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Revitalized Corner
Matt and I have lived in our house for a good 2.5 years. As a result, our house is pretty settled in. However, there are areas of our house that drive me nuts. I notice them day in and day out, and yet I usually drag my feet when it comes to doing anything about them.… Read MoreWhen I do finally take the time to fix the problem, I’m usually amazed that it takes approximately 15 minutes to reach an acceptable solution.
Take the top of this bookshelf, for example. It used to drive me crazy (I’m sorry I don’t have a before shot!). I spent 15 minutes rearranging it by
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Reading to Babies in Utero
Charley Harper’s ABC BookMatt and I try to set aside a few minutes here and there to bond as a growing family. It usually happens right before bed. We’ll touch my stomach and talk to “Coconut.” The best was when Matt had his face pressed up against my belly and he got a swift kick to the head from our little baby.… Read MoreOne night we read an alphabet book to our little boy, and we had so much fun we started reading to him more often. Since we only had a total of two children’s books in our house (the rest of mine are in my classroom!), I decided
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Baby Room Update
The office/craft room/guest room before we started the baby room makeoverOur nursery creation has begun!… Read MoreInitially, I wasn’t planning to start buying anything until December, but we were already at IKEA for the third time in two weeks, and Matt suggested that we go ahead and buy the sleeper sofa that we had been talking about purchasing for the baby’s room.
We went to IKEA last weekend to buy a bookshelf for our closet. I had planned to reorganize our bedroom closet in September, but we needed a new bookshelf to free up some space in there.
We ended up buying the wrong size, returning it, and going back
