Day 147 - May 26

Another food picture for today... this time at home.

When we got back from Florida last week, Jason was pretty excited to finally get to pick some tomatoes from two of his plants. The best part was that the giant green tomato had FINALLY turned red.

And that giant red tomato turned into dinner tonight. It was delicious paired with some fresh mozzarella cheese, a little salt and pepper, and some olive oil and balsamic vinegar. The only thing missing was fresh basil - which I couldn't find at two different grocery stores (wish I'd planted more of that this year!).

Although we've been away from Kodiak for two years now, it's still a novelty to have produce that tastes like it's supposed to. This tomato definitely tasted like a tomato. It was a little bit of summer on our plates tonight!

Day 146 - May 25

It was date night tonight! We hired a babysitter and made reservations for dinner and everything! (Then we went furniture shopping after dinner...)

There are few things in this world that make me as happy as a good meal. Back in the day when we had two incomes and no child, fancy dinners were a pretty regular occurrence. They are not anymore. So when a special occasion rolls around (like our anniversary - that's what we were celebrating tonight), I will pretty much always choose fancy food over anything else.

Tonight we headed to True for a second time (there aren't many "fancy" options around here), and thoroughly enjoyed yummy food, white tablecloths, dim lighting, and quiet conversation. We also had fun watching the couple a few tables over who literally said nothing to each other the whole time they were there. Weird.

Anywho, the food not only tasted good, but it was pretty, too. So I took a picture of my rabbit, shrimp and succotash. YUM!

Day 145 - May 24

This picture should tell you one thing.... the kid does not get lollipops very often. She probably eats more chocolate than she should, but this is only the third lollipop she's ever had (first Tootsie Pop) and she was thoroughly enjoying it.

The other thing you won't get from just looking at the picture is the backstory. I took two other pictures of her with the lollipop. They were good enough, but I was seeing what other funny things she would do. I was rewarded with this one - this was totally posed. She did this and then just sat there like that and waited til she heard the click of the iPhone camera taking the picture. What a ham!

Day 144 - May 23

I have two completely unrelated pictures for today. Well, that's not entirely true... they're related in that they both have something to do with the fact that I'm pregnant.

The first one is specifically for my mom, who probably doesn't even remember her mini-rant about the expectant mommy parking at Babies R Us, but I laughed as I pulled up today and took the spot closest to the door, proudly, with that awesome sign in front of it! The funny part was that I wasn't even there to get anything for Yellow - I was buying fruit puree pouches for Michaela!

And the second one is the instagram picture I already shared on FaceBook today... Michaela used at least 4 different kinds/packages of stickers to decorate my belly and legs this afternoon. I guess that's what you get when you reorganize your toddler's craft supplies and they're easier to get to. I didn't mind, though, since it meant my exhausted tooshy didn't have to do anything to entertain her besides sit next to her on the couch. That was about all I could handle this afternoon!

Day 143 - May 22

Today's picture is a fancy picture of a picture. If we hadn't gotten married back in the dark ages before digital cameras, I could've just used an old digital picture instead. But we're that old, so we have to settle for pictures of pictures.

Why did I want this particular picture?

Because it's our anniversary! Jason and I have been married for 13 years now. Some days it feels like we've been together forever (in a good way). Some days it feels like we've only been together since yesterday (and I'm still that 22-yr-old girl just starting out!).

Thirteen years - with just about four of them not really living together (or just straight-up not living together... there was a year there where we shared a house but didn't see it at the same time very much, the rest of the 4 years we just didn't even share a house), 10 different duty stations between the two of us, ten moves, one dog, one and 3/4 kids... and I wouldn't change a thing. Well, that's not true... I would like those four years of not living together back to try to actually really be married and what-not instead. But overall, I wouldn't change it.

I feel very lucky and blessed to be married to my best friend and a man I love more today than I did thirteen years ago. Happy Anniversary to us!!!

Day 142 - May 21

I'm finally back to the right day!!!

We're back to normal around here - sort of - which just meant fun things like doing laundry, grocery shopping, going to physical therapy, and, OF COURSE, swimming.

My hair is finally long enough that the bottom of it gets wet when I swim (I don't like to get it wet unless I really have to so I don't have to go through the process of showering and blow-drying after being in the pool for 15 minutes... I'm so high maintenance!). So I actually was able to pull my hair back into the world's smallest ponytail - something I haven't done in about 10 years! And I had to document it. So there's two pictures of me in less than a week's time. Don't expect to see another anytime soon!

Day 141 - May 20

We made it home Sunday afternoon, got the kid down for a nap, unpacked, and then went to a friend's son's 1st birthday party.

Through all of that, and because I stupidly left the box in the living room, Michaela asked over and over if she could use the drum set I got right before we left (for my Coastie Chicks cyber-shower).

So I set up the drums real quick and they were a BIG hit!