i have become an eating machine.  it's quite scary, actually.  up to this point, i had not really been eating large amounts of food because it would make me physically uncomfortable, as everything got crowded in my abdomen... but i guess i must have adapted or something, because now the gloves are off and if you serve me a full plate, i will eat a full plate.  and more.

and the numbers on my scale keep creeping up and up and up... well, it's inevitable.

dan and i bought some shelves from ikea for our kitchen - it's amazing how much storage they provide!!  i really wish we had gotten them sooner.  anyways, it was a headache to mount them to the wall because they were really heavy, so we had to drive them into the studs...



do you love the new wall color of our kitchen?  i love it.

we also painted bella's nursery a nice rosy beige.  it's very soothing... we barely waited for the paint to dry before putting the crib together.  now it really looks like a baby's room.



and lastly, i figured i'd put all those art and painting classes, growing up, to some good use, so i painted a mural on the wall in bella's room.  it's not finished, but here's the rough first coat.



i have to say, it turned out better than i thought it would.