The new (temporary) home

Well after a slight panic attack (not really, I'm being dramatic) I am feeling MUCH better about our new home.  We moved here yesterday, and within the first moments of arriving, we experienced a combination of chaos, clutter, miscommunication and rain.  Of course that got everyone off to a bad start, not to mention the transition happened during Sadie's nap time, which made everything that much more difficult.  HOWEVER, as I sit here at the computer now, in a sparkling clean apartment with a toddler dreaming away and a husband working on making the home ours, I am content and relaxed. 

Instead of focusing on why I was feeling so crazed, I'm going to be positive and talk about our new home with pictures.  In my next post, I'm going to talk about my first day with my nana, so those details will not be in here.  Keep in mind some of the pics were taken before the nana came (and at night).

The first two pics are of our living room.  You can see we have a wall of windows that actually opens up into a terrace.  The terrace has a ton of space (including a sandbox!)

 Here is the dining room, attached to the main room.  Not sure how I feel about the table cloth...

This is our first dinner in our new home (because of the rain I wasn't able to go grocery shopping since I only have a stroller to lug groceries in, so Steve picked up some empanadas on the way home as well as some yummy desserts).  We haven't eaten dinner at a table in normal voices since December (for those of you who remember our Houston town home, you will remember why).

 The kitchen.  It may look small, but this is the largest Chilean kitchen I have seen.  That is saying more than you know.  The logia starts by the windows to the left, and the nana room is also to the left after the logia.  What's so interesting about the Chilean style kitchen is that it is closed off to separate the nana from the family. This sounds weird, but this is how it is here...

 The playroom! A whole chalkboard wall, table and chairs, and...

 Little kitchen and circus tent. Sadie is loving her new toys.

This is the master bedroom.  You can see it's huge (there is a whole section to the right that I didn't take a picture of.  I guess it could be used for a nursery, but it is just a small room full of windows that we have all our empty suitcases in).  The crib is to the left and the changing table/rocker is to the right.  Guess we are getting ready for baby boy!

I also wanted to mention that you can see in the picture we have a space heater.  However, the house is heated, and it's interesting because the way the heat is distributed is through the floor.  There isn't an HVAC system or anything - the heat comes from under the floor.  So every now and then when you walk barefoot you will notice certain spots on the floor that are nice and warm.

Note: Not pictured, the logia (laundry area), the nana room (yes, we have a nana room, which is a separate bedroom and bathroom right by the kitchen literally architecturally designed in every large apartment for a live-in nana), the bathrooms, and the guest bedroom since that is where Sadie is currently sleeping, although she will be moving to the playroom soon.  Also, not pictured is our goldfish that we inherited, and Sadie is obsessed!  She loves to lead me over to the bowl to feed him and watch him swim.