Its been a while...

Well we are still getting settled. Most rooms are ready to go, thanks to Lenny. My office is a disaster still (cause Lenny won't touch it) and the basement is still a work in progress, but its getting there. Here are some pictures of the kids. I decided that the fireplace will be "the picture place" from this point forward!

All together now... AWWWWWWWW!

My ET kids... look at those long skinny necks!

Posin' pretty (and handsome)!

Silly faces

Benjamin wanted to show his back side... ugh , boys!

Christmas in the Brennan House!

Two posts in one day!!! That's cause its been forever since I posted! Here are some pictures of our Christmas in the new house. We had the tree in the sun room... perfect spot! And the stockings were hung by the chimney with care.... you know the rest!

The fireplace with decorations

All lit up

And our first fire in the fireplace!

The Christmas Tree

Cookies for Santa... the kids love that part!

Holy Cow SANTA! The kids weren't THAT good!

But Santa was hungry!

And he always leaves a note for the kiddos!

They aren't sure where to start!

Santa brought a Wii for the family this year!

Caitlyn opening her scooter that Benjamin asked for her to get!

Benjamin digging in

Caitlyn's big girl underwear from Santa.... now to only use the potty!

And the look that makes it all worth it!

MERRY CHRSTMAS!

2 1/2 weeks ago... on December 19th, 2008...

WE GOT THE HOUSE! We met with Ivan and went through the house for our final walk through. Things were perfect, so we signed our names 8000 times and voila! The house was ours! We got the keys and garage openers and made it official. The next step was to head to the municipal building for our certificate of occupancy. We got there and it had been mailed already! YAY! It was really ours!

Here are some pictures I took before we moved in. We moved Friday and Saturday, put the Christmas stuff up on Sunday and had Christmas dinner here on THURSDAY! I can't even express to you how exciting this was for us. As crazy as it was, it was worth it all!!! Here you go... the finished product!

The finished kitchen with all appliances

The Sunroom (left)
The Sunroom (right)

Dining room

My office... home of DMB Videography!

Master bedroom

Master Bathroom

Walk in closet - only 1 foot smaller then Ben's old bedroom!!!

Upstairs Main Bathroom

Spare room - this room has been "claimed" by several friends and family... we are now taking reservations :)

Ben's new room

Caitlyn's new room - just a tad bigger than Ben's

The family room with the "gathering spot" in the foreground, the sun room on the left and basement door on the right

HERE WE ARE!!! WELCOME HOME BRENNAN FAMILY!!
(if only they could have done the "Move that Bus" ceremony...gotta work on that KHOV!)

Tomorrow is the DAY!

Can I get an AMEN! Okay, before the Amen, lets say a really quick prayer that nothing else goes wrong! We had our well pump go bad already, the painters showed up a day late, a breaker in our electrical panel was done wrong, a short in the wiring in the dining room.... well I think that's it for this week. Can you tell how stressful building a house can be!? Here are the latest pictures that I have. This is some of the fixtures, flooring and lighting. I can't believe I am posting this instead of packing, but I can't help but to think something is going to go wrong and I don't want to get my hopes up.

The final paint was done last night and we'll take all new pictures of each room tomorrow after the cleaning, but YAY we are almost there! Now for the moving crew!!!

The Kitchen sink... has a soap pump and the spigot has a sprayer that comes out

Kitchen with flooring

Master Bath with flooring and fixtures

Sunroom with carpet (and snow out the windows)

Family room with recessed lighting and eyeball lights over fireplace

View of dinette and sunroom from entryway

Kitchen lighting

Pantry comes completely stocked with..... KIDS!? (Yes that is the top shelf!)

Dining room with carpet and light fixture... sorry there was a short in the electric and the light wasn't working :)

New "Stuff"

Okay, so after our trip to Disney, some things have been changed around the house. The counters went in while we were gone and the Tuesday after we got back, the trim was done. Here are a few pictures.

Kids Bathroom counter

Oak Spindle Railing goin upstairs (dining room in background)

Fireplace with mantle
Our Bathroom... double vanity upgrade with a single sink
Kitchen cabinets and counter
Another kitchen shot
The kitchen window, with trim