Celery Sneaky Success!

So it seems that my celery has snuck up on me and is actually starting to grow!  I assumed that it wouldn't as it's been about 2 weeks of no action but here it is, wanting so badly to grow and nourish me:

Also, here is my lettuce doing it's thing after a few weeks.  It's so exciting watching this grow! Almost as exciting as from seed; almost more so since it's regrown! My new plans to speed up the growing process are leaving a few small leaves on both my lettuce and celery to speed up the growing process from the get-go, like this:

What a fun new hobby!