3-Month Count-Down

After many hours of online browsing, several open houses, and many home visits, we finally found our dream house. And we take possession in a little less than three months!

While the house is not in a dream location (that would be Australia, or some other warm climate), it fulfills everything else on my check-list:

-2 car garage
-4 + 1 bedrooms
-office
-family room separate from living-room
-mudroom with separate side entrance
-a large playroom for the girls

My husband was hoping for a water-front house, or one adjacent to a forrest. While the nearest body of water is a few kilometers away, we will be adjacent to one of the largest remaining green spaces in Montreal called Angell Woods.

The biggest challenge will be furnishing the 19 rooms, as we are currently living in a 6-room condo!

The girls are particularly excited about their playroom, and our eldest keeps asking when we will be moving. I think I may be just as excited as she is!

My Dream house; as drawn by my 3 year-old

Sharing Rooms

Laughing about something

Playing with her remote controlled car

It proved to be a three day experiment. Initially, this was far more than I had expected...

A few weeks ago, I asked my husband why our now 12-month old was still sleeping in our room...After all, she had a comfortable crib set up in her sister's room...Surely far more comfortable than the play-yard in our room?

So we decided to try room-sharing. The tricky part was waiting for our toddler to fall asleep before placing the baby in her crib, as I was sure that our noisy toddler would wake the baby up.  The first three nights were very similar...Our baby fell asleep with her father in our room. About a half an hour later, our toddler was asleep, allowing us to place the baby in her crib. We had a few hours of peace...then the baby woke up.  My husband rocked her back to sleep, and placed her back in the crib. She woke up once more on average. Our toddler, surprisingly, slept through this. She too woke up about once a night, but quickly fell asleep without disturbing her sister.

After the third relatively successful night, our toddler developed a fever, which I attributed to her 1-year vaccines. And for one week, she was cranky and slept poorly, so we returned her to our room. We have yet to retry our experiment. I suspect it will take up to a week for both girls to adjust to the new living conditions.

My husband is currently in sunny California, attending a work-related conference (or so her says). Perhaps upon his return, we will give it another try...