Long time no see!

I know, it's been quite a while since I last updated this thing. So, what has been going on in our lives?

First off, I went back to work at my old job at the beginning of the month. So far, it has been a good choice. The boys are doing great at the babysitter and I am able to pump enough milk for B while I am at work.

Secondly, B has really taken off in the crawling department. He is everywhere and in to everything! He has now started to pull himself up on things to the standing position. I had to move his crib mattress down another slot because he can pull himself up in the crib. He will also stand and walk while holding onto your fingers. He is so mobile! P was never this mobile so fast.

Also this month, we went down to Gulfport for a week to visit with the hubby before he left. It was such a great time and we have some really awesome memories. My birthday just happened to be while we were down there, so the inlaws watch the boys while hubby and I got a date night. We went to go see Harry Potter, ate some sushi, and then went gabbling. It was such a fun night!

P had some much fun playing in the sand on the beach and in the water. B liked to sit where he could splash in the water and play in the sand. It was really nice to have some quality family time. We haven't been on a real vacation since P was born.

We have a crawler!

B has officially started to crawl on all fours as of July 4, 2009! It amazing how far they can come in just a couple of days. I remember that P didn't start crawling until he was almost 9 months old and then waited until he was almost 15 months to walk. For some reason, I don't think B will wait that long to walk. He is such a mover and a shaker.

B has also mastered feeding himself finger foods. He loves Cheerios, watermelon, Happy Baby Organic Puffs, and Mum Mum's. He will eat almost anything, except bananas and squash, he is not a fan of those.

We also did a trial run at the babysitter's last week. Both boys went for two days in a row. B has never been to a babysitter besides family, so I was nervous how he would react. But he was just fine! I should have known he would be ok, he is such a happy, go-lucky baby. He even took a bottle for her, of course it had breastmilk in it. I have tried before to leave him with my mom for a couple of hours while I am out and he will not take a bottle of formula. Period! He will take one sip and spit it out. So, apparently breastmilk is the key to my little man's heart. :)

*P and Papa C checking out the pond at GiGi's house*

P also said the word "pool" yesterday! We were at my uncle's for the 4th and he has a pool. P just came out of no where and said "pool!" Now I know he can say "P" words and there is no excuse why he won't say "please." We have been trying to get him to say "please" and "thank you" for some time now and he just refuses to say them. He has never tried to repeat us or imitate us using words at all, but I figured by now he would be saying them.

*P and cousin K watching a video on the cell phone*

In other news, I start back to work tomorrow. It is a bittersweet feeling, I am excited to go back and get into the routine again with adult conversation, but at the same time I will miss my babies tremendously!!

The explosion!

Our garden has definitely taken off rather well, a little too well for me being the gardener. I usually kill everything as soon as I plant it. But I guess my luck has changed for this year.

I had to take out an entire row of cucumbers and give them to my inlaws because they were getting so big that they were overtaking my jalapenos and green onions. I still have 7 cucumber plants left, which is probably more than enough. I also counted how many green tomatoes we have on our plant tonight and I got 21! Good thing I LOVE fried green tomatoes and regular tomatoes or else we would be in trouble. The green onions are coming along, I have already harvested about 8 or so and ate them up. The radishes I also harvested and ate all of them as well.

*Green Onions*

*Tomatoes*

I also planted an eggplant plant this year and I am very curious to see how this thing grows. It is getting tall but I haven't quite figured out yet how this heavy eggplant is going to grow on this tall plant without weighing it down. But, I may be surprised!

*Eggplant*

I think the thing I love best about my garden is that is it all natural. All of my plants are growing so well and all I used was organic soil and compost. You don't have to use a bunch of chemicals to get the results that you want. I can't wait to harvest more of our veggies!