We have a penchant for making multiple life moves, simultaneously. The year we got married, in addition to wedding planning, we were remodeling our house and DJ started a new job. It was an insane year and we promised ourselves we wouldn’t do it, again. And yet here we are, embarking on the final phase of our home remodel three months before our due date! We are now in our third trimester and in a race for our lives and it was not at all intentional.
Why now? Are we crazy? What are you thinking? We asked ourselves all of these questions, believe me. In fairness, many circumstances were out of our control. From our initial designer who stole our money and never provided us architectural plans, the engineer who took too long to provide drawings, the constant back-and-forth with the SF Building Department and the near constant battering of winter storms this year – all of this contributed to getting building permits so close to when our little one will be joining us.
And why not just pull the plug and wait? Well, we considered that as well, but honestly, will there ever be a good time to remodel? Would it be any easier with an infant or toddler? And, not to mention the space we need – we’re currently in the bedroom that will become the nursery. And for us, we really want to make that dream nursery for our baby girl. That’s not possible unless we remodel our attic into a master bedroom and bath so we can get out of our little one’s space.
Construction is now underway. We have scaffolding surrounding our house. After the final storm of the season this weekend, we will now replace our roof and install some skylights for our future bedroom. And then, work indoors will get started to get the framing and lay down the new flooring upstairs. I am not naive to think that three months will be enough to get this done, but hoping we can get most of it complete.
Our main focus over the next few weeks will be getting our nursery in order – we’ve already started sharing design ideas on Pinterest and will definitely share the progress along with way. Next up will be for us to give an update on our baby shower in a couple of weeks.
Yes, we are in the final leg of our race – the third trimester. And yes, we have a lot to get done before baby Aguirre graces us with her presence. But, I have no doubt DJ and I will be ready, no matter what.
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