Peach Pickin'

We went peach pickin' today!

I was up with the sun (and Baby J, of course) and was anxious to get out of here at 7:30 to get to the peach place to pick those peaches. Daddy Piper decided he wanted to join us and that put us leaving here at 8:30. The extra hour was not wasted though - L and S got their room cleaned : -) S choked on his medicine during that hour too. It must have gone into his lungs some how and he stopped breathing for a second or two. I was so scared. It took a long time for him to get his breathing back to normal.

While snuggling with Daddy Piper this morning, L came in to get me because as she put it "J was into the milking stuff". What stuff I wondered? Oh I quickly found out - my pumping stuff. Guess I am the resident cow around here : -)

We picked 22 pounds of peaches. I had no idea it was that heavy! The kids so enjoyed picking those peaches. The day was perfect for it. Very rainy and cloudy - a nice change for these parts. The hardest part was getting the kids to understand to check for ripeness before plucking the peach off the tree. Baby J got his first taste of a peach. Daddy gave him some right off the peach. Of course when I did it, he bit off some. We were told to eat as many as we wanted and enjoy the experience so we did! We came home and I made peach freezer jam.

Later this afternoon, we went to Lowe's and purchased a much needed BBQ grill. It wasn't money that needed to go out right now but our 12 year old grill needed replacing. This is my birthday gift and I couldn't be happier. We (I!) use our grill at least 3 x week so it'll be fun to get used to a new one. We christened her tonight with rib-eye steaks and boy were they good (although honestly they tasted about the same coming off the new one as they did the old one!!).

Tonight to go with the steak dinner, I prepared my first peach cobbler. L helped with this. It even included 1 farm fresh egg from our neighbors. Peach cobbler is something I remember from my childhood thanks to my "adopted" mom. She made frequently in the spring. I would beg for it constantly. I hope to instill the same type of memories into my own children.

I read tonight on a wonderful woman's blog the saying "Start as you mean to go". I LOVE this. I think I am going to print it and hang it up to see regularly. What a great way to live life, especially when raising children. Another great point to the day was talking to a dear friend from MN for a bit. I was so lucky to have worked with her for a few friends and we have remained friends, despite the distance. I had really thought we would be back in MN by now, damn economy get better already!!!!

Also tonight I ran some peaches and some of that wonderful cobbler over to our neighbor as a thank you for the eggs. It was nice conversation. I am really trying to enjoy life these days.

As it is now getting late and Baby J has been sleeping for 3 hours, I suppose it's time to wrap up. I just finished getting some peaches ready for the freezer - why did we get so many peaches??!?Oh I wanted to record that Baby J is now taking formula too. He is doing great going back and forth from nursing to a bottle. His u/s came back normal today so we are to increase his liquids and hope that makes up for the dry diapers.

Okay now off to bed!!