mortierworld: The Mortier Home

It's been almost three weeks now since our move! While we miss our old neighbors and some things about town home living, we are loving our new home, yard, and neighborhood. Below are some pictures of the new Mortier Home in its various stages of set up. :)

Here's the five us us on the porch on closing day! The girls were so excited, especially about the swing set in the back yard (which you'll see below).

Moving day brought the biggest Penske ever which we managed to fill, despite all of my (what I thought were quite successful!) purging efforts! The girls headed to a friends' house with Aunt Caroline but they enjoyed some pre-moving fun in "daddy's truck". We live close to a Penske rental location and they get so excited every time they catch a glimpse of one of daddy's trucks. ;)

We were SO appreciative of all our church friends and family who came and helped us move. I'm still overwhelmed by their kindness. Not only did they help move the furniture and boxes, but they helped unload and set up the beds, kitchen, bookshelves, garage, etc and cleaned our old place! I couldn't imagine the day going smoother or more fun, actually. I was disappointed because it was supposed to rain, but it just misted which kept everyone cool and was probably preferable to sunny, hot, and humid! Here's part of the moving team having lunch in our new family room right after move-in. Thank you wonderful friends!

Now for the tour (with what pictures I have…as I look at them now I realize that they're not great, but hopefully they'll give the idea!) - we still have a ways to go, but we're excited about the start!!

Here's Nathan's garage. It's not huge but it does fit both cars! This was night 2 in the new house so he was quite happy to get them both in. Don't be deceived though. They've been in the drive way most of the past three weeks as the garage is used for projects and as a staging area. :) And yes… we have three babies and no minivan. I am sure I will love it someday, but for now I'm thoroughly enjoying my accord. ;)

As you walk in the front door….

Living room and dining room (aka playroom)

Nathan is convinced we have DBAS - doll bed acquisition syndrome. ;) You'll note the crib, cradle, canopy bed, and bunk beds on the left. ;) LOTS of time is spent in this room. We love the big window - quite the change from our last play room which was in the middle of our town home and really didn't get any natural light. Also, I didn't clean up before all these pictures... I thought about it, but then I decided to be realistic. We have three small children and just moved and I still have to make dinner before naps end! :) Sooooo you can just imagine how amazing it looks when it's all cleaned up. ;)

Someone is feeling quite grown up these days and loving the new play room... :)

Downstairs half bath

Breakfast area, (both empty and full of my high school girls before half of them left for college! :( You can also see part of the swing set through the windows:

Family room (not the greatest pictures but the kids are pretty cute! ;))

This is all I have of the kitchen so far. Someone is thoroughly enjoying the fact that the child latches haven't been installed yet in this kitchen. ;)

Here's the full swing set and part of the backyard and patio. We LOVE the patio. It's pretty new and quite large. Unfortunately by the time we moved in and went to get patio furniture, everything was sold out. I guess that just gives us more time to think and plan and save for when it comes back in the spring. :)

Guest room (aka Aunt Caroline's room since she's already lived in it 2 weeks :)). It has pictures and curtains up now, but this was pre-picture hanging and it doubles as Evie's napping room and since she's asleep right now, better pictures will have to wait. :)

Julia's Room:

Evelyn and Grace's room. Nathan and his dad put up the crown molding the day before we moved in. I love it and can't wait for them to put it up in our bedroom now…… :D