Bruises, Bling, and Building

It is probably redundant to start each Monday blog post by saying we had a busy weekend in the Foley house. Of course every weekend is busy with an almost-two year old! Here are a few highlights from the weekend:

Our back patio looks out over some protected land where we see deer and wild turkeys on a daily basis. Bridget loves looking out there and she can often spot them before we can! It has become a weekend morning tradition to sit on the back porch and look for wildlife.







On Saturday afternoon Bridget woke up from her afternoon nap and decided to take a flying leap off the side of the crib and onto the floor, and her wrist. She suffered a little scrape on her forehead and has been keeping off her left wrist. She can use it and it doesn't seem to hurt her when we move it. She just wont put any pressure on it. She uses her elbow to pull herself up on chairs. She is being quite a trooper and we haven't felt the need to take her to the doctor since she will let us touch it and move it around. We'll keep a close eye on it and take her in if it doesn't get better in the next few days.

To cheer her up we headed out to the mall for a bite to eat and a browse through her favorite store - Claire's. She loves checking out the sunglasses and jewelry (which she calls her "bling"). We walked out with some new hair barrettes and a cute cupcake necklace/bracelet/ring set.



We also installed some new kitchen shelving this weekend. We have a huge blank wall in the kitchen and had planned on buying a baker's rack to fill the space and add some additional storage. But after pricing it out we determined it made more sense to invest in the elfa system from the Container Store. It is customizable and we were able to fill the whole wall with shelves. As a bonus we will be able to take it with us when we eventually move and it will be great in a closet, a garage, or wherever we decide to use it - something we wouldn't have been able to do with a baker's rack.

Here is a picture of the end result. Now we just have to get the rest of the kitchen (and the house!) organized.