These are among Clara's first steps. Today was the first day she has really started to get some confidence with her walking. It's amazing how fast she picks up on walking in just one day! She'll be off and running with her friends in no time.

Among Clara's First Steps

As of this past Saturday, the garden project is now underway. Maya and I rented a large tiller from Home Depot early Saturday morning and were able to till the area where we will be planting our garden. There were a ton of rocks that the tiller picked up (and so did we). It was good back breaking work and satisfying as well.

During the tilling we ended up breaking a couple bolts that held the back guard onto the tiller. After a quick trip to the local H.E.P. I was able to get the tiller fixed and safely operational. Shortly after that we broke a tine off the tiller. We continued on and after a couple hours of hard work we have our garden area tilled for the first time. Our next step in this project is to install the surrounding fence that will help (hopefully) keep out animals. We still have to purchase the fence, but did pick up a nice new maul for installing the fence posts. The fence will most likely begin to get installed either this week or coming weekend as we need to get planting outside very soon.