Our New House...It's Not "Home" yet

I'm calling these the "before pictures".  After our belongings arrive, which may be another 2 weeks, I am hoping this house will look a little more like us.  First things that need to go are the hideous curtains!  Amelia said the curtains in the kitchen look like Dorothy's dress from the Wizard of Oz.  Yep, they do.  Not really my style.  Good thing my sewing machine will be arriving in a few weeks.

The house itself is nice.  It has 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 bathrooms, all of which are smaller than what we are used to having.  It will be cozy.  The backyard (which they call the "garden") is a great size.  It has a small playhouse, which the kids love.  The driveway is also spacious which will be great for riding bikes and scooters.  Dylan has already been enjoying his new scooter!  The houses are all very close to each other, but ours sits back behind several houses, so it seems to have more space.  All of the houses look the same.  In fact, most of the buildings here all look the same too.  That old stone look.  Oh, and one strange thing about the house is that it has 10 keys.  Every door, including the garage doors, has a different key.  There are about 4 skeleton keys and 6 "regular" keys.  My keychain is so heavy!

Here are the before pictures of the house:

Dylan on his scooter in our driveway 

Front of house. 

Lower large window: playroom  Upper large window: Dylan's room  Upper small window: Baby's room

Playhouse in backyard

Backyard

Entryway

Kitchen: Yes, that's a washing machine.  Dryer is in the garage!

View of kitchen standing at sink.  See into utility room and front hallway.  Family room is first door in hallway.  Playroom is second door in hallway.

Utility room

Family room

Family room again and view out to patio and side yard

View out of family room door

Playroom

Half bath.  All bathroom sinks have separate faucets...annoying!

Dylan's room: We are going to cover the flower border and change the curtains.

Amelia's room

Amelia's room



Master bedroom: not like our walk-in his/her closets in our last house

Master bathroom.  Headed to IKEA this weekend for some storage solutions!

Baby's room...don't worry, Eric already took down the pink light cover in case it's a boy. We're hoping the changing table fits in here with the crib...tiny room!

Hall bathroom

I didn't take a picture of the office, but that's where my sewing machines will be as well.  We are hoping our shipment will arrive in England mid-next week.  Then, we hope it won't take too long to get through customs and be delivered to our house.  9 weeks until the baby is due!  Only 8 weeks until our first visitors arrive...my parents!  I'm just taking it all one day at a time and praying that it all works out.