Our first night as San Francisco residents

Okay, so technically we've been paying to be SF residents since June and we have spent a few nights here, but really, last night was our first night "living" here. And good news, so far, so good! As you can see from the pictures below we are completely moved in:)

Updates on our life in San Francisco so far:

Last night I had the first parent meeting for Connor's new preschool and it went great. The other parents are such a nice group of really friendly, welcoming people and I am so excited to get to know them. There are 15 new families out of 24 in the preschool so it's nice that so many of us are in the same boat. My "job" with the school (each parent has a job) is calendar/newsletter person so I will be in charge of the master calendar and doing a newsletter. I'm excited about that because it will give me another writing outlet, no matter how small. Connor's teacher is a really sweet woman who seems to just love spending time with the kids. She has been with the school for 28 years, first as a parent and then as the teacher/director so she certainly knows what she is doing.

Dan is working hard putting together some new (cheap) furniture we got to help with the storage issue (read: none) we have here. He has one piece left and I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to get him to put furniture together again.

The complex is under some construction and had planned to demolish the building behind us on Monday. I was pretty concerned about this because generally demolition doesn't exactly spell out nice, quiet place to live. But the GREAT news is that Dan and Connor went outside this morning to realize the demolition had already started and half the building was gone and we had no idea. This really excited me because I was pretty concerned about the noise factor with two little guys. I guess I'm not that surprised, because really, for apartment living, we hear very little outside of our apartment. We hardly ever hear the people above us and we hear no noise outside when the doors and windows are closed. Our biggest "complaint" would be that our neighbors next door play pretty loud piano music often. But let's be honest, piano music isn't really all that annoying and sometimes it can even be relaxing.

Connor is loving the outside area here, but did declare yesterday that "there is nothing to do inside." This is because his toys are mostly still in boxes and there is absolutely no open space right now for him to play inside. We're working on that, but unpacking boxes is not the easiest thing to do with a newborn and almost 4-year-old.

Liam is growing like a weed and doesn't seem at all troubled by the small space. He is smiling like crazy and is noticing more and more around him each day.

To make you all feel better about the cleanliness and organization of your own living situation, I am including some pictures of our absolute disaster of an apartment for you. Enjoy!



Our bedroom/Office/Baby room (each room in small apartments have multiple uses we have learned)



Another view

Living room/Dining room/Playroom



Moving is exhausting!! (he's yawning, not crying)

That's all for now, I'll keep you all posted on the excitement around here!

Loves to all.