Because moving day was in the middle of the week, we rented a U-Haul the Saturday before we moved to move everything but what we thought we couldn't live without for 4 days. Tyler helped load the U-Haul Friday night and Saturday. My parents came down Saturday morning. Mike and Jean were supposed to help, but their Friday night flight back from Mexico conveniently got canceled until Sunday afternoon. :) (They were stranded in Denver, not Mexico). It would have been nice to have them there, but we managed without them. We loaded the U-Haul and 3 vehicles and drove to Fergus to unload everything into our basement. We thought we had a pretty full trip over, but in hindsight wished we would have taken more as moving day came and Nate and I had to take 2 trips to Fergus on moving day to get everything over. Haha! We thought we could get it all in one trip. Thankfully we have an amazing baby sitter who happened to have class canceled the morning we moved so we were able to take the trip back and forth without Jade! We hired someone to clean the upstairs of our house and left as the carpet cleaners got there. We stayed in a hotel in Fergus the night before closing. Jade got to go swimming and we got to relax for a night. Nate was so tired, he beat Jade to sleep that night.
Closing went smooth. We signed our life away, went to our fist doctor appointment in Fergus right after and finally got to show Jade "the new house" we had been telling her all about. She was excited to get all her toys back! She has made a smooth transition to the new house. I am now glad that we got her into her big bed at the old house so she knew it was hers. We have the crib up in the baby room and she hasn't even asked to get in it. She says "baby's crib." I know kids are resilient, but I was still nervous about all the change! She still asks where Mom and Dad's room is or where her room is because they aren't side by side anymore, but I think she really does like the house. She loves the basement since it's unfinished! She can ride her trike, play basketball, blow bubbles, drive her car, etc.
For me, the house is everything I had hoped it would be. I can't pick one thing that I like most about the house. I love the mudroom already. Our island has already stayed more clean than it did at the old house. We have a big bench with a shelving unit above it for all our coats, hats, mittens, bags, purses, etc. We have a drop zone for mail, keys, and whatever else we carry in that doesn't really have a place to go. The garage is huge and warm! Our kitchen is made to entertain! Our finishes turned out great. I wasn't sure I'd like the two tone on our island, but I love it and we've already had compliments. I love our flooring throughout the house. The master suite is amazing. It's so much bigger than what we had. Nate and I have our own spaces and it's really nice. Jade got to choose her room. She actually chose the smaller of the two rooms, but she seems to like it. She has a bunch of her toys in there to play with and when we were unloading on Thursday she just sat in there and played. I love the built-ins around the TV. I think it adds to our living room. We have tons of cabinet space in the kitchen and a huge pantry too! This house is truly amazing! I could go on and on about the little things of the house I like, but I won't bore anyone with those. All that's left now is the stone on the front of the house, the screened in porch and deck, picking a back-splash, and getting window coverings up, which get installed on Tuesday. We also have the whole basement to finish, but we are thinking about just getting the 2 bedrooms and bathroom done and leaving the unfinished portion for another winter so the kids can play down there for another winter on their outdoor toys. We will have a lot of work to do for landscaping too. One more thing I LOVE...our huge windows and view! I love this "country" living. It's quiet and peaceful.
Nate's "man cave." His 3 stall garage. I have to admit, it's nice to have a big 3-stall garage.
Mud room coming in from the garage. Drop zone straight ahead with 4 junk drawers. Then a door that leads to the laundry room
Mud room. Our version of a locker system.
Kitchen island. The back splash is a work in progress. I didn't want to pick tile for that yet. I wanted to see the counter tops and wood together first. This is coming in from the mud room.
Kitchen - obviously
Dining area and the door at the back leads to our bedroom.
Master bedroom. Again, a work in progress. I need to talk Nate into getting a bedroom set for us.
Closet before all the clothes got in on moving day.
Master closet after unload.
Master bathroom. Our bathroom is between the closet and bedroom.
A look at the master bath without anything moved in yet.
Opposite direction from the last pictures.
Looking out into the kitchen/living room from master bedroom. Our pantry is the door on the left in this picture.
Entry way and stairs to the basement
Another look of the living room/kitchen
Unfinished basement/Jade's play area
Current guest room...lots of privacy
Basement bathroom and another guest bedroom.
Basement setup for the next couple years.
Built-ins around the TV in living room.
A look at our counter tops and flooring. this is our island. We did the bottom granite throughout the kitchen and then did a different granite on the top tier of the island and also did that same granite in the bathrooms. Our floor is a laminate hickory. Love it all!
Megan's room. Still has some things to put on the walls and I am going to paint it this summer.
Megan's room...with my little helper.
Jade's big girl room. She loves her bed! We got it before we moved.
A little messy, but it's also a work in progress that needs some paint and things for the wall.
Home sweet home to our family of FOUR!!
I already caught multiple spelling errors...so I'm sorry if there are still more. I am sleep deprived with a newborn! Hope you all enjoy a small tour of our dream house! Come visit anytime!