Pics Of Our New Pad

I've been asked for some photos of our new home, so here they are! This is what it looks like from the front. The yard needs some serious work that we will be getting to shortly. 

Directly to the left in the photo above is a park that we've been frequenting a lot lately! I foresee a lot of visits there in our future since Sawyer can see it from the the front room and then starts begging to go play on the toys.

This is Sawyer sitting on the bench at the park. That is our house there on the corner. 

This is the backyard that also needs some work. We are planning on ripping out all the weeds and getting some grass in there eventually. Last night I put Moxie out in the yard and when Matt asked where she was I said she was out playing in the 'field', on accident since that's what it looks like with all the weeds! 

The house from the back. 

Moxie is behind Sawyer here going through her new doggie door into the garage. 

Alright, let's head inside for some photos of the living areas. 

This is the front room when you walk in. To the right that door leads to...

A big closet with a hide-y hole in the back to the left that Sawyer thinks was made especially for him. 

Then after the closet are the stairs. 

That are perfect for relaxing on.

On the way up to the bedrooms upstairs, but I haven't taken photos of those quite yet so that will be a later post.  

These are the windows in the living room at the back of the house. Right now they look out to an open field, but new houses are already popping up in the neighborhood so it won't be long until there are houses behind us. 

This is the door coming in from the garage. To the left in the photo are the doors to the pantry and to the right is the half bath. 

This is the half bath. 

And then directly in from the garage is the kitchen and dining area. 

Yesterday our couches arrived from RC Willey. They are our second furniture purchase, our first one was Sawyer's crib that we bought before he was born. We had sat on these exact couches at the play place 'Just Kid'n Around' a few months ago and loved how comfy they were. Turns out they were on sale and the ottoman came free! Bonus! Only problem was it's an L shaped couch and there was no way it was going to fit into our living room. We had to get creative to make it work, so we just separated it and the chaise lounge now sits in the corner. It actually looks better than I thought it would and even the delivery men said it was a cool idea. That's good since we liked the couches so much we were going to make it work no matter what! 

This is the front room again that now serves as Sawyer's downstairs play area. One of my relatives generously offered us a couch, dressers and a dining room table that we are picking up this weekend.  Matt's mom had just moved recently too and she had offered us her really nice desk for Matt to work on, but unfortunately there was just no way we would be able to get it up here.  Our plan is that we are just going to save up little by little for whatever other things we need. So long as we have a couch to sit on, a table to eat at, and a bed to sleep in we are good for the time being.

And that about wraps up the downstairs. We've been loving putting things away with the knowledge that we won't have to move again for a long, long time! So far since we've been married this is the sixth place we've lived. First was our 500 sq. ft. apartment in Encino, then our 2 bedroom apartment in Simi Valley, then we downsized to a one bedroom in Moorpark, after we found out we were going to be having a baby we moved in with Matt's grandma, and after moving to Idaho we housesat for my parents for three months, and now we are here in Kuna and hope to stay put for quite a while. I used to love moving around, but I think I've gotten that out my system now that we have a child. It's way too hard to move with a wiggly toddler! The past three nights I've slept better than I have in years and Matt said the same thing, if that's not a sign that we love our new place I don't know what is!