Growing a Watermelon

While most of this blog since it's rebirth has been focused on "growing a watermelon" in terms of having a baby...

I thought I'd take a more literal approach and do an update on the actual watermelons we grew! What is funny is that we planted our watermelon seeds back in April, and tonight we finally ate one. So that took about 9 months seed-to-table.

And I'm on my 9th month of growing a baby!

Moral of the story - don't eat watermelon seeds.

We are in the midst of my absolute favorite gardening season in the Sonoran Desert -- The winter garden! (Yes, we get to garden year-round here). In the winter we grow things like: all the greens, carrots, beets, broccoli, Brussels. Right now we still are enjoying some of our long summer crops such as butternut squash, eggplant, and watermelon. Squash has a very long growing season - partly because we had such a dry summer.

Here is what we are enjoying currently via pictures :)

Here is a bowl of greens! We currently have baby kale, 2 varieties of romaine, 2 varieties of swiss chard, mustard greens, & arugula. Since I am working from home and Ryan has been 50% of the time -- we seriously go through a bowl like this every 2 days right now!

Here is an example of one of the almost daily dishes we enjoy! I just sautee a bunch of vegetables and crack a few eggs in it!

Look how yellow our farm fresh eggs are!...I have a little secret!

The more vegetables your chickens eat, the more yellow and vibrant their yolks! We give our chickens basil, sweet potato vines, and any weeds I pull from the garden and they love it!

This is Blanche & Dorothy, by the way.

Here is a pitcher of fresh-squeezed limeaid that Ryan made the other day!

I have been craving all the citrus things...so feel like I could drink this entire thing if it didn't have so much sugar ;)

He made it with fresh-squeezed limequats from our tree! And stevia in the raw!

This is our biggest watermelon that we grew this year.

We had to put it in a sling because it was so heavy!

And tonight we finally cut into one of the melons and got to enjoy!

It was delicious!!!

What is your color?

Green My favorite color ever! I have to control myself to not purchase too many green things. If I had no control, my house would be green. My kitchen would be lime-themed. With greenery everywhere. My bathrooms would be green. My bedroom would be green. You would all feel nauseated-green after entering my home. (So I don't have a green-themed home) Many things I love are green, such as: Spinach (I eat it a minimum twice a day usually) My weding color was green. (clover green) Limes (I have at least one time a day) Grass. I love the feel of grass, especially since I see it so rarely in AZ (except in my neighborhood that has amazing landscapers with grass-galore) Palm trees. Any tree. Christmas trees. I love Christmas Green Beer. I think the green beer on St. Patty's Day tastes better. My favorite color of eyes. When I was in 9th grade, I so badly wanted to get green contacts. But they made me keep my brown eyes. Diet Mountain Dew (my guilty pleasure) Granny Smith

Currently - May edition

I haven't blogged much - but the last time I did one of these, Maddy was 9 months old. It's really fun looking back on the things that were "stressors" to me at that time. Prior to that - my currently post was a pregnancy edition. So here goes May 2022. Maddy is almost a 15-month old and summer has set ablaze here in Tucson. Reading : I really wish I had a better answer for this one, but I have not been the best about reading lately. The only book I'm reading is "How to talk to your kids so they'll listen and listen so they'll talk". It is really good. Most of the book is geared more to school-aged kids, in my opinion. But it highlights some great communication skills with children to help them trust you as a parent to be open and honest. Eating: All the smoothies. It has been getting really hot here - and every day when we get home from our stroller run I make a smoothie for Maddy with whole milk, Fage, and fruit - and then a smoothie for

8 Months

Well, I missed month 1-8. But it is never too late to begin, right? Here is a recap of Maddy at 8 months. (I'm totally stealing this idea from my sister, Lisa. I thought it was so neat that she recaps her son's favorites and happenings every month) How am I sleeping? Better than I was - but not as good as my peers. It also depends on if I'm teething. Last week, her 2nd tooth was poking through - so she was awake 3 times. No matter how much I let her cry it out, I cannot seem to cut down her feedings. When I go in there - she is literally pulling at my shirt with her mouth wide open. So clearly she's hungry. She eats 2 times/night and luckily goes right back to sleep. It is what it is. What am I eating? While we have had breastfeeding and bottle refusal struggles - I am so glad that taking to food as been relatively smooth. We are doing baby led weaning, and Maddy really enjoys most every food I've given her. Her favorite foods are scrambled eggs, apples, and c

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