The New House We Are Renting!!

I asked Jer what he would like to say about our new place in this blog entry and he replied, "It's costing us a damn fortune, but it's well worth it."

The new place we are renting is a quaint two bedroom duplex with a converted garage that has a second bathroom. There is also a small backyard and side yard. Julian is already loving the new place and every time we go there to move stuff in he doesn't want to leave. He calls the old apartment the "doodie" apartment, HA HA. We cannot wait to move in and have more space.

The right side of the duplex is ours.

We have a gate entry that I love because it keeps Julian contained. I never noticed all the dirt on the wall, but it really shows up in this pic. Need to clean that ASAP. :)Small patio perfect for BBQ'ing. The door to the left is the garage door or the playroom door entry.Walking down the "outside hallway" that leads to the front door on the left, or if you keep going it leads to the backyard.

Our small, but cute backyard. The tree is perfect for a swing and we plan on doing a small organic garden on the side.

The front door entrance.

If you go through the front door and look to your left you see this: our cozy living room/kitchen.

The kitchen area. Small, but big enough for Jer to make loads of good food in! You can't really see it in the pics, but the island has a lip, big enough to put bar stools.

This use to be a garage. The landlord converted it into an extra room which we will use as Julian's playroom/Jer's guitar room/Guest bedroom.

Playroom door.

More playroom pics... and our new screen door on the right.Playroom bathroom entrance. The hideous shower curtain was included with the house, haha. We won't be using that. :)Ju's playroom bathroom.Ju's Playroom shower.

In the kitchen looking into the hallway entrance that leads to the bedroomsWasher and Dryer closet.Main BathroomMain bathroom shower.Our bedroomJulian's bedroom -- I forgot to put more pics of his room up but can't do it now (the editor on the blog is weird). His room looks small in this pic, but it's actually a decent size.Looking into our bedroom.Our walk in closet.My sideJer's side.Washer and Dryer closet.Looking out of the front door.Julian took a picture of us in all our sweaty moving glory.Our brand new (kinda) steal brush fridge and batman. A house mommy's dream! Ha ha. Oh, the closet to the right is our jacket closet.Our new washer and dryer. Ohh la la. My life is complete! :)

The new couch -- Yes, Jer did get vetoed on his lumpy love seat/sofa vote. I thought this looked cleaner, took up less room, but also had more space for people to sit on. We're gonna get an ottoman (instead of a reg. coffee table) and eventually a nice dark brown leather chair to off set it... Cause every man needs his own leather recliner!

Morgan Hill Pumpkin Patch, 10-18-09

This is our family's second year in a row going to the Uesugi Farm Pumpkin Patch in Morgan Hill. We looked at other pumpkin patches in the Bay Area -- a lot of them had the same type of attractions, but were a bit pricier. Since we enjoyed going last year we decided to go again this year.

One this trip Julian got to go on the Pony Ride and Petting Zoo which didn't exists last year. We were fortunate that he only had one melt down, opposed to the many last trip. Everyone at the pumpkin patch noticed and commented on Julian being batman and how cute he was. And of course Julian really played it up and acted in Batman character. We were surprised that Julian was again one of only a few kids who were wearing a costume (same thing happened last year). Since we paid good money for that thing we plan on him getting some use out of it, Ha ha.

Since it was a pumpkin farm we couldn't leave without buying two large pumpkins, four small pumpkins, a bundle of decorative baby corn, and a bundle of decorative strawberry corn (soo cute!). The decorative pieces will soon become our center pieces for Turkey Day.

The chicken on the right had WILD feathers that looked like a crazy hair wig.

Even though Julian only had one meltdown (here captured below) it was an ALL MIGHTY one complete with hitting and biting. It started as soon as we got on the hayride and lasted the whole 5 minute ride. I have never wanted to jump out of a moving truck so badly in my entire life. I was frustrated and mortified that everyone on the truck had to witness it and that I got bitten twice, lol. Jeremy tried to lighten the mood by photographing my expression throughout the hayride, but I just left those out because I was not amused, ha ha. Oh the joys of parenting an expressive, head strong three year old.