New Home

We are absolutely in love with our new home.  Though there has been lots and lots and lots of work to do getting the house to feel like "ours" and there is still lots and lots and lots more on the horizon.  We have plans and slowly it's all coming together.  In the meantime we're just loving all being under the same roof together and having so much fun with our new space.

 

Happy to be in our new house!

 

 Of course - she does still occasionally end up in her parents bed

 A favorite toy -- her own feet

 

 

Sweet gal trying desperately to crawl

 

 

 We neglected to take any before/after photos as we've been working.  But here's a "before" carpet shot from North and Quorra's play room.  Pop on over to North's blog for a before shot of the green shag carpet that was in our family room -- ug.

 Also some "before's" -- wall paper removal!

Yep -- the below wallpaper was once in our home...

  "After" shots will surely be in future blog posts.

 

 Here's Quorra gazing at a light we (by which I mean Alan and my dad [grandpa]) hung.

  

 Bonding with her big brother (wearing his cowboy hat)

 

 

And speaking of bonding siblings -  now that I work from home, I occasionally catch some really interesting sights.  Like the one below -- who knew they were so sisterly?!  I think they are happy to be in our new home too.

 

 

 Quorra picking up North from daycare - she's a pretty popular gal.

  

 Lounging around at the Bloomington Farmer's Market

 

 

 

Alan has been having fun getting to hang out with the kiddos every day -- even those when I'm on a business trip.  I recently went to Boulder, CO and while I was gone it appears Thor and Captain America had a showdown in our house while Quorra looked on.  Alan texted me these photos while I was away.

 

 

Our giggly gal

And of course -- here are some photos of our house (not taken by me--I downloaded them from the listing)

 

 

 

 

Our favorite part of the house so far -- the back yard -- with a heated pool!  While we'll be closing it for winter soon, we're still swimming in it nearly daily this autumn (granted, we have the heat turned ALL the way up).  It's been so lovely this summer to be able to jump in each night after work.  Though immediately after we moved in, we discovered a leak so, that was a bit of stress.  It's fixed now though.  Quorra is still coming around on the idea of it but North has taken to it like a fish.  He even jumps off the diving board with his swimmies on.

 

 

 And there is a really lovely side garden -- though admittedly thus far we've used it very little.

 

 And behind the house we own about an acre of woodlands!  Here's the top of the hill where the woods begin.