I can see again!

On Saturday night Ty hit me really hard with a coupon book... square on my eyeball! It hurt so bad!!! I ended up going to the eye doctor (that I used to work for and my mom still does). Turns out that Ty has REALLY good aim. He took off a good 1/4 of my cornea! I now have a bandage on my eye, that will be removed Friday, and I'm on a few different eye drops. Doctor said that normally he would prescribe painkillers BUT I'm pregnant so he couldn't. Apparently it is a pretty serious injury and will take a few months to fully recover. Too much fun! He is trying to get my cornea stable before I have Ruby (in 30 days!!!) because, apparently, my "new" cornea could just "fall off" putting me back at square one, aack!

Oh well, it makes for a great story and at least I can see again. And, no, I didn't take any pictures...#1 I couldn't even open my eye and #2 It was really gross!

Six years and counting...

Exactly six years ago today Aaron and I spoke for the first time. He followed me around all day at church and I am so glad that he did. Our first conversation was about allergies (as we are both sufferers) and sunburns (I had a 2nd degree sunburn at the time and was in A LOT of pain). We only talked for about ten minutes after church that day, but it was enough for me to seek him out at FHE the next night where he asked me out for our first date.

I am so happy to be married to such a wonderful man and father. And I guess this means that our wedding anniversary is just under four months away!

On a side note, Aaron graduated from PSU yesterday with a double major. Ty and I are so proud of him!

Strawberry season is here!!!!

So, I don't know why I forget every year, but Oregon Strawberries are so good! I just ate our first berry of the season. There is always one that gets ripe a few days before the rest. Mmmm, it was SO good. I can't wait for the rest of our fruit to ripen.

Oregon berries make our awful summers totally worth it :)

My baby is 2 today!

Today is Ty Marshall's 2nd birthday. He is such a big boy! We had his party last night, and here his is posing on his new big boy bike...

Here is my favorite photo from the day he was born.

First, some things I expected from a 2 year old... 

Tantrums

Being picky

Now some things I didn't expect...

How smart he is

How funny he is

Potty training already

Counting to ten

ALLERGIES!!!

Not sleeping through the night yet

I guess I really didn't know what to expect ;) I just need to say how much I love this little boy. I love how he fits into our family so well. I'm in awe of how much he has learned in his 2 short years. And even though he may drive me nuts sometimes, there is no other boy I could love as much as him, except his Daddy of course :)

You think you know a person...

So Aaron and I have known each other for 6 years, as of next month, and have been married for over 5 and a half years. I just found out that he can't cross his fingers! That is just so funny to me!

Ty learned how to cross his fingers this week and loves to see who else can do it, he was kinda bummed that Dad couldn't :)

Ha ha ha, I guess you can learn something new about your spouse everyday.

Our Garden is in!

This year we have expanded our garden by quite a bit. We still have our herbs, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pear tree, and apple tree. This year we have added; salad lettuce, spinach, beans, peas, broccoli, cucumbers, walla walla onions, green onions, tomatoes, peppers, watermelons. My ultimate goal is to have 1 month where we only buy meat, grains, and dairy at the store, we shall see :)

Anyway, Ty loves helping in our garden. His favorite chore is watering everything, which he is very good, nice and thorough ;)

So far everything is doing well, I can't believe that our lettuce is over 7 inches tall and the spinach is loving this sunny weather.

I'll let you know how well everything grows. If it does well we will add a lot more for next year!

Well I had my big ultrasound today and its a...

GIRL!!! I am so totally excited! I finally get my little Ruby Ray! I have to get another ultrasound in 2 weeks, because I breed stubborn children, which will be so fun! Ruby wouldn't turn around, so we couldn't get a good look at her face or heart, which means I get to see my baby again :)

Just had to share! Have a great day!