Random hugs

Sometimes, Lenore will suddenly stop what she's doing and give me the biggest hug. We were getting ready for bed tonight and she was dinking around doing something. Out of nowhere she stopped doing whatever it was and goes, "Mommy, mommy" and jumped into my arms. She squeezed my neck so tight. Then she pulled away and goes, "Mama. Hi," and continued on with what she was doing before. 

I definitely needed that on a day like today.

Home Improvements

Before Lenore was born, she had a mountain of toys. As she has gotten older, she has acquired more and more shit. Our entire living room has been taken over by her stuff. This has always made sense since this is where we spend the majority of our time as a family. Now that Lenore is mobile (and has been for quite awhile), Jason and I decided it was time to reclaim our space.

We started finishing our garden-level basement in January and guys, it is almost DONE! I am so excited. We painted it over the weekend and in two weeks will have carpet down there. We ordered an awesome Peter Pan wall vinyl from Etsy which I can't wait to see and put up.

Don't get me wrong, I'm super stoked to have my living room back. But I think I'm more excited for Lenore to have a space to play and run around that is HERS. Obviously she has her room, but you know what I mean. It'll be awesome for playdates and on the nights I don't want to clean up, I won't feel like I HAVE to.

We have taken photos through the entire process so, I'm looking forward to posting our before and after photos for all of you to see!