Settled In!

Well just a warning this post might be very long!  A LOT has happened since I updated in February.  It is hard to beleive that we are finially in our new house.  All of us are so happy to be here!  Trista loves being able to see outside through the big window in the porch and shortly after we moved in she decided to learn to walk and climb stairs!  Marcel is happy to have the garage mostly cleaned out so that he can do some work in there.  I could not be happier with my new house all around.  I love the kitchen :) (more details on that later).  My favourite part of living here is being able to work outside in my very own yard!  

Here is a condensed version of what happened after my last update.  Marcel finished insulating the house and building the new stairs.  We had a contractor install the new drywall.  The mudder and taper came and made very quick work of the downstairs while mom and I (and a few other awesome helpers) finished painting the upstairs.  Then mom and I made excellent time painting the downstairs because the flooring was being installed in only 3 days.  The flooring guy came and installed the linolium and the carpeting while Marcel installed the tile and heated floor in the bathroom.  (Marcel and I did the hardwood floor in the Living Room a few weeks later.)  Then Marcel got hard at work and installed the kitchen.  The plumbers came in and installed the ductwork and replaced all the pluming.  (Yay we had running water!!!!! :))  Then Marcel unfortunatly was taken out of commission for a few weeks due to some surgury. Due to that we had a contractor come and install the interior doors and the window jams.  The fixtures also got installed in the bathroom.  (I LOVE THEM!)  We were ready to move in!  

We had to move back our moving date because of the weather but Easter Long Weekend our dream of moving into our very own house became a reality!  A huge thanks to all who helped us move!  I hope I never have to move again as I did not really enjoy that experiance :P.  I think we have pretty much finished unpacking as of last week!  

There is still lots to do around here (which is why it took me so long to post) but we are just doing one thing at a time.  We have cleaned up most of the garbage and scrap metal around the yard and I am working on expanding the mowing area.  I am currently push mowing though so that is quite a task.  Dont take that as complaining  though because I love every minute of it.  This week I planted a very small perenial garden thanks to my mom who gave me a bunch of stuff she did not want anymore.  I think I found an apple tree in the backyard which makes me super duper excited!  We hope to get the siding done on the outside of the house as well as a veranda on the front within the next month or two.  This will put us at the complete mark!  YAY!  

Well I guess I had better get to the photos I know some of you are eagerly waiting on!  Those of you who live  in the area I think you should just come and see it yourself :)  Feel free to invite yourself over for coffee!  

 Here is my beloved Kitchen!  See how much space I have!  I can also see the driveway from the sink which is really nice.  I have so many cupboards as well!  :)

I am very glad that we have the stairs open on the one side.  It opens everthing up very nicely!  (the railing is temporary we are still decideding how to build the permenant one)

 The dining room is really quite large and our table seats 8 comfortably.  I love the garden door and all the light that comes in from it and the window.

 Tristas playroom is right beside the living room and it works well.  I hope to get a proper desk some day and maybe build some kind of built in storage/bookshelf.

 The living room is quite small but it works well for us for now.  Again I love all the natural light!

 The mudroom also double as the laundry area.  It works very well for us.

 The Cabinets were built by Pete Wall Carpentry in Morden and I LOVE them!

Sorry there are no pictures of the bedrooms but there are three of them :) 

We are very thankful for all the help we recieved on this project!  We had no idea what were were in for when we bought this house but we also could not be happier with the end result!  We could not have done it without the help of all our family and friends!  You know who you are!