Spring is in the Air

The weather over the past couple of weeks has been absolutely gorgeous, and we can't get enough of the sunshine!  Spring is in the air!

With all this amazing weather, we've been spending some time on the roof-- playing, eating, and attempting to grow a few plants.  (Admittedly, we know nothing about gardening and have no gardening supplies, so we're happy if anything survives.)  Finley's personal favorite is our little tomato plant.  He refuses to eat any tomatoes...unless they're from the tomato plant.  So guess who has eaten every single one of the 10 or so tomatoes he's harvested?  That's right, Finley!  He gets so excited to check the plant and pick and eat the ripe tomatoes.  And Nate and I are so excited anytime he eats fresh fruits or veggies, so this plant makes us all happy!

Finley's eating is getting more and more adventurous with time.  He will now actually eat pasta with sauce, curry chicken, broccoli soup, muffins with veggies in them, and last night he was all over the feta cheese in our bulgar salad.  We just never know what he'll eat and what he won't, but we encourage him to at least taste most foods.

We've also enjoyed a couple of brief beach trips this past week.  The beach is such a short walk from our apartment (about a football field away) that we can just go for an hour when we have time.

So what's going on with Elise these days?  Well, we're savoring her final weeks of being mostly immobile.  She can turn herself around in circles, push herself backward, and occasionally go forward a  bit by using her toes to propel herself...but she's definitely not crawling yet.  Life will get significantly more difficult when she is, but it will be exciting as every milestone is.  I'm just soaking up Elise's baby-ness, and trying to enjoy every sweet moment.  Here's a video of our 5-month-old little bug.  Click here.