Here comes the sun.... Countdown to Baby 2012.... B-hopefully very soon

November 19, 2012

Enough said. Wow.....

Jessica

Special delivery.... Countdown to Baby....B-8 days (or B-14 days)

November 15, 2012 

If you ignore the sunbursts and a bit of trim, the house is painted.  Here it is:  

Some moving is going on in the rest of the house. While some looks much better, other parts always look worse. It's a never ending cycle. Actually having closets with storage or any type of storage area would probably help us put some stuff away.   A lot of floorboards have also been laid, as seen throughout below:

Alok also hung up some closet bars so that we could hang stuff when the time comes.  Nicer organizers to come later:

We also got a dresser/hutch for the babies room, which Alok assembled:

 

Umm... what happened to my office!

More floorboards: 

More closet bars

And our new deliveries!  Woo hoo!

Here is the update on the baby list:

Here are the items that we completed in our countdown

1) Get as much done on the outside siding as possible--> Pretty much done

2) Make this safe---> DONE

Now here:

3) Make the other areas pet safe (e.g., covering hazards, cutting nails that are poking out, etc).---> MAINLY DONE

4) Hang doors in the dusty/unsafe area.  They are being stripped as we speak--> Pretty much done

5) Hang closet bars in these two small closets. The rest will have to wait.-- DONE (see above pics)

6) Make the attic stairs more solid, carpet them, and put up a railing.--> DONE, well there isn't a railing, but we'll get that later

Here are the items that remain:

1) Fix the stairs. We will paint them right before we move in.... Maybe this weekend? 

 

2)  Hang the stained glass window here.  We have everything set up and are just awaiting the people who are doing stuff for it. 

Not too shabby, huh?  Alok is working on things such as laying floor boards, etc that really don't have to be done now, but are making his life easier if he does them now.  So, whatever he wants to do.

That's all for now.

Jessica

Someone's been decorating! Countdown to Baby.... B-12 Days

November 10, 2012

So after a bit of a house hiatus called "my body hurts too much to walk through the house," I came by yesterday and today to take a peak. 

See our lovely attic stairs?

They got carpet! This is the only place in the house where it will be totally carpeted:

 

The view down. Alok also covered up the areas at the top here with wood to reduce the pet hazards

The outside of the house is almost ALMOST painted.  There is a bit of trim to complete and then there are little parts here and there that can be done (chimneys, some windows, etc), but it will be good enough for now very soon. Let's hope that we get a few more days of good weather to finish up!

The last major part to be finished:

Alok has also worked on the butler's pantry (aka "getting rid of a giant hole in the wall")

Here it is, in progress:

Here it is complete:

He is also continuing to work on "pet proofing," such as covering this giant hole in the wall:

Or this formerly giant hole:

Much of the upstairs trim is complete or nearly complete.  Here it is:

Yellow bedroom:

 

Master bedroom floorboards: 

 

Mind the gap.... this will be covered by another piece soon

Alok and Eric also hung the bathroom door, which is now currently a storage room.  Apparently, they hung it when they were inside the room and it opens in.... Which isn't a problem, unless the room is full of stuff. They were a bit trapped.

 

With a little help from our friend, Josh, Alok was able to get the crib put together.  Here it is:

The rest of the house is just starting to look like... well, a house!  It's kinda crazy.  Here it is (well, party

 

Notice that someone started to decorate

 

 

That's all for now!  Alok and Pat are moving more things in as a type.  Being full-term kinda gets me out of doing that and I'm not complaining!

Jessica