New house stuff

Well, this new kid is going to need a place to sleep, and Erin doesn't want to share a room quite yet, so we have been working on cleaning out our only spare room to make room for the new baby. Actually, the new baby will get Erin's room and she will get a new big-girl room. The room is almost cleaned out, and we plan to repaint it and maybe do some white beadboard/chair rail in there.

We have converted our dining room into an office/play/piano room. It's kind of crowded, but we think it will work and will help us have more room to store toys. The mess in the corner is for Christmas and will be gone in a few days:




We also got a new kitchen table today! Since the current table is pretty small and we no longer have a bigger table, we thought we'd get a nicer, bigger one for the kitchen. We ended up getting one at Wood Quarters, an unfinished store in Cary. Don't worry, we won't be trying to finish it ourselves (some of you may recall the baby furniture saga); they have factory-finished pieces. Here is a picture of the table, and one of a similar chair, except our chairs have 3 horizontal slats instead of the X pattern. We're getting 6 chairs (though we'll store 2 of them and keep the table slid up against the window most of the time) and won't use the leaf unless we have a lot of people over. It will come in around the middle of January, and we're very excited! The little table currently in the kitchen will hold the computer in the dining room.




So, we think we can make the house livable with 2 kids...just don't ask us about a third kid!