Friday, November 22, 2013

Open Shelves

Recently when my sister Lindsay was over at our house she asked why we hadn't put open shelves in the empty wall space between our upper cabinets, considering our seriously small amount of kitchen storage.


Honestly, it had never occurred to us! After she put that idea in our heads, we got right to work planning the type of shelves we wanted to build. Originally, the plan was to build a dish rack like the picture below, but we ended up deciding to go with two simple shelves instead.


Levi did a great job building and staining these shelves! We love how they turned out!


I found an awesome vintage kitchen scale at a market recently, and, to top it off, Lindsay gave me new dishes for my birthday, so the look is complete!

Please ignore the strange lighting, it was night so there was no natural light!



Sunday, November 10, 2013

7 months


I can't believe Nora is 7 months old! This time last year I was almost constantly nauseous and got sick during my birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. I much prefer this November to last! Nora has grown a lot this month, and she is becoming a lot of fun as she develops her little personality. She started laughing recently, which is about the best sound in the world. Her little giggles are sure to make anyone smile!

Nora has started to notice Molly and reaches out to pet her. Molly still isn't sure about this little person being close to her, though she will usually indulge Nora's desire to grab her ears or fistfuls of fur. She is really the best dog with kids!

As if Nora knew I'd be writing this update today, she decided to start rolling from back to belly! We're still working on sitting up, but she's getting more steady every day. Here's a video I sent Levi this morning:


We've made some progress on the food front this month. Nora will now eat bananas and sweet potatoes. We tried starting with baby oatmeal (since she already gets rice starch in her acid reflux formula) but she really doesn't like it. I finally gave up and decided to just move on to the other baby foods.

This month, Levi and I have said "Look how big she is!" probably more than during any other month. She's starting to have more control and purpose with her movements, which makes her seem so grown up compared to her little baby self.

I'm excited for Nora's first upcoming holiday season. It will be fun to share her with some of our extended family who haven't gotten to meet her yet!