The Exact Opposite of Wanting to Shop

...trying to cram more 200+ boxes worth of crap in to our new apartment that has about 1/2 of the storage space of our place in Mexico.

Long time no blog. Sorry about that. When moving, I am not the type of person to do a little each day. I must have it all done NOW. So I've been working like a dog for a week now to unpack and organize the stuff from the 200+ boxes. I think I even got up one day at 5:15 am (if you know me, you know that I never get up that early unless it's to catch a flight). It is far from perfect, but at least there are only a handful of boxes left.


It was great to be reunited with all of our beloved stuff, but wow, what a pain. After waiting almost 3 months for the stuff, you start to wonder how much you really need your stuff after all.

Here's Pedro in his exi-saucer thing (I'm glad we got it before he was too big for it!):


Even though we found a bigger apartment than the one we had when we arrived in Brazil, we are still lacking lacking in the space department. I feel like I'm in college again, hunting for any little unoccupied space that I may be able use.

Poor Pedro's shower was the first causality of the Stuff War:



Then the space under his crib:



And I completely took over his closets, adding some new shelves where we could:



And here is the last of my space that I am keeping available for stashing secret stuff:



We are feeling fairly settled. The apartment is great-the best part is the roof that is a big deck with an awesome view of the lake and the Christ the Redeemer statue (tiny little thing on top of that mountain):






Aapartment was partially furnished and they left their piano!!! I have wanted a real live piano since I was a little girl and have never had one!!!




Now I only have to finish those last few boxes and I can sit down and practice!