AK's new home

AK's bedroom / guest room

 This is the second bedroom upstairs.  Pretty much all AK does is sleep and bathe up here (full ensuite bathroom).  This is the guest room as the plan is for AK to sleep in her playroom when we have company.  not sure she'll willingly give up "her" bed...  may have to bribe her (future guests, take note!).  When we first brought AK to see this place, she fell in love with this bedspread, and claimed that bedroom as her own.  Unfortunately for her, that bedroom happened to be the master bedroom but a simple switch of bedspreads solved the problem and both Mom and Daughter ended up happy! 

AK's playroom

 This is, in my opinion, the best single reason we wanted a three-bedroom apartment.  This is the room where ALL of AK's toys live.  ALL OF THEM.  I have reclaimed the living room as a grown-up room and I love it!  Richard put a lot of work into organizing the room just so, finding a place for all the major items, and you can see how full this room is!  

AK's playroom, other side.

 Another thing that I really love about this room is that it's just off of the kitchen so while I'm getting supper together after work, AK has a safe place to play nearby me.  It is also great for when we have friends over...  the kids congregate in this room and the mess is somewhat contained.  This is all kinds of awesome.  There is a full bathroom attached to this room as well, it works as the downstairs bathroom. 

What every princess needs...  her own dressing room!

I was a bit stumped with where to put a few things, namely the makeup desk and costume bin.  Richard and I hemmed and hawed until I finally came upon the idea to create a dressing room of sorts in AK's playroom closet.  I wasn't right there when she first saw it but Richard said that she gasped and was absolutely delighted!  Wish I could have seen that reaction :)

So that's a look at the parts of the new home that are AK's...  there have been a few more nighttime wake-ups than usual but it's all a settling in process and I think she is feeling at home. 

In other news, we spent some time with Jenni and her family the other day.  AK dragged "Teddy" along for the ride.  When we were at Huys, AK called "Teddy" by name and Matthew laughed and said "that's not a teddy bear, that's a DOG!".  AK and I bantered with him for a few minutes, then I took a good look at "Teddy" and realized that Matthew was right...  what we had been calling Teddy all along is in fact a Doggy.  AK was gifted this stuffed animal when she was a baby so how did I not see this before?  Oops!

AK likes to hear stories about herself when she was a baby, and stresses that when she was a baby, she was "zero", as in less than one year old.  Super cute. 

AK told Richard early one morning that she had a secret.  She got up close to him and whispered in his ear "I want a treat".  Thankfully Richard was pretty sure that she wasn't allowed treats so early in the morning and was able to distract her with an apple!

AK had her first swim lessons with Coach Chester on Monday afternoon.  She went in the water several times with the Coach and showed him what she can do.  Unfortunately she is still resistant to putting her face in the water.  Coach Chester seems to be confident he can win her over and help her get her face wet!

When I dressed up for a black tie event last weekend, AK looked at me and said "Mommy, you're beautiful!  You don't even look like my mommy, you look like someone else's mommy!".  Guess that's a bit of a hint to spend more time on my appearance :P

Anyway...  hope you enjoyed this bit of AK's life...  xo  I'll fill you in on the remainder of the apartment next week some time!