Saturday, November 3, 2007

Moving Out

As if we didn't have enough going on in our lives, we are moving out of our house for the next 3 months in order to take on a huge home improvement project. After all, what would a pregnancy be without some remodeling? And, with a super-sized pregnancy comes a super-sized project.

The timing is just right. Nick's parents just left for Mexico on November 1st for the winter (Hi Bob & DR!). We are moving into their townhouse this weekend and hope that the project will be done in time to allow us to move back home before the twins arrive in February.

What are we having done? We are ripping out the kitchen, spare bedroom, and TV room in the back of the house. This new space will become our brand new, much larger, kitchen and living space. Plus, we will be putting in new (safer) steps to the basement and having our basement finished as a family room/play area. We are SO excited!

Here are some BEFORE pictures:

This is a picture of Ethan hanging out with one of our foster animals in our spare bedroom. This room was often used as our "foster" room for kittens and other critters when we didn't have guests staying with us.

This picture shows our "T" room. This was the TV, train, and toy room, right next to the spare bedroom.

Lastly, our hallway to the back door, which happened to be our kitchen. This kitchen is not family friendly, and we were always tripping over each other, or toys, while cooking or using the back door. I can't wait for this kitchen to go!

Stay tuned for pictures of the progress. Demolition day is Monday!
The frequency of posts may slow a little as we don't have internet at the Walton's house. I'm sure we'll be stopping home regularly to check on things and visit neighbors, so I'll sneak in some internet time as much as possible.