Well, we are here in St Louis and so far it is going great. It is super hot, but we are at least unpacked with all the essentials and trying to set now get the new baby room set up and unpack all those old baby clothes...of course if we have a girl, I will have lots of clothes to donate as some our boy stuff will have to go. October can't get here soon enough, pregnant in this heat is killing me.
So pictures of the house, it is empty and will mostly stay that way but I am excited to get my stuff from my mom's house...
So this is I guess suppose to be a formal living room but it will be my office and the future site of my upright piano. The downside about this room is it doesn't have a light nor a phone jack for the main line but it gives me a space to do my online grading so it will do!
We learned very quickly that Matt if given the option will climb up the stairs and then try to go down which means he will fall down a flight of stairs so we baby-gated the stairs to prevent the falls. The stairs from the main floor to the basement posed a huge challenge as it doesn't have 2 spots that line up just right so we had to make this wood colored gate work and just to add more insurance mommy rarely goes to the basement and daddy only when Matt isn't around so we can avoid the temptation that there is something fun down there.
We did get a new TV and TV stand but other than that, we are trying to avoid new furniture, so our family room is pretty bare, just the TV, sofa and the end table is seen here, the coffee tables is in the corner behind the sofa, it was behind the couch but a little boy was climbing up on it and then the back of the couch so it had to be moved to avoid encouraging that behavoir.
Not a great picture with the light but the kitchen table from my childhood fits great in the eat-in area of the kitchen and still plenty of room for the highchair. Matt took an interest in the trash can so it has now moved to the laundry room which is just off the kitchen but so fair we are enjoying this part of the house...finally can unpack all my stuff that has been in boxes since either our wedding or prior.
The baby room, we need to get a new crib mattress but Jay set up the crib for the new addition to arrive, in this room is also a book shelf and I am sure will get another item or two but for now it is bare and a project waiting for me to tackle...the closet is full of the boxes of old baby clothes and gear...going to have to unpack those items before Oct gets here.
Another great feature of this house is that there are 2 huge walk-in closets, this is the smaller of the two which is located off the master bedroom. Since I have less clothes than Jay I took this closet for myself.
Here is half of the other master walk-in closet. There is about this much space behind me which is not fully being utilized....it is also Jay's for a second reason, it is off the master bathroom so when he has to get up and get going in the mornings this allows him access to the bathroom and closet to get ready. Downside of this set-up is there is no linen closet really upstairs and no spot to put towels and stuff in the master bathroom except for these few shelves in the bathroom so Jay's closet while huge is also going to have to be the linen and bathroom storage spot.
Here is Matt's new room. I got this toddler bed from friends and so far Matt is adjusting ok to it, a few times I have gone to check on him and he is sleeping on the floor, usually by the door. I haven't gone crazy yet and got him bedding as he is not really sleeping with a pillow or blanket (it is too hot for that right now anyway) so I am going to wait for Labor day and maybe look for something on-sale then....Second downside is the diaper changing area is now the floor and b/c he is usually stuck in his room with now room to run around the supplies for changing a diaper have to be on the top shelf of the books shelf or the shelf in the closet. Going to also put up a curtain for that window, but probably by the time I get to it (or Jay does) the heat wave will be over and then their probably won't be a huge need or reason for it.
So still have another guest room and the master bedroom missing....and the entire basement area (it is mostly empty boxes or half empty boxes everywhere...maybe after the stuff from my mom arrives, it cools down and we settle in a bit more I can do updates...i do plan to put pictures up just haven't gotten to it yet.
Matt is officially 17 months and enjoying the yard here, we do bubbles in the morning out front in the shade and then for our afternoon adventure we go to the back yard to do bubbles and toss a ball around. Although at 100+ degrees, pregnant mommy just doesn't do well for very long outside, so a cool down would be greatly appreciated so we could at least somewhat enjoy having a yard, even if most of the yard is this huge steep hill.
Matthew is going to start daycare at a local Kindercare on 30 July, we have 2 half-day transition days coming up this week, but I think once we get him in a routine that will help him adjust, help mommy tackle some of these unpacking projects and help me meet some local folks with kids.
That is all for now!
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