Sweet William

 

 

Two years ago in the middle of  a record breaking heat wave, on the hottest day Olympia has had in decades a drop of sunshine came down to earth and into my heart and life. After 29 long hours of labor, our William was born by cesarean on July, 29, 2009.  I exploded in tears, mostly from relief , thankful he was alive and strong and beautiful and I could finally hold him in my arms. He had the cutest little lips, munchable cheeks, striking blue eyes and the most perfect strawberry blonde hair. I fell completely in love that day.

 

And more in love each day since. I love how he makes me laugh and has the sweetest heart. My greastest pleasure these days is watching him grow and learn and discover his own opinion, likes and dislikes. He is stubborn with an attitude, just like his mommy and daddy. He has the greatest facial expressions EVER. He is very serious about being a complete goofball. He loves his kitty cats, cars, blanket and being outdoors.

So here is to my sweet William, here is to two of the best years of my life. Happy birthday William!!

 

GardenGal gets a garden

 

 

My garden heart is beating loudly. Soon I will have garden space, garden space like I have never known.

In just a few short weeks we will be signing the lease to GardenGal heaven and the daydreaming and plant planning has already started.

The reality of a bigger place with lots of rooms, big living spaces, fantastic proper kitchen (gas stove!!!!), enormous laundry room (so big I will be making it into a craft space as well!!), amazing views inside and out, and loads of outdoor possibilities is just starting to sink in.

So excited to finally be able to properly get my hands dirty and have space to breathe! I feel like the luckiest gal in the world.

Going to be hard trying to keep my head out of the clouds and focused on the right now. I have loads of work to do! First up Williams birthday weekend extravaganza. Then let the cleaning, sorting, packing, moving begin!

AND after all that is finished, the first thing i’m gonna do is sit on my newly acquired deck looking out on The Sound and drink one hell of a mighty drink.

GardenGal Heaven Found

I found it! Well my husband did.

As we approach our son’s second birthday it has become very apparent that we no longer are a good fit for apartment living. We are bursting at the seams, we all need more space, more rooms, Will and mommy require more outdoor play space, and daddy needs a office and a bigger BBQ!

So insert my husband’s miraculous find.

4 bedroom, 2 large living areas, extra large laundry room and beautiful kitchen. Sounds great, right. It gets better.

2 levels of glorious deck space with sweeping views of the Pudget Sound. Yard includes a wooded walkway to the beach. Yes, I say, a beach in our backyard!! Amazing you say, just wait.

 

A huge greenhouse with running water and electricity!! And the entire backyard, minus the walkway to the beach and the beach itself, is terraced raised bed GARDEN SPACE!!!!!!

 

I will be in HEAVEN!!!!!!

Its not ours yet. Hoping and all fingers crossed right now. My dreams are filled with amazing views and happy gardening. Wish us luck!!