Nesting - 1 month to go

Steve and I made great progress (Ok, mostly Steve) around the house this weekend preparing for baby #2.

#2's nursery has all the major stuff in it, except the crib which is ordered. The big boxes are actually Jack's birthday gifts (from a variety of people) so ignore those in the second picture below.

We have a new armoire (the room has no closet), new window hardware and new curtains. Misc. accessories and the rugs are to be placed soon. The radiator cover is drying in the garage from its last coat of paint. The lamp in the picture is, in theory, temporary. All of the tiny baby clothes are washed and in the armoire. The rest of the bedding, if you don't recall, looks like this:

I am going to be painting large polka dots on one accent wall that mimics the trim on the bedding. The crib blanket (on the chair in the photo below) will be hung above the crib.





Jack's room (pics to come) has a new chair (since the glider moved) and now has some toys and his train table in it.

Fenced

We had been thinking of tearing down the fence in our backyard as it was a) an eyesore and b) about to fall down. Luckily for our wallets it turns out the abutting neighbors actually own the fence and knocked it as an add-on to removing an ugly shed they had in their yard. (This family just moved in last August and inherited the 2 lovely features.

The good news is it is gone. The bad news is that a small part remains (the remaining piece is obviously not on their property, but lord knows who actually put it up) and there is a big mess remaining in the spaces that used to be hidden by fences.

That said, once we get it clean and de-poison ivy parts, it will be, effectively, about 2-3 more feet of yard for us along the back. Also nice, they have 2 boys, one 2 1/2 and one 3 months, so I am sure there will be many playtimes to come now that we have easy access to their yard! Jack is already eying their basketball hoop.