Jan 2013: January Randoms

These randoms posts are my favorite - love these everyday pictures...

these snotty-nose pictures make me feel like she is really growing up - something about them make toddler-hood real. 

popcorn can buy me 10 free minutes... 

do you love that jenni gives us her knit hand-me-downs! YAY!

BFFs!

she LOOOOVES her 'winow' she could sit there for hours and watch the world go by!

good at stairs - she can do them solo now!

stomping in the rain! 

leggings and boots with a daper coat and scarf.. LOVE!

YUM!

beautiful girl!

do you die? the cheeks! the docile puppy! the lips! the pony! 

our tradition... weekly/daily walks in the neighborhood

Jan 2013: First Pigtails

(the coat making another appearance!)

We were at a library storytime and I saw a little girl Edrie's age with pigtails so decided I needed to give it a try. LOOK AT THEM! Seriously, I'm obsessed with doing her hair - its so cute! Plus if we don't put it in 'ponies' or clips its in her face. 

I LOVE THIS KID! 

Jan 2013: Mr Ben Show

We like to go to different kids music shows around town- there are actually quite a few each week in Portland. We first went to Mr. Ben at The Village Ballroom in January and have been almost every Tuesday since. Its my favorite venue - nice and big so the kids can run around, its at a good time and day for us, its close to our house and very near a dutch brothers! 

Edrie loves it too - her Grandpa bought her the Mr. Ben CDs and she loves the "clap song" she seriously requests it on repeat in the car and we have to convince her to listen to a few other songs so we don't go insane! 

Jan 2013: Dining Room Overhaul

I had seen some cute mini mudrooms on pinterest and had asked my stepdad to help build us a bench and shelf to put in our giant dining room to help catch all our stray coats and shoes. He is always game for a project and we are good at making projects grow... so we overhauled the whole room. It was their Christmas present to us and we love it! 

(there is a before picture in this post - though we took the carpet out before we moved in)

Instead of taking the many layers of wallpaper down we applied a texture to the wall and hung wainscotting. We also painted (I'm still trying to decide if I like the color I picked!)

Edrie was quite the helper! 

Installing the shelf!

Hanging the new chandelier

Done! I need to hang stuff on the walls and we need to find a rug, but its pretty much complete! 

We are in love with the little bench - we are still looking for a few baskets that fit , but the extra storage is awesome and we have since added 7 hooks for coats. I'll have to take a few more pictures once I hang stuff on the walls. 

Jan 2013: Pink Coat

hmmm... perhaps we should get the blog caught up again! i just cant seem to keep this blog up to date these days, but i love having it to look back on.

We are very fortunate to get lots of hand-me-downs from friends for this little girl. I seriously buy her very little clothes and when I do its from Salvation Army or consignment mostly. Love that! My mom has a coworker that gives us lots of clothes. This little hanna andersson coat came from her. I kept it, because its warm, but I am not super fond of its aesthetics (ahem...). Little girl, on the other hand, LOOOOVES it. "coat on" "coat on" as soon as she sees it. and you can NOT get it off her day or night. 

She's worn it A LOT the first few months this year. Its now getting pretty small so I try to hide it, but if she sees it, it goes on immediately. She also likes anything soft - a few particular pair of jammies, her snowsuit, and a fleece coat are all on her list of favorites. 

Ha! This was one EARLY morning when I was getting ready for a dayshift - she had insisted on wearing THE coat to sleep. 

Don't need much more than a diaper and the coat! 

i love learning about her personality!