Ellie sleeping

Last night Ellie slept for 9 hours. This is the third time she has done this and hopefully it will continue. The first time she was only 3 weeks old and she had nursed then drank four ounces of formula. I couldn't believe how much she had drank and not thrown up. I knew that was not going to last. The second time was three nights ago and she had eaten at 7:00 and then again at 8:30 and then slept all night. Last night she ate at 9:45 after crying for the previous 4 hours. She got her shots and I think they were bothering her. It's always scary the first time my baby sleeps that long, I always think something is wrong. Ellie has been such a different baby than Annie. Annie didn't sleep through the night until about 6 months and it was hit and miss for the next three months until I finally let her cry it out for a couple nights and then she was pretty consistent sleeping through the night. Another difference is that Ellie always has a fussy time at night, where Annie never had a fussy time. She cried some, but not the same time every day. The last difference I will mention is the way they reacted to car rides. Annie would scream when she got in the car seat and cry almost the whole time we drove in the car for about 2-3 months. We didn't got places often because of it. Ellie on the other hand falls asleep almost instantly when we start driving. We love both of our girls and their differences. I hope they are best friends when they get older.

Garden

Every year we plant a garden in our backyard and we try to do different things every year. I love fresh tomatoes so we always so those. We planted three plants this year and they are already getting so big. We have a few flowers on the plants and can't wait till those flowers turn into bright red juicy tomatoes.

We planted peas back in March and they are finally coming on. They look so good, I just need to be patient as they plump up and become snap peas.

Right now our peas are pretty small, but the grow noticeably everday.

We are trying straight-neck yellow squash this year, the only problem we have with squash is we leave it on the vine too long and they get hard. I need to really watch them this year.

A couple new things we are trying are: two different kinds of cucumbers, melons, and banana peppers. I only planted one of each of these plants, so we probably won't get too much of one thing, but it will be good to get some new things.

The last new things we are trying is cilantro. I have never done herbs or spices so I didn't know if I would like it. I have already cut off all the cilantro twice and it's ready again. I didn't know how much this plant produced, but I love fresh cilantro so I am so glad that it has done so well.

Dan rigged up a sprinkler to water the garden this year (usually I do it by hand and forget a lot of days), and I am loving it. Now I just need to get out at least once a week to weed.

Do Annie and Ellie look alike

These are pictures of Ellie and Annie at about six weeks. Everone tells me they think Ellie looks like a little Annie. Right at birth I thought they looked nothing alike, but over the last couple weeks I have started to see some resemblance. What do you think?