I had the brilliant idea to put Emmaline's feet on my feet in order to walk her around the house. David was so impressed by my ingeneous thought that he decided to try it out himself. It turned out to work better with him since his feet are bigger than mine.

David and I often go to an ice cream parlor in downtown Greenville called Spill the Beans. We started going on Friday nights during the Winter, and while there we would chat with the parlor owner. Usually, we were the only ones there, so he would come and admire Emmaline and tell us about his grandkids. One night he said to us, "It wasn't until I had kids that I truly believed in the total depravity of mankind." It was said somewhat jokingly, yet how true it is. This video is a perfect example!

OK, so another reason why I haven't posted an update in a while is because I have been tackling the bears that are my outdoor planters. The planter running along side the brick sidewalk to our house was relatively easy. It just had some monkey grass that needed to be dug up. The other planter however was beastly. It was hug and completely over run with monkey grass, grass and weeds, plus an azalea and who knows how many rocks and roots. I tried to dig up as much dirt as I could to mix with the potting soil I had purchased, which turned out to be ok with the smaller planter. However, once I started digging out dirt on the larger planter, I realized I had gotten myself way in over my head. Unfortunately, I had already bought the rose bushes, and they were on their way to dying, so I had to get it done. Another unfortunately, I didn't find out until after I had already mixed in the soil that I had both not purchased enough potting soil nor dug out enough of the original soil. It took me one day to get the smaller planter done and about three weeks to finish the larger. Technically I am still not finished because I need to put compost down, but all the plants are in, so, for my own sense of accomplishment, I am considering that finished!!



I guess I should mention that the plants in the small planter are different types of coleus and two potato vines. The large planter has two Belinda's Dream roses on the outside and a shrub rose called La Marne in the middle.

OK, so I haven't posted anything in a while due to a lot of stuff going on. Here's the dish:

David's uncle Dino moved up from DeFuniak Springs, FL two weeks ago, along with his beautiful cat Bosco, then almost a week later David's mother moved up from Tampa, FL. Everybody has been here for about a week and during that time we talked together and searched for someplace for Dino and Lucia to stay. This aforementioned search has been somewhat complicated by the fact that Dino has no ID nor does he have the documents in order to get an ID. We've been trying unsuccessfully to find a quick way to get an ID for him, but things haven't quite turned out as planned. Then today Dino announced that he no longer plans on moving into an apartment with Lucia, but is going to move up to Erie, Pennsylvania instead, where most of the rest of the Farina family live.

So now we are switching gears and looking for a way to move Dino's stuff up north and also find an apartment for Lucia. Let's see how all this goes. It may be a while before I surface again.

Drumroll please..............

Emmaline got her first tooth today!!! Well, it's just the top of a tooth barely poking through her gums, but still...it's a tooth!! When I saw it my eyes teared up a bit, not necessarily because of the tooth, but because of what the tooth means. My little baby is growing up. I don't know if I'm ready for this!