All moved in!

Since the last post, we have officially moved in! My parents came last weekend and helped us pack, move and clean the rental house. They were so much help and we needed and appreciated it so much! We were quite busy, so didn't actually get any pictures of their visit, but I do have some of the aftermath.

Now, all of our boxes and most of our furniture is neatly stacked and piled in the dormer of the upstairs. Now, when the floor contractor comes to refinish the floors, the house is ready for him.

There's even a little space to relax since no living room furniture remains downstairs.

The mornings are a little rough when we have to come upstairs to get our clothes, the upstairs isn't exactly heated at this point in the day.

I really just wanted to show this picture because I am only ever here to take pictures of the house when it's dark out.

The bathroom contractor cut the opening for the sink the other day:

He is also putting the dry wall over the upstairs vent for us.

The electrician who did the wiring in the living room came back and we now have a working light in the living room, so Caleb was able to wire up the new light fixture.

Tile for the bathroom. The other night, Caleb and two of his friends came over after rock climbing while I was already sleeping. They moved all of our heavy furniture upstairs (thank you so much!) while I slept through the whole process. It was great. However, the next morning, when Caleb had to be at work at 7:00 a.m., he remembered the tile for the bathroom (bought the previous day) was still in the trunk of our car. He, as quickly as possible, moved all the tile inside (while I was still sleeping, ha ha) before he had to leave for work. This is only about half the amount he moved in. It got his blood moving.

The kitchen houses the rest of our furniture.

Don't you want to come cook in our kitchen???

Here is the most visible progress. The last pictures were of a completely gutted bathroom. They have put up new drywall, installed the new toilet and started work on the shower.

So yes, we are living without a shower. However, our friend Tessa lives a block away and is kindly sharing her shower with us. The shower is ceramic tile made to look like stone, a last minute find that we had been waiting for; our luck struck just in the nick of time.

The doorway that once led to the stairs in the basement is transforming into a linen closet.

The bathroom's slow progress was first due to waiting on the correct shower pan. Now, we are waiting on custom glass doors for the shower. We're not sure how long this could take (sigh)...up to 10 days??? So we're hoping the floor contractor can get in and do his thing while we're waiting, meaning we could then move all our stuff BACK downstairs, and resume living life semi-normally...without a shower.

The good news of the (yester)day, our bathroom contractor referred us to a electrician/plumber who gave us a nice little quote on fixing all electric and plumbing. We believe he'll be starting on Monday. This will be a great relief. The water from our kitchen sink will then come at a faster pace than a trickle and I might not even be scared to ingest it! We probably won't see much progress before Christmas, so Merry Christmas everyone!