I am begining to think I planted a jungle! The tomatoes are over 8 feet tall, I have cut back the basil more times than I can count, plus the zucchini could literally eat san jose!
BUT I love it and wish I had more time for it.
My Morning glories finally started blooming. They are so lovely!
Apparently I have fallen off the face of the earth. I currently have in my various in boxes many emails from friends wanting to “catch up”. I guess I am just not very good at keeping in touch with people (when I no longer see them in the course of my daily life – i.e. old coworkers, team mates, friends who moved, etc.). It doesn’t help that if I spend more than a few minutes on the computer Chanler wants to type too :p
Also of late, I have not been as religious in my attendance at some of my mom’s groups. I have been feeling tired physically and mentally not willing to make my parenting choices appear to fit in with those moms. I know everyone makes the best decision for them, but I still feel that since I am the only one doing things this way (in one particular group) that I have to defend my position and not complain when my way seems to make more work for me now.
WOW this wasn’t supposed to turn into a vent, but there you go, it has.
So in general we are fine, Chanler is the same crazy boy as ever, and not much interesting is going on here (no more big projects in the budget in the near future). So I will hopefully get to all those emails one day and actually write personal responses, but for now if you are waiting from an email from me – it may be a while (like when Chanler is 18)
Ok maybe I should say the camping trip IN hell . . .
So we went for our “annual” sibling camping trip this last weekend. Michelle had planned it for Folsom Lake and everyone could finally make it (side note – we usually camp over independance day, but had to rescedule this year). The only problem – a crazy heat wave. We got to folsom lake and it was about 110 degrees with NO breeze. Ok no problem – it is camping you are supposed to ruff it a bit right. So we took our empty water bottles (and there were many of them), refilled them with tap water and proceeded to douse eachother water fight style. That wasn’t too bad! We took a turn for the worse when the bugs came out and so did the bug spray. Michelle and Scott reacted badly to the spray and the heat. Eventually Michelle had to go home because of heat stroke. The rest of us spent the rest of the night trying to sleep and promptly packed up at first light. Needless to say we spent the rest of the weekend “camping” in Michelle’s air cond house! What a way to ruff it!
From Breena:
Friday morning we went in for our delivery and at 10:25, little Drew
Michael Wescott arrived safely into the world. Things went beautifully!
He was a healthy 7 lbs, 9 oz…exact same weight as his big brother. A
little taller though at 20 in. He has the longest, skinny fingers and
toes I have seen on a baby…definitely a Wescott thing. Poor Aidan got
the chubs from my family! Drew and Aidan are as different as they
come…in looks and disposition. Young Drew has my sharp, straight
nose…poor little guy. He’ll grow into it. His eyes are bluer than the sky and
he has a sweet little mouth…lots of hair too. We think he looks like
one of the seven dwarfs. 🙂 He is so far as easy as they come…sleeps
like a dream but isn’t such a great eater yet. He can do it…he would
just rather sleep. Aidan is a champ! He is very sweet with baby Drew and
likes to give hugs and kisses…very gently! Plus, he is more
interested in his new train set! Best money we have ever spent.
I am doing very well. This c-section is already way easier than the
last. The surgeon said I had zero scar tissue and could do “this” twice
more if I wanted to. We’ll see! I am wishing that I could do things with
and for Aidan though. That is realy hard for me. I even miss changing
his diaper. 🙂
Jared Ryan Mann, born July 10th, 2006 1:24 pm
7 lb 7 oz, 20.5 inches.
Mom and baby are doing great.
Well I have been remiss about posting our progress on the landscaping project!
We are SO close to being done, but of course that means that we have slowed down our frantic pace!
To summarize the progress since the last actual post – we have
* Completed the sandbox with cover
* Planted the veggie & herb garden with drip system
* Engineered, broken and fixed a water fountain
* Run electrical so that said founatin will work
* Planted morning glories next to fountain in contrasting pots
* Installed sprinkler system
* Brought in 2.5 MDX loads of dirt to level the lawn area
* Sold our old shed and found a new smaller one
* Roto-tilled and then compacted the lawn area
* Laid sod
* Completed all but the top stair
* Edged the yard with 900+ lbs of river rock
* Assembled our new grill (it’s blue – So cool)
* Killed a small wasp next that was forming in our fence
Not bad for two people.
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Chanler is napping. So I can either catch up on my blogging or I can eat in realtive peace. Now you see why my blogging is so sporadic
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