Giraffes

A little while ago we went to the zoo. It was our first time going in the morning and it was a lot of fun. Some of the animals were more active than we have seen them. There were some monkeys that were really funny because they just kept singing and singing and you could hear it from all over the zoo.

Another thing our zoo does in the mornings that we got to participate in was feeding the giraffes. It was so fun and exciting! I fed the giraffe first so that Rachel could see what to do, and (after licking her carrot) she decided to share it with the hungry giraffe too!  I think it is so funny how long their tongues are.

These giraffes definitely knew the routine! They were reaching for our carrots with their long tongues before we had even offered it to them. It was so fun to feed them! I love the zoo!

First Happy Meal

While this pregnancy has been much easier so far than last time because I haven't been nearly as sick, I still have my moments when everything in the house is contaminated. I had one of those moments at lunchtime a little while ago so Jacob being the wonderful husband that he is ran to Burger King to get us something to eat. He is truly the best husband ever!

While he was there he bought Rachel her first ever happy meal and she was so cute with her little hamburger and french fries!

"A whole hamburger for me?"

"Mmmmmm!"

Cupcakes and Black Eyes

We made some really cute cupcakes for Valentines day and they were really yummy too! They were lemon with lemon filling and lemon frosting with a chocolate heart on top. Neither Jacob or I like cake very much, but these were delicious!

Here are some pictures of Rachel with her first cupcake. Of course the very first thing she did was eat the chocolate heart off the top. She was so quick that I didn't even get a picture!

Sharing her cupcake with dad.

You can see her black eye pretty good in these pictures. Rachel has started climbing on our chairs and we have been trying to teach her that we only sit on chairs. Well she was on her little armchair standing and she fell over the back of it and hit her head on the tile and hit her eye on a Tupperware container. Poor little Rachel! She looked as if she had been beaten! It's all healed up now, but looking at these pictures I still feel bad!

My Garden

I decided this year that I was going to plant a garden. I'm actually quite excited about it. My dad always grew big vegetable gardens for our family every year and one of the best foods in the world is fresh veggies from the garden. Jacob being the awesome husband that he is, didn't even bat an eye when I told him of my latest "project" idea. He helped me build the box and clear the rocks and here is our garden.

We are doing a square foot garden where you plant something different every square foot. If you haven't heard of it, I highly recommend checking out the book and giving it a try. It makes gardening relatively simple and I'm so excited to see how our little garden does.

Here is what we have planted in our garden. Tomatoes, summer squash, zuchinni, peppers, peas, radishes, onions, spinach, lettuce, basil, cilantro, green beans, and some marigolds to keep a few bugs away. I planted everything last Monday (Feb 13th) and by Saturday (Feb 18th)  I had my first little radish pushing up out of the dirt.  I am so excited to have something growing in my little garden! Also there are flowers on my tomato plants! I can hardly wait for fresh garden tomatoes!

Here is a  picture of my little radishes coming up. In this picture we are up to 9 little sprouts! I can't wait til I have little things growing all over my garden!

My cute husband bought me this pretty rose bush for Valentines day. I'm still trying to decide whether to plant in in the pot or in the ground somewhere. He is so sweet! 

This is the first place we have lived that we have been able to plant things in our yard and I am quite excited about it. Its fun to change up our yard and make it ours! 

"I'm cute!"

Rachel found a pair of Jacob's military issued prescription sunglasses and had to try them on!

The expression  on her face in this bottom picture makes me giggle because this is the expression she gets when she knows she is cute. She gets this look when puts on a hat or gets a bow in her hair or something like that!

Isn't she the cutest little girl ever?