Home Improvement

It's been awhile since our last update as we have been a busy family. Hayley has been busy trying new veggies each week. With each new food we excitedly get the video camera out and the digital camera ready in the hope of capturing a unique reaction to a new taste. However, we're beginning to wonder if Hayley even has taste buds as she doesn't make any face one way or the other no matter what we give her. The good news is that so far she isn't picky. The only thing that seems to make her mad at mealtime is just not getting the food in her mouth fast enough! So I spent all afternoon today pureeing organic goodies for our little eater. Hayley now has a freezer stocked of cubes of butternut squash, peas, green beans, avocado, pears, and sweet potatoes. What more could a little girl ask for? Here's a recent picture of Hayley as Brian was trying to teach our little patriot that you stand with your hand over your heart for the national anthem. (Yep, she's going on 6 months and no real hair in sight!)

We've spent the past three weekends engaged in home improvement projects. Our first project began with the garage as we finally got around to installing some garage shelving and unpacking those final remaining boxes. We've spent the past two weekends working on the yard by rearranging and planting some additional plants, putting in a stone edge, and remulching. We still have quite a bit to do as we plan to edge around the Magnolia trees and add some colorful flowers as well as just cleaning up and putting some plastic edging around the entire perimeter of the house, but so far we are pleased with our accomplishments! Here are some of our before and after pictures:




We'll be spending Thanksgiving here and will be enjoying the day with Brian's family before getting back to work on the yard and getting our Christmas decorations up.