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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Everdeen Kate: We are starting to enjoy these cooler fall days. In fact, two days after I took this picture we were watching snow fall from the sky.  I wonder if you notice the world slowly changing before your eyes into an autumn bursting with warm and vibrant colors? 

   

 Linking up with Jodi :)

a little toddler room

If you've been following along with me for a while you know that we had been apartment dwellers for almost 9 years and have recently moved out of a tiny one bedroom apartment into our first home! Yay!  To say that we are enjoying our new home is an understatement :) I've been so excited to finally be able to share snippets of our new space.   

The one room that is complete, is Everdeen's room.  When I was pregnant I ached to be able to create a special space for her.  We crammed her crib and changing table into our bedroom and I hung a few pieces of my favorite art work up that I hoped would one day grace her nursery walls, but it really just wasn't the same.   I know that having a fancy nursery is not important and I loved every single moment that our sweet girl spent in our room with us.   In fact, even if she had had her own room, I'm pretty sure she would have co-slept with us for her first year anyways.  

When we moved this summer I began to wonder how we would both adjust to our new sleeping arrangements.  Our first night in our new home brought on a slew of emotions. We laid Everdeen down and tiptoed out of her room.  I remember standing at her door trying to fight the urge to drag her crib into our room.  That night our room was extra quiet and empty feeling.  I could no longer hear the constant and slow breathing coming from across the room.   I remember getting up several times to check on Everdeen those first few nights.  Making sure she was okay in her new little room.  I'm sure every mama gets up once in a while, just to check and listen for those reassuring baby sounds.  

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I wanted Everdeen's room to be peaceful, happy, and bright.   Here's what we started with...yucky ugly blue carpet and beige walls.  We replaced the carpeting throughout the house and had everything painted a crisp, bright white.

And Voila! I think it is now the perfect place for our little girl :)

A few of the accessories

Foot Stool

Curtains

Flower Crown Print

What a Wonderful World Print

Live in the Sunshine Print

Elephant Print

Butterflies

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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Everdeen Kate: Fall is in the air and you have been loving taking a wagon ride in the late afternoon.  You even love pushing the wagon through the grass showing us your mighty strength and how independent you are. 

   

 Linking up with Jodi :)

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"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

Everdeen Kate: Lately you wave your hands wildly and whine if you don't quite get what you want...this time it was being able to chew off of a giant turkey leg. We gladly obliged :)

   

 Linking up with Jodi :)

...and then the floods came

Oh my goodness.  We prayed for rain and rain we got.

Our poor state is under water.

The amount of rain we've gotten in the past few days is record breaking and has no where to go but into our cities. Mountain areas have been hit hard...especially where the fires had been this summer.

There have been some evacuations in our city but we are safe and sound. My poor brother-in-law has been bailing water from their window wells for the past few days trying to prevent their basement from flooding :(  

Today they cancelled school...Colorado weather can be so unpredictable.  First a heat day and a week later no school due to flooding. 

This is in Lyons, CO where Martin and I got married

East Denver

The rain is suppose to let up today...but we could see more heavy rain next week.  So for now, we are staying nice and dry inside and thankful that we are safe.

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