The Moberg Family

Month: September 2013

  • Selah B, 11 months

    Selah B, 11 months

    It’s. Just. Gone. Wayyyyyy. Toooooo. Faaaaaaast….

    Every day she grows more independent. Every day we see more of her personality budding. Every day she gets closer and closer to become ONE YEAR OLD.

    But she’s never been as close as THIS. How is it that my next blog post of her will be her TWELVE MONTH blog post?!! In some languages, “12 months” is translated to “one year.” Could it really be????!!!

    Well, hello, month 12. Nice to meet you. Let me introduce you to the baby girl who is now entering your sphere.

    This baby buns tells you HOW it is.

    The fruit of the status of “little sister” is loud and clear. If Elliott takes a toy out of her hand, she clenches her fists and makes this face. If we tell her something is off limits, she clenches her fists and makes this face. I am so thankful I got it on camera 🙂 because I just think it is the most precious “I’m upset” face that I have ever seen. I have said this before about her, but I LOVE when she tells me what’s on her mind, even if she’s upset about something. I’m glad she’s learning how to communicate!

    “But that’s not what I WANTED!!!”

    Her “chewer” status remains current and up-to-date.

    “Hmm, could I get my mouth on this?”
    “This is a start…but I bet I could get more in mouth if I just turned it a little….”
    “There we go…that’s better!”

     

    And if she’s not chewing on it, she’s wearing it.

    She LOVES hats!
    “I don’t think Elliott will mind if I borrow this for a little while…”

     

     Conquerer.

    She is the most determined baby I have ever known…she will face ANY obstacle…she LOVES to climb, and she will not back down.

    She is SO into the Bumbo this month because it’s a new obstacle to climb. She climbs in and out of it, and pushes it against things so that she has a step up to climb. I found her on the couch the other day because she had used the Bumbo as a step to get up there!
    She climbs up onto this train…
    …and rides it all day long…

    Her Favorites

    Her favorite inside places to be are on the couch and beneath tables…especially if Elliott is in either of those two spots. When she finishes dinner before him, she immediately crawls to his chair and laughs and giggles at him while he finishes eating.

    “Hey, Elliott…throw me some scraps, will you?”
    And then they cuddle.

    “Get me OUT of here!”

    She must have my sense of adventure because she still has a total obsession with the back door, the front door, and the door to the garage. Anything that lets her OUT makes her very, very happy.

    “Selah, if you would just learn to walk, Mommy would let you outside to play more often!”

    Butterflies

    We ventured to the Butterfly Pavilion so Selah and Elliott could get an up-close look at the beautiful creatures. Elliott HATED the butterflies (“No like butterflies, Mommy!”) and Selah slept through most of our experience. But, she eventually woke up and a butterfly landed on me as I was holding her! Brian got a picture for Selah’s good friend Olivia who loves butterflies! She just moved to England.

    This one’s for YOU, Olivia!! I hope you’re more excited about the butterfly than Selah was in this moment…haha! P.S. I know it doesn’t LOOK like a butterfly, but I promise it is!! 🙂
    La familia

    “Up-pa!”

    She does THIS all the time…therefore melting my heart ALL DAY LONG. She crawls up to us, stares up with those huge blue eyes, bats those mile-long lashes and says…

    “Up-pa!”

    Bet that makes you want to come pick her up yourself, doesn’t it? Well we had three special visitors this month who thought the same…

    Grandma & Grandpa!
    THRILLED!

     

    “Now, Grandpa, I really think that I-90 is going to be your best bet for the drive home.”
    And one week later, “Aunt Anage” came to visit!!

    Standing Firm

    She has been standing for a few seconds at a time for a couple of months, but this month she gained total control. She can stand as long as she wants to.

    There she was, just a walkin’ down the street!

    “Look, Mom! One hand!”
    Singin’ “Do-Wah-Diddy, Diddy-Dum, Diddy-Do!”

    Our Delightful Bean

    Some other fun milestones from the month are that she grew two more teeth for a total of eight, she started DANCING by moving her arms from side to side out in front of her any time she hears music or someone is singing, and she learned how to go down the stairs feet first!

    And she remains the sweetest…
    …silliest…
    …most beautiful…
    …baby girl in the existence of all the earth :).

    Happy 11 month  birthday, our sweet Selah B!!

     

     

  • Selah’s Nursery!

    Selah’s Nursery!

    I know it may seem silly to put a post up about my daughter’s nursery when she’s now almost a year old. But if you know me, then you know that I love details. Putting together my kids’ nurseries have been two of my favorite projects of all time, because it’s one way that I love to show love.

    Because of that, it was super hard for me that she didn’t have her own real room until she was almost 8 months old! I know she will never know the difference, but having a place that I have made special just for her is important to me. So I finally got all of the details finished up last month and I am excited to share her room with those of you who love looking at nurseries as much as I do :).

    When I went to search for bedding for our daughter, I encountered the same problem that I did when I was looking for boy nursery sets for Elliott–I didn’t love any of them! But then I found this fabric that I just adored, and wrote to my good friend Amy who had made Elliott’s quilt and wall hangings…and begged her to help me with Selah’s nursery as well :).

    And she agreed! Hooray!! Amy and her mom are so unbelievably talented…I’m so grateful for their hard work (once again!) so that my daughter could have the most beautiful nursery that fits her perfectly!

    I felt all along that Selah was going to love bright and bold colors. Once I found this fabric, I couldn’t get it out of my mind. So we ran with a bird theme…and I just think it’s perfect for our little Selah B. Although I do have a dream tucked away of learning how to sew one day (one day FAR, FAR, FAR AWAY…), I secretly love that I DON’T know how to sew yet…because it’s way more fun and special to have the hands of my friends and family part of my daughter’s beautiful nursery.

    So, come on in, and see the fun for yourself…featuring Selah B. herself!

    Such a fun personalized sign from Aunt Paula…the perfect entrance to her room!
    Good.
    Better :).
    Best! 🙂 🙂
    Amy made the gorgeous bumper and my sis-in-law Melanie made the beautiful bedskirt!
    Amy also made all of these adorable birdies!! Aren’t they tweet?!! I.LOVE.THEM.
    Peek-a-boo!
    The corner of her bedroom where we spend lots of time cuddling, laughing, chatting and reading :). You can also see a glimpse of her quilt and the adorable birth announcement collage that Kevin and Tabitha got for Selah.
    The awesome wall hangings! Amy created the wall hangings and Marilyn sewed the birth announcement that’s attached to the middle one.
    My mom helped me put the birth announcement on the wall hanging by sewing it all together!
    The AMAZING quilt!! Isn’t it gorgeous??!!! Isn’t Amy awesome?!!
    Selah is–seriously–in love with her quilt. It usually hangs on the back of the rocking chair, and as soon as I’m done nursing her, she runs her fingers over it again and again and again…
    You can see how much she loves it…and life…and the bottle of paint in her hand :).

    Thank you to everyone who had a hand in creating Selah’s nursery…I am so grateful for each of you! I think of each of you every time I stare at your handiwork!