We actually started our home search before finding out that baby Olsen was on the way...in August. We knew that buying a home was something we wanted to do in the fairly near future, and figured with lowered housing prices and interest rates, it was a good time to buy. So began the process of pinpointing which neighborhood we wanted to live in/could afford. By early January, we had pretty much settled on Willow Glen (for the non-bay area locals, this is a cute, family-friendly neighborhood of San Jose). By end of January, we found a house we loved, put an offer on it, and it was accepted! We closed at the end of February, and it has been a very exciting/busy couple of months since then. We couldn't be more thrilled with the house, and know that it will be a fantastic place to raise our family.
Here are some pictures from closing day. I'll probably end up re-posting a lot of the ones from the inside of the house when I do a "before & after" post. We have been very busy painting and settling in, and the house is looking pretty different these days. So once everything is done, I promise I'll post new pictures! But for now.....
Isn't it cute?? 
Happy homeowners!
Entryway from our dining room
Entryway from the living room...kinda fun that you can see all the way to the kitchen!
Kitchen! 
Family room, complete with wood-burning fireplace off of the kitchen
Hallway to bedrooms, with tons of storage space
Guest bathroom...the brown is now gone. We'll take guesses on what the new color is :)
Master bedroom
Master bathroom vanity (the rest of the bathroom is just to the left)
A garage to make any handy guy (or gal) envious...I have grand plans for all the canning I can do now with all this storage space!
We have a backyard now!! We've already planted potatoes, and tomatoes are going in this weekend! Yipee!
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