Our New House

I have been asked numerous times by friends and family about our house on the compound; what it's like, what's in it, etc.  So I thought I'd take some pictures of it to show you all.  Now, these pics are only of the downstairs, I forgot to go take pictures upstairs before Brooks and Gavin went to bed.  I'll post those pictures later.  

Here is our villa from the backside.  This is the side of the villa that faces the beach.  Our villa is connected to 3 other villas.  We all have the same layout of our home and all of our furniture is the EXACT same.  The big joke when we walk into one another's villas is to say, "wow- I love what you've done with the place!"  I'm eagerly waiting for our sea shipment to get here with all of our belongings.  I'm thinking having all of our personal things will help make this place feel more like home.  

Here is the stairwell at the front of the house.  Gavin has finally learned to hold on to the rails and not to stick his head or any body parts through the holes.  He has also enjoyed getting to jump off the bottom step, it's his favorite part of the stairs.  You can see my abaya hanging on the end rail-- so I don't forget to take it with me when I'm leaving the house.

I included this picture just because Brooks and Gavin were in it.  There's our front door and they are in the foyer.  

Here is our kitchen!  Check out those curtains-- you know you're jealous and wish you had those exact ones in your own kitchen.  We really do have a lot of storage space in our kitchen, which is great considering I packed and shipped over 85% off our kitchen back home.  I'm having to get use to the plug situation-- over here, everything is 220 voltage.  However, we had maintenance come in and convert plugs to 110, which is what we use in the states.  The only problem is, with every 110 plug, you need an adapter to fit your 110 plug.  Doesn't really make sense, but I'm always having to check and make sure I'm plugging the correct appliance into the correct plug.

This is our lovely dining room.  

The "siting area".

And the living room.

This is the downstairs bathroom.  The only reason why I took a picture of it was to show you the handy sprayer that is in ALL of our bathrooms and ALL the bathrooms located through out this city and country.  It seems to be a practice of theirs when going to the restroom.  Don't worry, we haven't used them, except for Gavin's first few days of learning NOT to push the button on it and getting himself soaked.  Just wait til I post a picture of the master bathroom-- it has something even "better" (totally sarcastic).

Downstairs, we also have a nook where on one side is our computer desk and the other side is our laundry closet.

Last but not least, here's Gavin hanging out in our home.  He is sooo cute!

Hope you enjoyed the tour of our downstairs.  I'll post more pictures later of the rest of the house for you.