Book Display

Liam's number one favorite thing to do would probably be the slide at the park, but on rainy days when we can't go outside, his second favorite thing would be reading books. We could sit for hours and read books, he goes and gets one off the bookshelf, brings it to me and we read it.


This usually ends up with a big pile of books on the floor as he sifts through them, picks one, and then dumps the rest. I figured if I made a book display this would help him see the fronts of the books, and only take out the one he is looking for. I found the plans for this on an amazing site my sister Rachel told me about, here.


It was pretty easy to make, and a purchased one from Pottery Barn would have cost me $119 American, while this one only cost me $16.99 for the materials. The plans were very detailed, even including a cut list, and Home Depot did the majority of my cuts for me for free! I do have to give Jake some credit here, as he taught me what a counter sink was, so that I didn't split the wood when drilling into it. And so far Liam really likes it, he loves taking the books off and putting them back on again.

It has been almost a year!

It's been one year since our first visit with the neurosurgeon at Children's Hospital, and looking back now I can't believe how quickly we have gotten to this point! It is also getting close to five months since his surgery date as well!

For a year the words Metopic Craniosynostosis were always on my mind, not a day went by that I didn't think about it. I can still remember that first visit pretty clearly, and everything that happened between then and the surgery. They were some pretty intense times, but now I can look back with an overwhelming thankfulness, and a huge sense of relief! Not only did Liam's surgery go well, the doctors told me on our last check up that Liam would likely be in the top ten percent in terms of how well he has healed, how good he looks and how everything worked out for him.

Plus, I haven't thought much about Craniosynostosis at all these past weeks. Except I have this weird tendency, I cant help but study people's foreheads, especially babies.

Here are some pictures of his beautiful forehead!


He is learning to feed himself, so excuse the jam all over his face!



Um, when did he get so big? His first haircut! (I was pretty sad to see it go to be honest).

Finished at last...

Liam has been getting up at 6:30 every morning for a while now, which means that I have that many more hours in a day to get some things done! This side table is a good example, I had started it a few weeks ago, but never got around to finishing it completely. This morning I did just that.

I didn't think to take a before picture, so you will just have to imagine it. I found it at the salvation army, with a slightly broken drawer, in a boring Ikea wood finish. Fix it up, add some paint, wheels and new hardware and you get this:


I also added a toilet paper dispenser to hold my ribbon for easy access. Also, this isn't just any black paint, it happens to be chalkboard paint! (Which I recently discovered and am in love with)


Now not only can I label the drawers with the contents, Liam can have some fun with it too!