Good Things Come to Those that Wait

My new expression is the title because after waiting 9 long, stressful months, we finally got our dream house!!!! (It actually took 10 to finally get in but still!) I've been wanting to post pics but our house is FAR from being presentable! Some day soon I hope to get a nice, straight house. Right now we're still trying to just find a place for everything. Our house is only 3 beds/2 baths. We went down a full bedroom and down a full bathroom. It's been a little tough. On the flip side though, we now have 3 living areas that we are using daily so no wasted space!! Here are just a few pics and when things get more settled I'll post some more.

 

Here's the front. It looks totally different now but it's dark at this moment so I can't go take a recent pic.We got all the gren stuff taken out (ivy, ground cover) trees trimmed (that you can't see) and new grass just put in today. (And it happens to be raining tonight so we are VERY lucky!)

 

We're calling this our front yard because it's literally across the street. Gracie's very own park!!

Now in the house. Let me give you the details. We had another house we really liked. It was smaller but would have updated and nice. We were literally about to put a contract on it. My parents happened to drive by this house the same day and told us we should take a look. Once we saw it , we knew :) We were sold!!

The kitchen before we moved in. Totally new and updated. The sellers moved out and pretty much updated the ENTIRE house, priced to sell. We snatched it up when it had just had a contract on it that fell through. It was just meant to be!! This kitchen looks totally different with our 'stuff' in it! 

We're calling this Kelly's "Man-Cave!"

It's pretty much his own living space and it's perfect. Here's what we've done. 

 The room has a sliding glass door that leads to a side patio/yard/grill. The ceiling is what got to Kelly. It's solid wood with a shelf for books. He's so happy!! The red couch is new and is a sleeper sofa so it will serve for a guest room too!

My Living room (or formal living room) is off the front door. I have 3 big windows that face the park. I love it!

 

Here's a before from a pic I took before we moved it. The windows are on the side you cant see. The doors lead into Kelly's room. 

 

We did hang a few things but I literally just unpacked the last box from this room. This room has not been a priority! We have the furniture set up right but nothing is really decorated much yet. 

 Master bed room (not unpacked yet!) The only thing we are really having a hard time with (well, me!) is the tiny, tiny closets. All the closets are super small. I am really struggling with that. I even got rid of so many things too. 

 Gracie's bathroom. 

Her room is totally cute and pretty much done (except for hanging stuff) but my camera battery literally died when I went to snap a few pics so that will be next time! My mom worked her butt off days before we even moved in to get things going and ready all for Gracie!

 

I took this before we even closed on the house. See the sliding glass door on the right? That leads to the pool and is her play room. It's a great size and just perfect for her. We put her shelves/toys/kitchen in there. Love that! It's what sold me. Losing a bedroom meant losing her playroom so this is a nice comprise!

And the pool. We totally did NOT want a pool. Kelly didn't even want to look at a house with a pool. It's just work and takes time and $$. This pool took some $$ to get things going. I could have had some more new furniture for what we had to spend but it will be nice. K and G did go out almost every day this week after school and jumped in. 

There you have it. You can see we've done a lot but we had helpers here all last weekend to get us going. Could not have done anything w/o my parents. They've been doing work since our contract was accepted! The yard is a work in progress too but the inside was all updated. We just had to do a few odd and ends but NOTHING to move in really.

See, so good things to come to those that wait. (And I waited very patiently for those long 9 months!) All the break downs and tears were worth it. Everything happens for a reason and this house was just MEANT for us. We can't be happier and more thankful :) When things get done I will post more updated pics!!