{Hannah}: fifteen months old!

Our crazy girl is fifteen months old - and a little less crazy. She's a fast walker, and breaks into a bit of a jog when she's really excited. She's an excellent climber - of stairs and ladders - and has gotten down stairs and ladders on her own a few times - including going down the stairs on her own when I didn't know the baby gate was open. Thankfully we let her practice that before and she was prepared to do it on her own!

Excuse the 50+ pictures below. A lot happens in three months! (And these kids are so darn cute.)

And these gems are from today:

We're so ready for the last of Hannah's Hand Foot and Mouth Disease bumps to go away. Thankfully they were only on her feet and tush - no painful sores in her mouth! It was very mild with no fever... but I'm ready to be done! (And - knock on wood - so far Ethan hasn't caught it yet!)

xo,

Elizabeth


PS - we're still working on our mantel, but you bet your bottom dollar it'll be up here as soon as it's done - hopefully this weekend!

office overhaul

Our office was purple and green, and it really needed a paint job, but we had already put all the things in there and the colors were d-a-r-k. I do not understand why they were those colors or why they were so dark. I polled Facebook & Instagram for paint colors for the walls, and we settled on Light French Gray by Sherwin Williams. It is perfect! It is just the light gray I was aiming for. Our kitchen cabinets are an Olympic color called Dogwood Blossom, so I opted to match our upstairs built-in shelving to that. I value consistency in paint colors in a house (each room in my house is a different shade of beige.  Each one. Different.), so this seemed like a reasonable idea which paid off, because choosing between shades of white sounds pointless.

Here are my super-fun taken-on-my-iPhone before photos:

After much taping, priming, painting, and more painting, we finally had a room we would really love.

Here is a grand tour of our office with the updated colors:

this is a very clean version of Austin's
desk. this is not my desk.

I do claim that desk!
{what do you do with a glider you don't use?}

found this gem today at Kirkland's for $15!

a look at our brackets. we love the flexibility.

pair of curtains ordered from Kirkland's
for $25

we made our giant ruler go to seven feet
instead of 6!

I used to walk in this room and just think of all the work it would one day need - almost every time. And now I get to relax and enjoy it. This is a room Austin works and plays (computer games) in, where I spend time with the Lord and where we get general home chores done. I wrap gifts and make crafts in here as well. It's been a huge change since the room was painted. The room has come together with new accent pieces - frames, wall decor, and shelf decor.

So happy to be done... or mostly done. We have doorknobs coming in this week!

xo,

Elizabeth