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After 9 months and 11 days over due, our baby boy is here.
All the cliches of motherhood/parenthood so far are true. We can't imagine life without him now(and it's only been 2 weeks). We marvel at his perfection. We spend long moments just looking at him and asking each other did we really make him? Is this really real? A new little stranger plopped into our lives, and 2 full grown humans to care for him(seriously don't know how single mothers do it, I take my hat off to them), as we try and decipher his cries. And we debate "no that was I need to poop cry" over the " I'm hungry" and "I need a cuddle with my Dad".
We are "babymooning" right now, I've fallen in love with my husband all over again. Watching him care and change and love our little button has changed our relationship for the better. I'm sure this "babymooning" stage won't last forever but I'm cherishing it while it's here.
First day with mummy after a very long and difficult labour and delivery.
I love growing tomatoes because the are so easy to grow here. Put them in the ground at the end of may, water, lots of sunshine, the odd conversation with your plants and Voila! A fabulous reward of summer filled with tomatoes! I like growing all the really weird kinds that you can't get the supermarket. Here's a little tour around my patch of what I've grown this year.
Yellow pear tomatoes, the size of a cherry, great for snacks and good in salads. Sweet taste, low acid.
Lemon boy tomatoes, the size of a large plum. Great in almost anything salsas, tomato sandwiches, tomato sauce, salads... I made yellow ketchup with these last year and it turned out great.
Roma tomatoes, the size of plum. I use these mostly in tomato sauce, I use them fresh in sauce now and in a few weeks when the glut of tomatoes arrive, I make a canned tomato sauce for the winter months.
Fresh picked tomatoes ready to be made into a salad.
Pineapple tomatoes, this is an heirloom tomato and my first year growing it and haven't tried it yet. It's almost ripe, so will report back on it soon. It's the size of an apple.
A patio tomato, always good for early tomatoes and easy to grow in a pot.
The patio tomato full view. I also grew a ton of cherry tomatoes, sweet 100's but forgot to take a picture of them. They are a sweet small tomato great for eating as snacks, in salads and salsas.
Simple tomato salad with basil, olive oil and salt and pepper. The perfect companion to any summer dinner.
Yummy raspberry rhubarb pie
The farm
mom and dad on the swing
the local church
cute country houses
the town of ashcroft
mom and dad playing by the pond
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