We Made It!
We rolled into our new apartment at 2PM. Grandpa drove the truck up to apartment while we checked in and signed all the paperwork. This picture is actually from when I visited a couple of weeks ago to see the apartment and have a meeting with the new home design center. When we got there, all the snow was basically gone. The city was experiencing record and near record high temperatures for a few days right when we got here.
The place is a luxury complex. There is a gym, a movie room, they provide water and popcorn and coffee and high-speed internet, fax machines, a pool and hot-tub, etc... Very plush. Our apartment is 1008 square feet for 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. This will work well while we wait for the house to be completed.
So, we un-loaded the truck some that first day, just enough to get some sleep. The next couple of days we completed the un-loading and tried to take it easy. The altitude definitely affected us all. While Jess and I were unpacking and such, Grandpa watched Summer, and with his magic touch was able to get her to sleep. This was one time that we got a picture of, as it was just super cute.
In addition to unloading and unpacking, we traveled around and looked for a new kitchen table. We wanted something for the apartment, which would go into our nook area of the new house. We had sold our glass kitchen table, amongst other things...THANK GOODNESS for that, too! Remember those pictures of the truck, fully loaded? Well, without us selling those bookshelves to Johnny and the other things, we would have had an even harder time loading up that truck. Thanks for helping us out that way Johnny, Lauren and Aaron and Constantine!
So, on our first trip to a warehouse furniture store, we got lucky and found this great table. We decided we would come back and pick it up in the morning, instead of waiting for delivery. It came unassembled in a box, so we had to put it together ourselves. Of course, Summer being the inquisitive girl she is, she came over and wanted to help. So, I handed her the socket wrench.
She took it and played with it, so we decided to see if we could put her to work, and believe or not, she actually tightened up the bolts a little!
Yeah, we had to finish the tightening, but she liked pulling on the wrench. She helped out for a while, it was awesome!
Later the next day (we took two easy days to build the table and finally finish those too difficult to put together chairs) we got this picture of Summer eating at the table.
Other things to note is that she is sitting in one of those hanging chairs. We bought that when we got to CO, too. Her high-chair takes up a lot of space. We used this hanging chair at Macaroni Grill the night before, too. Kind of makes us want to get another one. One for in the car, for when we go out to dinner and leave one on the home table. Also notice we took some of our plants with us and put up some pictures and things to make the place a little homey.
OK, that covers most of the stuff in the apartment for now. We also got her a few new toys. We took a video of her WALKING on her own with the one push toy. She really loves that and looks around for verbal encouragement as she walks. It is awesome and I will try to post that soon. Wish me luck!
The place is a luxury complex. There is a gym, a movie room, they provide water and popcorn and coffee and high-speed internet, fax machines, a pool and hot-tub, etc... Very plush. Our apartment is 1008 square feet for 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. This will work well while we wait for the house to be completed.
So, we un-loaded the truck some that first day, just enough to get some sleep. The next couple of days we completed the un-loading and tried to take it easy. The altitude definitely affected us all. While Jess and I were unpacking and such, Grandpa watched Summer, and with his magic touch was able to get her to sleep. This was one time that we got a picture of, as it was just super cute.
In addition to unloading and unpacking, we traveled around and looked for a new kitchen table. We wanted something for the apartment, which would go into our nook area of the new house. We had sold our glass kitchen table, amongst other things...THANK GOODNESS for that, too! Remember those pictures of the truck, fully loaded? Well, without us selling those bookshelves to Johnny and the other things, we would have had an even harder time loading up that truck. Thanks for helping us out that way Johnny, Lauren and Aaron and Constantine!
So, on our first trip to a warehouse furniture store, we got lucky and found this great table. We decided we would come back and pick it up in the morning, instead of waiting for delivery. It came unassembled in a box, so we had to put it together ourselves. Of course, Summer being the inquisitive girl she is, she came over and wanted to help. So, I handed her the socket wrench.
She took it and played with it, so we decided to see if we could put her to work, and believe or not, she actually tightened up the bolts a little!
Yeah, we had to finish the tightening, but she liked pulling on the wrench. She helped out for a while, it was awesome!
Later the next day (we took two easy days to build the table and finally finish those too difficult to put together chairs) we got this picture of Summer eating at the table.
Other things to note is that she is sitting in one of those hanging chairs. We bought that when we got to CO, too. Her high-chair takes up a lot of space. We used this hanging chair at Macaroni Grill the night before, too. Kind of makes us want to get another one. One for in the car, for when we go out to dinner and leave one on the home table. Also notice we took some of our plants with us and put up some pictures and things to make the place a little homey.
OK, that covers most of the stuff in the apartment for now. We also got her a few new toys. We took a video of her WALKING on her own with the one push toy. She really loves that and looks around for verbal encouragement as she walks. It is awesome and I will try to post that soon. Wish me luck!
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