We were given a Meyer lemon tree years ago as a housewarming present when we bought our house in North Portland.  And amazingly we’ve kept it alive thus far.  But after this crazy snowy winter we’ve had and the abuse it endured with our recent move to Bethany, I’m not sure it will be with us much longer.  The other day we trimmed it way back and in this picture Lex is giving the poor plant some water:   

Looking into the house from our deck:

The dogs don’t get talked about nearly as often as our other child, but I do feel on occasion that I need to include them in the blog.  So here’s Kiwi hiding in her “perch” (a dog bed strategically placed on an end table by our couch).  She is surprisingly tolerant of Lex these days, but occasionally she does need an escape plan, so we’ve taught her the command “perch” and she goes and hides in her elevated dog bed (out of reach of the energetic toddler).  

And then there’s Apple, our poor blind dog who is now going deaf as well.  Tim and I joke that she’s our “Helen Keller” dog.  After over a month of living here, she is now finally starting to be able to walk to the grass in the backyard and then successfully return to the back deck.  Tim and his dad built a nifty ramp off of the deck so she can avoid going down any steep stairs.  (See the picture below)  

Speaking of Tim, he’s still sick, and has spent the last few days at home.  We can’t all seem to be well at the same time lately.  But Lex and I are doing better, and thankfully Lex is sleeping for longer durations at night again.  Nothing like the nine hour stretch he gave us that one time, but I’m thankful for four or five uninterrupted hours!