the garden (#31)

shortly after Dylan was born, Chad had the idea of putting a vegetable garden in our backyard. he thought it would be really fun to grow our own veggies and to be able to teach Dylan how the foods we eat are produced. so finally last year he got to work. we lucked out on the goods. even though we were sad to see our friends Levi and Alma move out of Long Beach and back to Arizona, we scored on their garden leftovers. they gave us almost everything we needed. they provided us with wood, soil, veggies, even a compost barrel. here are some photos of the before and after. when i get new pictures uploaded from my camera i will show you what the garden looks like today. it's grown a lot!

here is the space before:

laying out the plan:
Chad setting it up:
D and Chad reflecting on their work:
filling it with soil:
D helping out:
shoveling soil, she's such a good helper:
some of the produce...

tomato:
eggplant:
jalapeno peppers:
we also acquired a lemon tree:
and an artichoke plant:
Franki helping water the garden:
yumm, dirt:
Dylan with our first strawberry:
literally enjoying the fruits of labor:

update...

Ray in the apron i made her :)

been sewing...

made this little adornment for a plain grey onesie that i bought for $2 at target.

made this apron for Toni for her birthday (sorry it's just a phone pic). she loves aprons, so i thought it'd be the perfect gift. i love the fabric i found for it, i'm glad i bought extra. i made this roughly based on an apron i had. kind of made it up as i went. it wasn't too bad for my first real piece.

i also made an apron for Rayanne for her birthday. she bought me this book called One Yard Wonders. it's a bunch of fun sewing projects you can make with one yard of fabric or less. so i made a "clothespin apron" from one of the patterns in that book. it's just a waist apron, it doesn't come up on your torso. it turned out pretty decent since i had a little practice with Toni's apron. it was a much more difficult task though. i've never really followed such a detailed and intensive pattern before. in fact i didn't understand parts of it so i kind of winged it on those parts. i forgot to take a picture of the finished product, so Ray if you're reading, take a pic and send it to me so i can post it!

baby news...

i've been able to feel "baby girl" moving around in there for a little while now. the movements have been getting stronger each week. but yesterday i was able to actually see my belly move with her stronger movements. it was pretty fun watching it get thumped from inside. chad's out of town so i tried to get it on video. he may be able to tell, but either way, he'll be able to see for himself when he gets home next week. he'll be so excited! i haven't told him yet, cause i don't want him to get too homesick. and i'm sure he's not reading this, so he'll be super happy to get home and feel his baby girl!!

change

i started this blog for my 101 in 1001 project. however, i feel there's so much more to share sometimes. plus, that project ends in october. so i've decided to take over this blog with all sorts of things from life in the Tim Tim family.

we will soon be becoming a family of four. life is super fun around here with a skateboarder as a husband, an incredible 2-year-old, a second girl on the way and amazing friends and family surrounding it all. this will be my outlet for sharing everything that has to do with all these things and more.

enjoy.