Figured I should update you guys.
about two weeks after my original post:
About 2 weeks ago. Now have several small tomatoes and this is a good deal bigger. I need to get a stake and start tieing up the vines.
both plants are considerably larger and the pepper plants started flowering last week. I'll have some fresh bell peppers soon enough! I never did do any pesticides so the pepper leaves are getting eaten up, but it seems to be doing well regardless.