We have a place to live!

As of June 15, we will have a place to call home in NY (signed lease is in the mail)!  As crazy as it seems to sign a year lease on a house that we've never actually seen, both Lucas and I are surprisingly relaxed about it.  Perhaps it is just the alternative that stresses us out more (not going out to look for housing until the end of May, just a few weeks shy of our move date).  Either way, we are happy and think that, even though it is another "older" home, it's 40 years newer than our current home and has many more upgrades.

Living room and my office

Baby's nursery/guest room (we'll see how everything fits!)

An updated kitchen with...a DISHWASHER! Thank God!

The best part of the house is that it is only a mile from the hospital that Lucas will be at most of the time and one mile to the beach (right next to a huge reserve with lots of trails...I'm already dreaming of my running routes with a jogging stroller in tow).

New York New York

I should have seen it coming.  There were "signs" everywhere:


-My mom made us a fleece car seat cover and brought it out a couple weeks.  Sorry mom, but at first I didn't think it would get much use (fleece in Loma Linda? in Texas? no way!).  I retract my initial opinion!


-Elisa was cleaning out her garage and came across some stroller "mitts" (built in gloves for me to push the stroller with) which I thought may be a good idea for when I travel back to Colorado.  But now I think I will be using them quite often between the months of Nov and April.


-Sarah sent me a cute 3mo fuzzy onesie.  Enough said - that will be used for sure! 


-And last but not least, on our way to the match ceremony (where we received our envelope), JayZ's "New York" was on the radio.  Ironic? I think no.


So the night before the match celebration, I had a revelation of where I thought we would be going:

But here's what happened in reality....

So we're off... to STONY BROOK, NEW YORK (LONG ISLAND)