How Sweet It Is

Bryan and my parents harvested the honey from the bees last week. If you've never tried local honey, it's fantastic!! Here are a few pictures of the process:

This is a frame that the bees filled with honey. Our hive holds about 18 of these frames,

and the bees spend the entire spring and summer

building honeycomb and filling it with honey.

The bees cover the filled honeycomb with wax, preserving it. So, in order to access the honey, Bryan used a hot knife to cut the wax away, allowing the honey to drip out.

Elise tasted some honey right from the drippy honeycomb.

She thought it was delicious!!

This state of the art machine spins the frames so that the honey drips off the

frame and gathers in the bottom of the drum. Dad did a great job spinning!

Once the frames are all spun, the hone is then filtered through

this strainer and into a large pot.

Mmmmm, look at that golden honey!

Next, my mom poured the honey into jars. The 50 pounds of

honey that they harvested came out to be 36 pint-sized jars.

2 Months

Macy is 2 months old today!

At 2 months, Macy is:

-sleeping through the night almost every night

-smiling a lot

-holding her head up pretty well

-turning her head toward us & cooing when we talk to her

-wearing size 2 diapers and mostly 0-3 or 3 month clothes

-nursing every three or four hours

-tolerating all the many many hugs and kisses from her big sister

Macy went to the Dr. today. So far, she's been nothing but healthy. Macy weighs 12 1/2 pounds and is 23 1/2 inches long. (That's 80th percentile in weight and 93rd percentile in height!!) She also got her first round of shots today-poor baby! She did just fine, and after some infant's Tylenol and lots of love, she's napping soundly this afternoon.

Happy 2 months, Macy Girl!

It's not over yet!

Summer can't be over if we're still enjoying captain sundae in our jammies.....