Happy garden...

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This is my tomato plant with marigolds ringing the bottom. If you look closely you may be able to see the green cherry tomatoes already, hurray!

Of course Curran thought "you want a picture of ME, not those silly tomatoes!!" What a camera hog!

Another kind of graduation...

Curran took a couple of big steps today. We put away his high chair for good, so he can sit in a booster seat at the table with us. And then we took down the railing of his crib so it looks more like big brother's bed. If you can't tell by the picture he was pretty thrilled!

California times...

<-- This is currently my favorite photo in the whole world. It was an extremely windy and cold day at the beach, but Avery still wanted to play in the water. The photo here is my sister helping him clean up after getting knocked over by an icy wave. And yes, we really did need hats and scarves!






We also went to Fairytale Town. Curran took the cheese at that awesome park! Or did the cheese take him?

My current battle...

I've always really enjoyed food, and certainly I've enjoyed it too much =)

Since we moved nine months ago I gained over fifteen new pounds I didn't need. My back started being in pain every day and none of my clothes fit anymore. So two weeks ago I started learning about how many calories I actually consume normally (and what I should be eating) and exercising every day. It has made me grouchy a few days - eating less that is - but it's starting to pay off already.

My wedding ring fits back on my finger now (I had to move it to my pinky especially with the warm weather), my back doesn't hurt every day and I've lost three or so pounds. And I haven't been starving myself at all, just eating reasonably and being active. So wish me luck to keep up my willpower. I don't want weight-induced diabetes and I want to wear my clothes again...

Adios preschool!

Here's Avery holding his 'graduation' certificate for finishing preschool. The kids did a presentation thing of singing ten or so songs before they presented the kindergarteners-to-be with their certificates.