I take too many photos.  And I can’t help but over-share….

Flashback Friday Around this time last year (I think the photo is dated June 5, 2011).  Lyla was almost 6 months old,  just learning how to crawl, and had no teeth yet. It felt crazy telling people “she is almost 18 months” today at play group, where she RAN most of the time and crunched crackers and pretzels (though it still makes me nervous with her measly 8 teeth…).
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Flashback Friday

Around this time last year (I think the photo is dated June 5, 2011).  Lyla was almost 6 months old,  just learning how to crawl, and had no teeth yet.

It felt crazy telling people “she is almost 18 months” today at play group, where she RAN most of the time and crunched crackers and pretzels (though it still makes me nervous with her measly 8 teeth…).

Okay…just one last photo from this past weekend.  I couldn’t resist! Aurora & Lyla
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Okay…just one last photo from this past weekend.  I couldn’t resist!

Aurora & Lyla

Our kitchen. If you would’ve told me three years ago when we bought our home that I would be posting photos of the kitchen for all the world to see, I would’ve been mortified.  From the cracked box light that hung over the sink, to the 1970s/80s (?) oven with the microwave attached to the top (seriously…it was probably one of the first microwaves ever made) and the green laminate counters with matching backsplash…. I could go on and on.   If I had a penny to spend, the kitchen is still the place in our home that I would love to completely revamp and update.  But for now, we’ve added some quirky touches and made it fun at least.   Photo set 1 - The few big things we purchased for this kitchen (and by “big” I mean big impact, not big price) were the new light above the sink and the new sink—I love the high arc faucet!    We also updated the hardware on the cabinets with sort of abstract, twisted chrome handles. Photo set 2 - I recently convinced my husband to let me paint the backsplash with chalkboard paint.  It was an inexpensive way to cover up the laminate backsplash and better yet, it is SO fun!  When we replaced the old oven/microwave combo we were left with a big open space above our new stove, so my dad built this open shelf.  I’ve always loved kitchens with shelving in place of cabinets—especially if you have cool stuff to display. Photo set 3-  This baker’s rack is a hand me down from my parents.  It isn’t my ideal style, but it has its purpose.  I carried over the chalkboard idea with the basket for cookbooks with the mini chalkboard label (you’ll notice an abundance of Rachel Ray…haha…hate her raspy voice but love her super easy recipes!).  We do a lot of black and stainless steel for our kitchen accessories.  Simple and modern. We chose the terracotta paint color, hoping it would help the orange-y cabinets blend in a bit.  The floors are that awful peel and stick “tile” (they were there when we moved in) but I will say…the swirly color of them hides dirt well! Hope you’re enjoying seeing a bit of our home.  I know it’s not magazine-worthy or anything but it is a space full of love.
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Our kitchen.

If you would’ve told me three years ago when we bought our home that I would be posting photos of the kitchen for all the world to see, I would’ve been mortified.  From the cracked box light that hung over the sink, to the 1970s/80s (?) oven with the microwave attached to the top (seriously…it was probably one of the first microwaves ever made) and the green laminate counters with matching backsplash…. I could go on and on.  

If I had a penny to spend, the kitchen is still the place in our home that I would love to completely revamp and update.  But for now, we’ve added some quirky touches and made it fun at least.  

Photo set 1 - The few big things we purchased for this kitchen (and by “big” I mean big impact, not big price) were the new light above the sink and the new sink—I love the high arc faucet!    We also updated the hardware on the cabinets with sort of abstract, twisted chrome handles.

Photo set 2 - I recently convinced my husband to let me paint the backsplash with chalkboard paint.  It was an inexpensive way to cover up the laminate backsplash and better yet, it is SO fun!  When we replaced the old oven/microwave combo we were left with a big open space above our new stove, so my dad built this open shelf.  I’ve always loved kitchens with shelving in place of cabinets—especially if you have cool stuff to display.

Photo set 3-  This baker’s rack is a hand me down from my parents.  It isn’t my ideal style, but it has its purpose.  I carried over the chalkboard idea with the basket for cookbooks with the mini chalkboard label (you’ll notice an abundance of Rachel Ray…haha…hate her raspy voice but love her super easy recipes!).  We do a lot of black and stainless steel for our kitchen accessories.  Simple and modern.

We chose the terracotta paint color, hoping it would help the orange-y cabinets blend in a bit.  The floors are that awful peel and stick “tile” (they were there when we moved in) but I will say…the swirly color of them hides dirt well!

Hope you’re enjoying seeing a bit of our home.  I know it’s not magazine-worthy or anything but it is a space full of love.

These photos are from Monday.  Needless to say, Lyla was pretty exhausted from our eventful weekend.  She wanted so badly to stay awake as we walked around the local Memorial Day festival.  She held on tightly to the tray on her stroller to keep herself propped up but kept drifting to sleep despite her best efforts.  I would try to gently lean her back so she could sleep comfortably (and so I could stop getting concerned looks from passer-by-ers, thinking she passed out from the heat or was dead or something) but she as soon as she felt herself being reclined she would immediately sit up and resume her death grip on the stroller tray….and then her chin would slowly drop, and then her eyes would end up closed…zzzzz  
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These photos are from Monday.  Needless to say, Lyla was pretty exhausted from our eventful weekend.  She wanted so badly to stay awake as we walked around the local Memorial Day festival.  She held on tightly to the tray on her stroller to keep herself propped up but kept drifting to sleep despite her best efforts.  I would try to gently lean her back so she could sleep comfortably (and so I could stop getting concerned looks from passer-by-ers, thinking she passed out from the heat or was dead or something) but she as soon as she felt herself being reclined she would immediately sit up and resume her death grip on the stroller tray….and then her chin would slowly drop, and then her eyes would end up closed…zzzzz