5 Prescott - Final Phase - Basement Renovations

A lot has happened since our  last post.  It has been almost 5 years.   We now have a 6 (almost 7) year old and Murphy Jane is 4.5.    We finished the home renovations on Prescott Street in Charlestown and the last phase of that effort was documented on Facebook.  But to keep it all in one place, I'll post those renovations here as well.   

We actually dug out our entire basement, poured a new foundation around the base of the old foundation, and poured a new slab.  However, to ensure a dry basement we installed a French drain, covered that with 4" of bluestone and then covered the bluestone with 2" thick foam insulations boards that block moisture and taped all of those seems and then poured a 6" concrete slab on top of all of that.   We also replaced the main home drain to the sewer.  This was tricky because the sewer line actually went through our backdoor neighbors basement and to the street behind us. 

Here are some pics.  The next post will be Phase 1 of the renovations in Milton. 

Halloween 2009

We were happy that Murphy was able to join us for the Halloween festivities in Charlestown. Every year all the Charlestown Trick-or-Treaters (and their friends from outside C-town) gather around the Bunker Hill Monument at 5pm and parade around Monument Square to trick or treat together. It's amazing how many kids live in our square mile of city!

Welcome to the world Murphy Jane!

Wednesday night, the activities began! Starting around 9pm I began to experience irregular and low-intensity contractions. Eric was at a business dinner, so Lauren came down to keep me company. Eric got home shortly after 10 o'clock and we waited for CC to arrive from the Cape. By 11 o'clock the contractions began to intensify and by 1 o'clock CC had arrived and we were on the road. We stopped for gas and I called my doctor and he told me to come on in. When we arrived at Brigham and Women's Hospital, I was further along that we had anticipated and Murphy Jane was born shortly thereafter at 204am!

Marin, just 1 hour before Murphy was born!

Murphy Jane Knight

We are excited to announce the arrival of our healthy daughter, Murphy Jane Knight. Murphy was born at 2:04 AM on October 22 and is 9lbs even and 20" long.

Both mom and baby are healthy. More to come!

Baby Predictions!

10/16 Update: Had a little bit of a scare over the weekend. We were rear-ended and though the damage to our (new) car was pretty unsubstantial, the impact was hard enough to dislodge Hampton's car seat and send he and Marin to the hospital in an ambulance for precautionary reasons. Hampton was checked out and is fine, but Marin had to be monitored for 24 hours and was having contractions that were as close at 2minutes apart. Though they were considered "minor" contractions, they were worried that the impact could cause the placenta to become detached from the uterus. The good news is that everything looks great! The baby is healthy and we're still waiting!!!
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We did this for Hampton and had a great level of participation. Are you ready to guess the gender, arrival date and weight for Baby #2?!

The winner will be the person who selected the right gender and then closest to the date and, for tie breakers, the weight. Papa Knight (Ron) is providing the prize. No telling what that will be. Aunt Lauren won last time!

Here is what we can tell you.

• Marin's due date is 10/23
• We were at the doctor's office on 9/30 and there was "no progress"
• At 26 weeks the doctor did some measurements and told Marin that our child was in the 100th percentile (about 3 lbs)

Interesting facts about Hampton. Hampton was 10 days late and weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces.

Guesses so far are:

Team Boy

• Great Aunt Jo: BOY, born 10/20, 8lbs
• Alexis Reilly: BOY, born 10/21, 9lbs 3oz
• Aunt Nanny (Great Aunt Debbie): BOY, born 10/22, 9lbs 2oz
• Carter Family: BOY, born 10/24, 9lbs 1oz
• Karol Zikas: BOY, born 10/24, 9lbs
• PAPA (Grandpa Knight): BOY, born 10/25, 9lbs 4oz
• Brett Gilmore: BOY, born 10/26, 8lbs 2oz
• Mike Evans: BOY, born 10/26, 8lbs 30z
• Kate & Ian O'Connell: BOY, born 10/26, 8lbs 110z
• Karolyn Evans: BOY, born 10/26, 8lbs 15oz
• Aunt Lauren: BOY, born 10/26, 9lbs
• CC (Grandma Knight): BOY, born 10/27, 9lbs 8 oz
• Mommy (Marin): BOY, born 10/29, 8lbs 9oz
• Uncle Frank: BOY, born 10/30, 8lbs 3oz

Team Girl

• Bill Reilly: GIRL, born 10/18, 7lbs 8oz
• Andrea Carson: GIRL, born 10/20, 7lbs 6oz
• Dennis Carson: GIRL, born 10/22, 8lbs 4oz
• Christine Davis: GIRL, born 10/22, 8lbs 60z
• Bonnie Palsa: GIRL, born 10/23, 8lbs 4oz
• Kathy Kane: GIRL, born 10/23, 9lbs 3oz
• Aunt Murphy: GIRL, born 10/25, 8lbs 3oz
• Great Aunt Lu: GIRL, born 10/25, 8lbs 6oz
• GiGi (Grandma Shaughnessy): GIRL, born 10/25, 8lbs 14oz
• Kelly Mason: GIRL, born 10/26, 8lbs 15oz
• Morgan Corbett: GIRL, born 10/26, 9lbs
• Daddy (Eric): GIRL, born 10/27, 7lbs 15oz
• Melissa Gilmore: GIRL, born 10/29, 7lbs 20zA
• Aunt Kim Crandall: GIRL, born 10/30, 9lbs 1oz
• Kerri Lorincz: GIRL, born 10/31, 8lbs 5oz
• Patrick Donegan: GIRL, born 10/31, 8lbs 8oz

Red font indicates elimination.