Some Things Actually Are Bigger Here

This is what a dandelion grows to be in Texas.  Shortly after this, it fell over under its own weight.

I Won the Name Drawing

When I last wrote, it was about a kitchen and adding some base cabinets. A lot has happened since then, both in and out of our kitchen. Most notably:

There was a drawing on April 20th.  Four names were written on pieces of paper, put into a bowl and one was drawn by a person that I had met only hours earlier.  The four names were Calvin, Carlie, Henry and Finley.  Calvin was chosen.  My number one choice and Amanda's number four choice.

This is what the drawing was for:

Minutes earlier, that thing came sliding slowly out of Amanda.

A mid-wife selected our child's name out of a green bowl.