Spring has sprung!

Yes, it's April here and spring has definitely sprung! We've had a garden for a couple of years now, and just started this year's two weeks ago. Last year, we got bitten by a late frost, so this year we waited an extra week or so to get our started. A (and C this year, I'm sure) loves to help with it. Tending to the garden is one thing we do every day!



We're growing tomatoes, zucchini, green peppers, basil, cucumbers, and we're trying a watermelon again this year. (Last year's got over taken by the cucumbers, who knew that cucumbers would grow such long vines??? Yeah, I'm still a rookie on some gardening things ;) )



Last year's frost also zapped the peaches. We planted a peach tree 3 years ago. Last year was the first year we had buds--that is until the frost. It got every single last one of our peaches! This year, we hope to at least get one. One peach from the tree and all will be well! We're seeing lots of small little ones, so we're keeping our fingers crossed! I'll try to update the pictures as the garden grows. :)

Softball Update

Church team off to our first ever 2-0 start. 17-1 and 22-7 W's last week. I had a good week 4-7 with a HR and 4RBI's. Next game is tonight at 7:45.

Work team - not so good - 19-8 loss. First regular season loss in 2 years. Two out hitting killed us. Next game is Tuesday at 7.

Oh yeah - and one injury for me so far .. :-). Bum knee.

Oh, what a night!

Well, the Alberty family has now made 2 ER trips--once for each girl. A's arm, and now C's head. Here's the story...

Last night, the girls and I had dinner with two of our also "Daddyless" (our Daddy is in Miami for work) friends. We got home and C decided she didn't want to come inside from the garage. I came on in, thinking C would follow. Yeah, not so much. She got mad, threw a fit and fell, bonking her head on our concrete garage floor. She knocked herself out! I scooped her up and did everything I could think of to wake her up. I was *this* close to calling 911 when she woke up. She was only out 5 seconds at the most, long enough for me to walk from the garage door to the phone by the living room. I, of course, was hysterical by this point and poor A was starting to freak out too. (She's such a good big sister!) After calming down and seeing that she was OK--by this point she was playing and acting normally--I called the on-call number for our ped. Like me, they were also concerned and advised me to head to the ER just to be safe.

Since Daddy is OOT, Marla (a neighbor and good friend) came over to sit with A until Sara could get here from UNCC. C and I headed uptown to the Children's ER for what would become a 5 hour trip. Once there and checked in, the staff did all they could to keep us comfortable. We had to wait quite a while for a CT scan, two traumas came in so we got bumped, and I tried my best to get C to rest/sleep while we waited. By this point it was midnight, obviously well past bedtime! The nurses brought us a sippy of chocolate milk (it's the only milk she'll drink, but at least it's milk!) and a passy in hopes that they would relax her enough to drift off to sleep while we waited. No such luck though.

We finally got the CT scan just before 1:00am. Everything was normal, so we were sent on our way just before 2. All is well this morning, C is playing/acting normally and A made it to school on time! Daddy comes home this evening and I'm planning to go to bed super early to catch up on some Zzz's!

A new way to keep up with us!

Hello all!

With all the other things I've got on my plate now, I've decided to add one more thing to it...blogging. I hope this becomes a way for you to keep up with our family; our comings and goings. I'll *try* to update this fairly often, no promises though!

Happy reading!