26 weeks pic

rescued

We found you one snowy Sunday, wedged between a wood laminate desk and a 1980s sectional at lonely little place called Bargain Barn. This place could have been the inspiration for Retail Rodeo from The Good Girl.

The nice salesman came down pretty quickly from $49 to $30, and then threw in a cute little bookshelf for $10 more. We were the first tire tracks in a week-old snow at the loading dock where a man in polyester pants put you in the back of the pickup.

When you arrived, you were missing a drawer pull, had a big gouge in the front, and one drawer wouldn't open. I cleaned the spider nests off the bottom of you and big poppa got to work before I could get a true "before" pic.

Some wood filler, a few coats of killz and a couple layers of honey milk latex paint did the trick to get rid of that ugly brown. A bar of soap helped your sticky drawers slide a little smoother. Then we found just the right pewter drawer knobs, lined the inside with some contact paper and hey.. you clean up kind of nice!

Wow, your drawers go on forever! Baby Girl won't have any worries about where to fit all of her clothes, hair bows, and blankets.

On top you have the honor of displaying the most precious of knick-knacks. You will keep safe all the little items not yet suitable for little hands. Currently on display is a replica ballerina jewelry box just like I had as a little girl. And Susie.

Susie is a little doll who was once rescued by my Grandma Nellie from an old attic. She was filthy, naked and nearly bald. My Grandma took her in, cleaned her up and made her an outfit. She put barretts in her hair and hand-stitched her bonnet, dress, under-slip, socks and booties. She put so much love into something others threw away... just like we did with you.

Welcome home. It won't be long now before you meet your new owner...

taking time for memories

we've been working on cleaning out drawers, closets, etc. in preparation for baby girl. i've stumbled upon quite a few treasures along the way, one of which is e's baby book.


"hm" i think to myself. "i wonder what all i wrote. i don't remember writing much."


there's a page where i filled in the family tree..


and that's about it. oh lord, i am in trouble.


so tonight i spent a couple hours filling in some blanks here and there. i did have his baby hospital bracelet tucked in there and i'm 90% sure i know where the little footprints and handprints are. just need to order a few photos from 2006 off of walgreens.com and we should be up to speed!


it's truly amazing how time gets away from us. maybe i live in the moment a little too much sometimes and forget to jot down the memories from just yesterday. then yesterday turns into last year. and i start to forget the little stuff.


i made a promise to myself tonight (over a jar of dill pickles) to do some better record-keeping from here on out. more photos. more videos. more note-taking.


life happens in a flash.






started to pull a baby pic from 2006... but landed on this one instead. even more of an example of why we need to capture and savor the little moments.