So tonight we started painting the stairs. Because of the drying time we decided to paint every other step. This method worked out pretty well, but it looks like it will extend the drying time a half a day. The advantage is, we'll still have access to the upstairs part of the house until we've painted all the stairs, which will likely be tomorrow morning.
I'm so excited to be moving forward with painting. I can't wait to have my house back and not have to work on these stairs every night of the week.
I'll post more photos once the other stairs are painted.