Quirky Spaces

Our new home is a little older than our last, a little less expensive and a little older. Guess you can't have it all. True to form our older home has "character", think more quirky and sometimes even tacky spaces rather than charming windows and wood detailing that may come to mind. I won't lie, the decorator in me really loved adding our touch to these spaces, making them a little less odd and a lot more functional. Here are some before and afters. 

Maybe this isn't very clear but what we have here folks is a built in vanity. Last I checked I, or anyone else I know, do not have time to sit down to put on makeup. Do you? So, out with the vanity and in with the.....craft space! Ahhh, now that I can get on board with (and sit down for).

Quirky space number two is under the stairs. What is one to do, besides get a constant realignment from their chiropractor, with an under the stairs space?

How about an office space? Really more of storage space for office gear 'cause again, the whole chiropractor thing. But it works, and I love that we've made something great out of something odd. 

Stay tuned for more odd duck renovations. 

Perks

We've moved! I'm sure this isn't as exciting to you as it is for us, moving for us means more than a change of address. As I'm sure you know moving involves more than packing boxes, it also involves unpacking boxes, just kidding. We all know there is more to moving than hauling your stuff across town. This month we moved for many reasons. One of which was to increase our walkability to.......anywhere besides the apartment complex. Our old place was on a highway, and while there were joys of living on the stadium route (again, kidding) we found we needed a little more room to stretch our legs, especially post baby. 

Let me also let you in on a little secret. Dan's dream is to lead a life where he doesn't own a car. He'd someday like to live in the heart of it, public transport taking him wherever he needed to go and the rest within walking distance. Can you see city living in our future? Our move this month brought us one step closer to his dream and one step closer to mine of taking babe for a walk without risking our lives crossing the 50mph highway traffic. I think Grandmas everywhere just breathed a sigh of relief. 

So if you're grandma or if you too like city living then this blog post is for you. This weekend we set out on our first "walkable" adventure to a nearby coffee shop for, you guessed it: coffee and some sausage biscuits :). 

And get this, there are even sidewalks for part of the way! You know its a good day when you find any sort of sidewalk, for any part of your adventure (they aren't a very high priority here I guess).

10 points if babe falls asleep on the walk home. Here's to many more walkable adventures.

Happy Birthday

Today is my half birthday, yep, that's right I'm 6 months old today. It seems like just yesterday mom and dad were bringing me home from the hospital. But today I've reached half of my first year. 

Yeah, I'm big stuff now!

This summer was pretty fun I guess, although it seemed like every four or five nights mom and dad were putting me to bed in a different spot. I used to sleep through the night (I'm talking 10-12 hours people!) but I decided I'd had enough of that so now I wake them up at 5am (or sooner), after all sleeping is for babies and I'm a big girl.  

You probably can't tell from this photo but I now have two teeth now. Pretty great stuff. Who knew teeth could be so good?!

I'm sure I don't have to point this out to you but I can now sit up on my own, that also happened this summer. Talk about a whole new world! There are so many new things to see, explore and experience from a sitting position, how did I manage before? 

Since mom and dad decided to drag us all over Washington (and Oregon and California) I met a lot of  new folks. I mean A LOT of new folks. I never knew we had so many relations. Best part is they all wanted a piece of me so I hardly ever had to sit on my own or entertain myself. I sure wish they'd come 'round again, it's pretty dull without them. 

Did I tell you I'm thinking about crawling soon? That's right I can get up on all fours. Moving my legs is no problem, but I can't get my arms to cooperate. I've tried and tried but just end up doing a face plant. Good thing daddy passed along a nice sturdy(aka big) head for me. I'll keep you posted on the upcoming changes. Mom and Dad have no idea what they're in for (wink, wink).