Squatting

Greetings, friends and followers!  After almost two weeks of living in our new house, I am just now putting up the "official" photographs of the final result.  I also put up a post earlier today, so read that one for more updates on December.

Enjoy the pictures!

Home sweet home!

The kitchen area.  It looks really, really messy, but it's
actually coming along quite nicely.

Eat-in kitchen.  Notice all the mud prints on the ground from
our three fabulous dogs.  (The reason our back yard is so
muddy is because the dead dormant sod is being watered
twice per day.  It is very wet.)

We need to get a new maid.  Our non-existent one sucks.

Chip looks creepy as heck in that shot. (Special
shout-out to my dad and friend Brad for getting
the TV installed.  Holla!)

Master bed room.  Still need to get a king-sized
bed frame.

Master bath.  This actually looks reasonably
clean.  Maybe we'll keep that maid after all...

I took a bath for the first time in this tub Friday evening.  It was
AWESOME.  There's something about taking a bath in a brand
new tub that doesn't have hair balls floating around in it.

Master closet.  Love the Container Store's Elfa
storage system.

This closet's so big.  I better go buy more clothes
so my current clothes don't feel lonely.

Master bath looking into the bedroom.

Formal dining room, which we are clearly using as a dump.  

Formal dining room, which we will actually be using as an office/den.

Nolan's Harry-Potter fort.

This sucker wraps all the way under the stairs.  It's finished
with paint and carpet and trim.  Pretty sweet fort, I think!

Laundry.  Our dryer finally came yesterday (Jan. 11).

Guest bedroom.

Guest bedroom.  Sad that this is the neatest
room in the house.

Front coat closet.

Guest bath (definitely LOVED picking out bath accessories)

Biggest challenge?  Going from a 4+ car garage down to 2.

Heading upstairs, looking down at the main living area.

Going up the stairs.

What I call our rec room.  Texans call this a game room, or a
2nd living area.  

Fabulous elliptical trainer.

Nolan in the rec room.

Storage in the attic.

Storage in the attic

Nolan's room.  Surprisingly (eerily?) neat.

He and Sophie both have walk-in closets.

Sophie's room.

The kids' bathroom.

All those darker spots in the grass?  That's where it's wet.
Really, really wet.

Our back patio. 

I will post more pictures as we finish unpacking, decorating, etc.  Thanks for reading!