Slacker

I know, I sort of suck at this whole blogging often thing. Life kinda gets in the way when you have an 11 month old. Yes...Dillan is 11 months already! How did that happen so fast??? This time last year I was 38 weeks pregnant! I had demolished, tiled, and repainted the bathroom (finishing just 3 days before going into labor btw!). Now I am planning his first birthday party!!! We're planning a gathering with the family and a few close friends at Double Rock park. I have been working on designing the invitations and coming up with ideas for his 'smash' cake.
Speaking of work...we've been uber busy and I am really looking forward to our vacation in Sept. I just wish I knew where we were going. We're either going to Tampa to visit friends or renting a house in the OBX. It all depends on Southwest and their ticket prices. Since we'll have to rent a car when we get there we'll need to take the carseat. We might as well get D a seat and take it on the plane so we don't have to worry about damage by checking it. The whole thought of traveling with D is exciting and stressful all at the same time. I don't want to take too much but I am a habitual over-packer. *sigh* I think we're going to end up with a house in Nags Head because it'll be cheaper than the flight + rental car.
In other news, we've started a garden! Mike really spearheaded this idea. There's a neighborhood garden around the corner but we've never been able to get reliable information about it. He bought seeds and a starter greenhouse kit and planted green pepper and tomato. We decided to cultivate the 2 raised beds by the pool and a section of the unkempt area by the fence. Our idea sort of took on a life of its own and now we have hanging tomato and strawberries; in the raised beds we have red/ orange/ yellow peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes, green peppers; in flower boxes we have oregano and tons of basil; and in the side garden we have watermelon, squash, and cucumber. We've gotten 2 small but tasty strawberries and we have one red pepper growing nicely. We got a late start so I'll be happy if we get at least one of each variety.