Author Archives: Kirsten
Mal: Nine Months Old
Still playing catch-up. Here he is at 9 months (taken on 11/18, so 16 days late, yeesh):
(Previous odd months)
Mal: Eight Months Old
Oh dear I’ve fallen behind. I did manage to get a photo every month… some were a bit late, but still every month… but I’m way behind in posting. So I’ll just take care of that really quick now before Mal turns 1. Here he is at 8 months (taken on 10/9, so a “mere” 7 days late, lol):
(Previous even months)
Dakota: 3 years, 6 months
This kid!! You may notice the hair cut, that actually happened awhile ago and then I trimmed it again just in the past month.
In other news, I’ve been keeping the cropping on the photos consistent by counting the bricks on the fireplace… looks like I’ll have to crop less for the next photo…
Mal: Seven Months Old
For the record I actually took this photo on 9/9, so it’s only a week late.
I didn’t really get a “perfect” (read: baby more or less centered, in focus, number visible) shot this month, especially since my bestickered “helper” Dakota was in almost every shot. But I had a lot of charmingly imperfect shots to chose from, and this one came pretty close:
And here are the rest of the odd numbered months:
Mal: Six Months Old
Boom. Only 6 days late. 🙂
I gotta work on my color balancing skills.
(Compare to Dakota at 6 months.)
Mal: Four Months Old
Whoops, this one’s a little late. I was only a day late taking the actual picture though, so I’m still giving myself full credit. 🙂 I haven’t yet managed the combo of smiling/looking at the camera/in focus for the monthly photo, but I’m getting close.
Mal: Three Month Old
Hurray another photo actually taken on time!
I even remembered the ground hog stuffed animal! And I think I got the photo cropped to the same size as last month, though there’s only so much time I’m willing to spend staring at circles on a blanket… 🙂
And a bonus picture! Mal’s figured out how to grab the belly sticker, and I’m up on a step stool trying to take his picture, so my special helper kept putting the belly sticker back in place for me. Complete with dinosaur tattoos on her hands. 🙂
And of course, here’s Dakota at 3 months.
New Kitchen Sink
Since moving in we’ve had ye olde double basin sink and boring chrome faucet. I maniacally plotted replacing the faucet from the beginning, but for some reason I assumed that sink basins weren’t interchangeable, so since we weren’t replacing the granite counter tops, I assumed we were stuck with the current sink. WRONG!
Since the faucet was perfectly functional, replacing it never quite made it to the top of our to-do list. But recently it was starting to leak a bit, so I started contemplating replacements more seriously. While I was at it I measured the rough dimensions of the basin, and I discovered that it’s actually a fairly standard size after all. I was still a bit nervous about things not fitting, so while we ordered the new faucet online, we picked the new basin based on what was available locally, so we could return it quickly if things weren’t fitting.
Here’s the hole in the counter after removing the old sink:
And here’s the new single-basin sink and fancy faucet:
We were able to re-use the disposal, and since the new drain hole is farther back there suddenly feels like there’s a lot more room to store stuff under the sink. On the negative side, this type of faucet has a counter-weight on the hose to make it retract by itself, and that was catching on the disposal unit under the sink. So for now we’ve left the counter-weight off, but honestly the lack of auto-retracting on the hose hasn’t bothered me in the slightest. Maybe we’ll revisit later.
Mal: Two Months Old
Woohoo two month photo!
And I just realized I forgot the stuffed animal again. :(Oh well, soldier on! Here’s one month:
The Letter K 