More Dirt

This week we are especially grateful for family. Today is Ford’s birthday (L4’s older brother.) We hope he has a great day and a wonderful year. Yesterday was Aaron’s birthday (my brother). We hope the same for him.

With daylight savings, the state of Arizona does not change their clocks forward or backward. The entire state changes times zones. We are now in the Pacific time zone. As everyone is adjusting their sleep, we are adjusting to remember what time it is for everyone else to know if we are calling too early or too late.

We have had a great week. L4 worked from home on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Thursday we received a delivery of 10 tons of top soil for our garden boxes. L4 has worked hard to move the soil into the boxes. Much to L4’s chagrin, I helped dig holes, move rocks, and fill the boxes with dirt. Underfoot also helped move the dirt. He does really well as long as the whole family is working together. So far we have 5 of the 6 boxes filled. On Friday we planted peppers and tomatoes in the two recently filled garden boxes. It looks like some of the little plants aren’t going to make it which is sad.

Underfoot had his well baby check on Monday and has grown almost 2 inches since November 2008 and gained about 2 pounds. He is getting his 2 year old molars and has something of a cold. We thought it was just because he was getting teeth, but his cruddy nose has developed into a nasty cough. He doesn’t have a fever, but his nose runs continually. He protests every time we try to wipe it.

Underfoot also got his haircut because people kept calling him a girl. His hair is now shaped like a little boy but with a lot of curls still. He doesn’t like to sit in his high chair anymore either unless we are all at the table. His language is improving every day.