New Place Reveal

Guess what? Our new place is officially finished. I can't tell you how happy this makes me. It hasn't really felt like home to me until this last week when things finally started going up on the walls and we really started putting the finishing touches on everything. 

Last night we had a little house warming party with some close friends. It was a lot of fun. It was pretty much our closest friends who showed up so most of them had seen our place pretty recently, but there were some things that they hadn't seen yet. We made dinner for everyone. Josh made steaks on the grill and I made two huge batches of macaroni and cheese and a bunch of fried vegetables with bread. Everything was a big hit. Then we took them all to Kneaders for dessert. It was a great night. I love hosting parties. :) Afterwards we went over to Jacob and Valerie's to play games since they needed to put Jack to bed. We played Bang! (Thanks to Alyson and Nathan for introducing us to it). 

I feel like I've been posting about our place being almost done for so long now, but hopefully this will be the last one! Of course we'll keep adding things (we always do) so I'll post about them as we add them, but the place is pretty much done. 

[shoe organizer with pictures and decor in the entryway]

[view of shoe organizer]

[living room complete with adorable baby bouncer]

[New dining room table]

[New clock (thank you Hobby Lobby) above he dining room table]

[kitchen]

[view into dining/living room from kitchen]

[view into hallway from entry]

[view of picture montage in the hallway]

[New bedroom set! Bed frame, end tables and matching lamps!]

[Dresser!]

[New shelf above the toilet]

[Master bathroom]

[Baby girl's room! Notice the pinterest art on the wall!]

[Changing table]

[Picture above the changing table. A man in Josh's ward painted this picture and used children in his ward and stake as the models. Josh is one of the children. I love it.]

[Drawers in changing table, complete with adorable clothes]

[Our new glider! We got it at Wal*Mart and I love it! Also our new lamp from IKEA. You can't see the detail but there are flowers on it.]

[The bunting I made for the window that matches the bedding]

[THE CRIB! So proud of this project. All four ruffle layers, mattress, bumpers and sheet!]

[Somewhat aerial view]

[Hanging pom-poms in the corner]

[And the big name reveal! Our little girl is going to be named Elliott. We have loved this name for years and I think her name looks adorable on the wall!]

[The closet. Still kind of a mess, but we have some organization in there with all her books and diapers and clothes, etc.]

[Big ol' teddy in the bed]

[Close up of bunting]

[Side/close up of the bedding]

[Shelf next to the glider. Books, toys, blankets, wood crayons...what more could a girl need?]

Well, there you have it folks. Our home. We are so in love with it and I am so happy with Elliott's room. I can't wait to have her so she can be in it. It's so cozy and inviting, I love to just sit in there. I like to sit in the glider with just the lamp on and read books to her. We are going to read a lot of books...!