Busy, busy day. And yet, I wouldn't have had it any other way because yesterday Christmas came early to our house. Yesterday we welcomed a new addition to our family:
I'd like to introduce you all to our brand new digital piano. Beautiful, isn't she? I know I'm in love. Eighty-eight weighted keys, beautiful grand piano sound, and more better-than-I-could-ever-play-them classical demo songs than I ever dreamed of having. What more could a girl ask for? (Okay, she could ask for a real piano, but this is about as real as it's gonna get for us so long as we're living in narrow-stairwelled New York City walk-up apartments.)
Like any new addition to the family, this one called for some adjustments -- specifically in the form of a total livingroom makeover. For those of you who knew what the arrangement was before might be interested in the following photos of what it looks like now.
Because the couch no longer rests against a wall, the room has a more cozy feel to it. I actually like this new arrangment better. All rearranging took place last night after Garrett went to bed and the bewildered-yet-pleased look on his face when he walked into the livingroom this morning was absolutely priceless.
And speaking of Garrett, he loves the new piano as much as Blake and I do. He is especially fond of the bass side, which, he quickly learned, produces more effective sounds than when pounding on the treble side. We knew before bringing it home that there would be certain and strict rules regarding this piano, and we've already had to enforce some of them. I imagine this first little while will be rough going for him as he learns what's okay and what's not, but soon enough he'll catch on.
Ooh, I'm so anxious to go tickle those ivories -- I've been away from a piano and out of practice for far too long.
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How absolutely exciting! We're hoping to add our own similar addition soon...We had to bid a sad farewell to our former friend last week. sigh.
Yeah! It is a priceless thing to get to have! have fun teaching Garrett how to play! Love ya.
Congrats on your new addition! Hooray for piano's!
After talking about all the modes of transportation you took I'm curious what you do with a toddler as far as car seats go in NYC. Do you have to have a car seat when you take a taxi??
If you can swing taking a car seat with you (like if you've scheduled a car service or something), then it's probably a good idea to take one, but if you're just taking a taxi, it's not required. Which, while it's probably not as safe, it's a heck of a lot easier to not have to drag one around with you. Car seats are heavy! We do have a car seat, though, which we use when we travel and ride around town with friends in their cars, but it doesn't get nearly as much use as it would if we owned a car ourselves.
What a great Christmas present to yourselves! Having a piano is so great. And at least you can turn the piano off or unplug it to keep little fingers from making so much noise. Kate gets really mad when we close the piano lid and she can't reach up to play anymore.
Oh! What a wonderful Christmas gift! Merry Christmas to you! I've been wanting one for quite sometime... but waiting is ok, as long as I can visit friends and family that have them!
Get playing!
so glad you have a piano!! I don't play mine nearly as often as I should.
Your many adventures around the city and your may varying modes of transportation make me blissfully happy that I have a minivan and nice quiet country roads.
You take the good with the bad though, because I certainly don't have an ikea within reasonable driving distance... actually, I don't have much of anything besides a walmart. :)
I loved when we got our keyboard the first year we were married. I loved even more when we got our piano the first year we were in TX! So nice to be able to play (and possibly teach!). Congrats on your new addition. The nice thing about keyboards is that you can turn the volume down and still practice during naps.
Isn't having a piano to play at your leisure such a wonderful thing? I wish you many hours of enjoyment!
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