Growing Growing Growing...

Well lots of things have been growing around here...tomato plants, me, and most of all baby! Baby has made some shocking movements in the last couple days but yesterday was the most significant. It started last Friday when baby decided he or she needed to stretch out so here I was with little feet in one side and a head in the other. This has happened a few times since then and it's rather uncomfortable. Yesterday Alex was at someones house working on a computer and I was out in the truck listening to music when all of a sudden, there was this little thump that was not in alignment with my blood as it pumped around my growing belly. It happened a few more times while we were out and about. This little one has got quite the muscle strength for being so small. I was hoping Alex would be able to feel it when baby started kicking last night but it wasn't strong enough. All I can say is we have a little acrobat!

Baby is about 5.5 inches this week and around 6.5 ounces. Can you imagine a baby the size of a sweet potato? Well I'm finally getting the picture and really starting to FEEL pregnant.


On the side of feeling pregnant we have a lot going on. We're STILL trying to get our garden going but the rain has yet to let up. Alex got weed killer on half of the area but we ran out and need to get more. Due to our oh so unfortunate weather we lost most of our tomato plants. First they were all still in their starter trays so they weren't getting enough light. We stuck them outside to try and harden them off and all of a sudden we got snow and hail again. We brought them back inside and rescued most of them, separating them out into bigger spaces but then we bought three plants and the next morning they were infested with mold AHHHHHHHHH talk about want to scream, all that hard work for nothing. So here we are, back at the beginning and we have a bunch of little starts again. We're hoping spring decides to show up sometime soon.

Alex has been building his business and is doing well. The business has finally brought in enough that the income is higher than his over head costs. In a way I guess we're finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

I am still doing day care for a family here in town part time. For now it's only one day a week but sometime this month is should increase to a day and a half. It's been great because it allows me to get out and work doing something I love but at the same time it's not 40 hours a week where I'm dead by the time I get home each night.

We're both still in the Battle Ground Village Saturday Market. I have had good weeks and a couple not so good weeks due to the weather. We also have this woman next to us we call "the plant lady". She had introduced herself multiple times but she is very, well we'll say OUT THERE. Any time someone comes near her booth she has to get up and talk to them even if they are just walking by. This next Saturday she isn't going to be there so we'll see if people are a little less intimidated to come up to the booths. On the other side of us we have this sweet lady named Amy. She's been selling soy candles and "emergency stinky spray". She has been an absolute joy to be by and we chat through out the day.

Well this being said I think I need to get ready for the day and finish cleaning up the mess that was made over the weekend that I haven't had time to clean up.