A garden update!

I am so thrilled that spring is here and that it is gardening time once again. I love this time of year! Here is what's on the line up for this year:

• Yellow squash
• Zucchini
• Sugar snap peas (so excited for these!)
• Spinach and lettuce
• Herbs (Basil, chives, oregano, parsley, chives, thyme)
• Green beans
• Cantaloupe
• Watermelon
• Strawberries
• Raspberries (although they won't produce for a couple of years.. and I am so grateful that we got all of the plant as transplants from my wonderful mil)
• Tomatoes
• Corn (which will be growing along the back fence.. I think it will look really pretty)

See all the gladiolus growing along the house?! Won't they be lovely?

And Stacey.. look at all those chives.. they are calling your name!

Here is something I am really excited about.. the clothesline! Jeremiah put it up for me and I am so thrilled to be able to hang the cloth diapers out to dry.

Oh! And the PVC pipe.. lovely though it is.. will soon be covered by dozens of sunflowers!

Coming up next.. the finished nursery and my rather large belly at 29 weeks! I sure hope this little sweetie isn't as late as Sarah and Moses!

Hayes Happenings

Pregnancy is Weird

(Warning, this update contains more info than you want to know.)

On Saturday I was standing in the kitchen making lunch and all of a sudden there was "water" all over the floor. Now, friends, just between you and I, I may have peed myself a little during this pregnancy. On occasion. This, however, was different. There was A LOT of water (or whatever). Our company had just left and both Moses and Jeremiah were napping when this happened. At first I was a bit taken back. Then I thought, "Oh man, I'm about to go into labor. This is really happening." I called the midwife; Mary Louise was on call, and she asked if I was still "leaking", but I wasn't. She said that there is another pocket of fluid that sometimes rests above your cervix, about 1 cup, and that if I did not continue to leak and I wasn't having contractions then that ruptured. I had never, ever heard this before. If it wasn't Mary Louise telling me this information I don't know if I would have believed her. And, well, I'm still pregnant so she must have been right. Pregnancy is weird. And a tease.

Paxson's

Our wonderful buddies, Stacey and Alex Paxson, came for a visit this weekend and it was so wonderful to spend time with them and their little people. Thank you guys for coming and distracting me from my lack of labor :) (Also, I forgot to mention that Stacey interviewed me on her blog last week! Click HERE if you're interested!)

Moses and Hope on a blanket ride.

The Back Yard

The good thing about my lack of labor was that we really made some headway on the back yard! We planted the grass seed and laid mulch along the back fence! We weren't able to start on the garden, but since it was supposed to SNOW on Sunday that's not too big of a deal!

The garden is going in the empty lot on the left. In time we will be able to put a swing set and a clothes line to the right of where we're hoping the grass will grow!

We were also able to plant our blueberry bushes and a few grape plants!

And, of course, the cutest little helper on the block!

Thank you, Grandma Kat, for playing with Moses so we could get so much done!

Moses

And as for a little Moses update, this guy is loving his cars, trucks, and trains. The sound effects are pretty great, too!!
Happy Monday! May my next update be telling you all about labor with #2!

Projects. 10 weeks and counting!

I don't know if I would call this nesting. I think it is more like I have 10 more weeks of knowing what to expect and then life changes for a few months. Here are a few things that are on my radar before Baby Girl makes her debut.

Here is the exercise room. In a perfect world I could fit a futon in here so guests wouldn't need to sleep on the couch. Doesn't look like there is room for one, huh?

Prepare thyself.

Here is Baby Girl's room. This buffet needs to be painted (not to mention, cleaned off!), and then it will be re-purposed as a changing table.

Sigh, here is the rest of her room. I've got my work cut out for me, huh?!

AND! Our backyard! I'm looking forward to this project. This spring we are going to get on the landscaping. I'm hoping to keep the front yard low key and turn the backyard into a veggie growing paradise!

This will be a little place for flowers! Unless I think we need strawberries.. they would have to go here, it's the shadiest spot.

I am putting in raised beds this year. I don't think it will be a permanent thing, but until we install an irrigation system raised beds it will be!

10 weeks should be enough time, right?!