Well, the new backyard is finally complete. The landscaper finished installation late on Thursday. Unfortunately he overestimated the amount of sod needed for the yard so we were left with a whole pallet of grass in our driveway, fortunately we needed some more grass for the front yard so Justin, Annabelle & I spent Friday afternoon laying some sod in our front yard. We used half the pallet & luckily one of our neighbors bought the other half pallet for their yard, now if they would just come get it off our driveway before it dies! So, now we've become slaves to watering, we have to keep at least an inch of water on the sod in the morning which takes some time & planning. If all goes well, the sod should be rooted in 3 weeks and we won't have to water quite as much. It looks really good & we are very pleased with how much nicer our backyard looks.
Today we stopped by Home Depot to pick up a new sprinkler & some more landscaping supplies, we spotted a really pretty King Palm & we're now thinking about taking out one of our palms that didn't quite make it through the last cold snap & replacing it with a pretty King Palm. Annabelle fell in love with some little purple flowers, we bought them & are planning on planting them in one of the flower beds. I also planted some liriope and I potted some hydrangeas I ordered online, can't wait until they get big enough to put out in the yard. It's really amazing how many different tropical plants are available in this planting zone of the U.S. Annabelle just loves smelling all those flowers in the garden centers!
One funny thing Annabelle said this week...I was switching the channels on the tv one day & we flipped past the TLC channel where they were holding up a bloody newborn baby - Annabelle said "Momma, why does that baby have hot sauce all over it?"...I just answered "I don't know"...I'm definitely not ready for the where do babies come from talk yet...haha!
