Two months

Monday Claire was officially two months and we celebrated it by getting her two month vaccinations. Pretty exciting huh? She was all smiley and cute right after so I thought I had dogged the cranky bullet. No such luck. But in the grand scheme of it all it wasn't too bad. 

She's growing so much. She is developing this great personality. She sits on the couch and coos and laughs at us. It's great. I love taking her monthly pictures. Getting her all dressed up and posed. Since Tim got me my camera for my birthday, I've had more fun taking pictures. Below her two month photo is a photo shoot that I did just for fun.

Sunday night Lilybelle got her finger smashed in a door. It was a sad sight to see. She saw the doctor for it Monday morning and then got an X-ray to see if it was a compound fracture. Luckily it wasn't. Whew. But I tell you, getting shots and x-rays all in one day made for a pretty eventful day. 

How Does Your Garden Grow

After many years of discussing a garden, Tim and I finally got around to planting three tomato plants. I didn't figure that we would get too many tomatoes but I was wrong. Over the weekend Tim picked and brought in over thirty tomatoes! How on earth were we going to eat all these tomatoes?! Thankfully I consulted Pinterest and figured it out. From those tomatoes I made salsa, stewed tomatoes, and fire roasted tomatoes. I froze the stewed tomatoes and fired roasted tomatoes to use for later. Below are the fruits of my labor. I'm glad that none of those tomatoes went go waste and can't wait to have fresh tomatoes in the winter. 

Staying home with the girls on my maternity leave has been great and crazy at the same time. Below are some of those ahh moments brought to you by Lilybelle and Claire. 

The Mundane

We've all settled into a daily routine around here. I'm enjoying my time with the two girls just doing the daily mundane tasks. Weather permitting we go for a walk and I try to take them to the museum once a week. We also clean the house and do a load or two of the never ending laundry. 

 We've had some colds in the family lately so it's changed our routine a little. On Friday Lilybelle and I built a fort using boxes and a sheet. It was a lot of fun. 

We've also been looking for a minivan for about a month. We realized after Claire was born that two kids and all their stuff don't fit too well in a compact car which is what Tim and I both have. So after looking at a lot of minivans we bought one today. Tim did a pretty good job negotiating for it. I can't wait to really get to use it.