 5 oz every 3-4 hours.
- Daddy gave you 3 bottles of formula one day and he said she LOVED it!
- Daddy worked a lot of overtime this month so you are having a hard time adjusting to him being home short periods of time.
- You tend to sleep through ALL of the nights when it's daddy's turn to get up with you.
- Your sister keeps saying that she is not going to let the pirates take you away!

Happy 3 months my precious darling!

 

Look how much you have grown!

Landry 2 Months

My sweet Landry you are growing so fast. I will be heading back to work soon and I will definitely miss our sweet snuggles during the day.

Two month stats:

- 11.8 lbs.
- 22.5" Long
- 39 1/4" head circum
- Wearing size 0-3 months and some 3 month outfits.
- Size 1 diapers
- Eating 3-4 oz of Breast milk every 3-4 hours
- Sleep patterns - 3-6 hour stretches at night. Getting up mostly 1 time to feed. (2-4 am)
- Weeks 6-8 were the worst for you and me.
- You can pass enough gas for the entire family!
- Smiling a little
- Started somewhat of a routine.
- Bath time 8:30pm
- Bed time 9:00 pm ish
- On occasions I would give you formula as your last feeding of the night to see if this would help you sleep better. It in-fact does not!

 

I could just pinch those chubby cheeks!