The little things

I have a goal of trying to take more photos of just everyday things with the girls...with my "real camera" I call it i.e not the iphone. The biggest reason is to capture the little sweet things I want to remember. Also, I want to get better at taking photos indoors without ideal lighting situations. I am inspired by the bloggers who do "photo a day" projects. I just don't want to be constricted to making that goal. I also believe in trying to enjoy the moment without having to worry about taking a photo every second...just trying to find a balance! So...here are a couple to start my new project.

couch wildness

helper

just a little taste

making brownies

3 months!

Violet is 3 months old today. She is a good baby. She is a little more "vocal" than Harlow but that's ok, she is the second child so needs to get our attention somehow! She currently likes: sleeping in her swing, snuggles, cashing out at 7:30 or so pm and then waking up at 2am and 6am, cooing, having her hands near her face, and her exercise mat. Currently she is hating: baths (brrrr), being cold in general, breastfeeding when there are too many distractions (or she's not hungry), loud noises (she startles easily), and when her sister is not so "gentle" with her.

Violet's room

Now that the crib is in her room, it's looking a little more like a nursery. But I wanted a room she could grow into, so we left the bed in there and it's not too babyish. It still looks a little bare, but I'm hoping to continue to add to it!

Details about the room: A couple years ago we ripped up the carpet when this was Mark's practice room to reveal basically a wood sub floor that had paint splatters all over it. I decided to paint it white. I also painted the walls a color called "antique pink" I wanted it subtle and it looked very light. But, I figured since it had "pink" in the name, it would be pink. Well really it's white. So I spent a couple hours painting a white room, white. That's ok though in some lights there is a hint of pink and it needed a fresh coat anyway. Everything else in the room is repurposed except for the Expedit shelf, art above the crib, and ledge shelves from Ikea. Oh and the bedspread was on sale at Urban Outfitters.

Crib jumping

We got home from an 8 day trip to Michigan for the holidays and Harlow promptly decided that she was going to learn how to climb out of her crib AND to do it every single time she woke up. THUMP.  We were gonna put her in a "big girl" bed soon since we need the crib for Violet but this just forced us to do it a little sooner. I also went back to work this week so it's been a big week at our house. Next will be moving Violet into her own room and then maybe we'll start getting a full nights sleep again...baby steps :-)