Room Tour

I am a complete and utter hash.  I am working on writing the birth story, and it just isn't right yet...so I am going to wait a couple more days.  Until then I thought I would write a quick post about Nora's room.  Chris and I have been redoing houses almost as long as we have been together, so it was quite fun to makeover her room.  If you have visited our home you know just how small it is.  Nora's room is even more pint size than she is!  So we knew we had to be organized, creative, and minimize the amount of stuff that we purchased.  It is still a work in progress.  I would like to sew a bean bag chair for her, and Chris would like to add a couple of book shelves somewhere...but for now it makes me smile every time I go in there.  I love the grey, the paintings, the handmade projects, and most of all the little nugget that will eventually sleep in there!  It is a room that will hopefully grow with her!  Enjoy the collage below :)

The bottom right photo is the cradle that was given to my parents when I was born.  It was a gift from Gram and Gramp Jakway.  All the babies in our family since me have slept in it!  How amazing is that.  I think Nora makes 19.  All the names are carved on the bottom.  Love.

Nora's 1 Month Old

 Our sweet baby girl is 1 month old already.  It is hard to believe how quickly time has passed.  She is growing up much too fast for our taste!  She has grown from a tiny 5 pounds & 14.5 ounces, 18.5 inches long, and a 13 inch head to big 7 pounds & 7 ounces, 19 inches long, and a 14 inch head.  She is becoming more and more alert with each day that passes.  Nora is so incredibly strong.  She holds her head up and can heave her body over from belly to back! She loves to be in the sling close to us, and hates to be on her belly for tummy time.  Instead she whoops it up crankasaurus style and flings her little legs in the air like an airplane.  It won't be too long and she'll be driving off to college.  Sigh.  For now a picture from our photo shoot that Dad said lasted way too long!

This is what I think of your photo shoot Mom!

Welcome Nora Emmelyn

We are so excited to welcome Nora Emmelyn Maxey to our family!  She arrived April 11, 2012 at around 12:45 am.  It is hard to believe that she was 4 weeks old yesterday, and that almost a month has gone by.  Stay tuned for her birth story and more posts about our first year as parents...the good, the bad, and the fabulous!

 

Sorry for the photo overload!  We just don't want to forget these few weeks!