Spring 2011's first bounty!

Planted the garden earlier this year....and so far it has been wildlife free so we've been able to actually eat the product. And this first batch of french breakfast radishes were BEAUTIFUL!

Scenes from the road

Like really? A Microsoft store? And isn't it interesting how it looks EXACTLY like the Apple store but just a little messier... The things you find in the heartland of America. Photo taken at Mall of America.

It is so depressing to me that there is no Dunkin Donuts available in Northern California. So anytime I am in the midwest or anyplace east of that I seek and effectively destroy the inventory at DD via my belly.

sailing....take me away....woh woh woh woh

For real this was an afternoon in the city down at the Chrissy field beach. I know it looks amazing but it was probably about 65 degrees so totally shorts compatible for us. Still, it was so picturesque with all the sailboats, fluffy clouds, blue sky and sunshine. And it made me realize how awesome the iPhone camera is...

Donut is 2...

Look at how grown up she looks...ugh. I know it's only been 2 years but I can't believe it's been 2 years already all at the same time. She's still a baby in many ways but so grown up compared to the snuggle bug we brought home from the hospital. Everyday I am proud and sad to look at Donut. Proud of her development, milestones and achievements....sad because with everyday that passes, that's just one day further away from us and onto her own life.

It was only once I had Donut that I totally understood the craziness of mothers and their insistence at a certain point in your life for you to marry and have children. While all of us daughters just see that as "pressure" and "lame" as a mother, I now understand what is happening. While feeding Donut for the first time in the hospital, all I could think about was how I couldn't wait for her to experience the same thing one day. How primal and essential that experience is and how it wasn't clear to me until I was there. I think about that a lot as I wonder what kind of person Donut will grow up to be, what her definition of family will be and will we one day be able to bond over a shared experience? Also in our quest to add to our family, I constantly wonder if I'll be blessed to have that moment again.

STOP Hammock Time

More fun in the sun relaxing on vacation. I cannot believe how much I miss it. Has it really only been 2 weeks since we've come back? It feels like it has already been a lifetime - ugh.