Our first Holiday Season at Regent

Despite the fact that there was no snow this year (which I really don't mind) the Holiday Season came to our new abode on Regent St.  The girls were quite concerned that Santa wouldn't be able to find us since we had just moved in the previous weekend but I assured them that Blaze, our Elf on the Shelf, would inform Santa of our new address.
The Christmas weekend was joyous for many reasons.  First, Santa did find our new house with no problems, even without a chimney.  Second, Santa was VERY good to all of us.  Not only do we have a beautiful new (to us) home but the girls and I were totally surprised by Chip with a trip to the Bahamas and Florida this Spring.  I'm thinking that trip is going to be perfect timing for all of us to unwind a bit from the stress of the renovation/move.  Third, and most important, we were able to start showering at Regent.  It was quite hairy (no pun intended) getting up every morning, getting the girls ready, packing the car up and heading to Malta to take a shower in our deserted old house.  It was getting a little creepy too.
So, just to recap; when we moved in the weekend before Christmas we did have a working toilet and sink in the downstairs 1/2 bath but the upstairs full bath was not complete.  No shower/bath, no sink, no toilet - basically a whole lot of nothing!  It looked like this (and this pic was taken after some renovating - still looking for the original photo before we started gutting.  I need to read up on photo organizing from one of my fave bloggers, http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/):

Still original toilet and radiator in place

Vanity already removed - yes that is plaster and lath

 These are the earliest pictures I can find unfortunately.  The following pics of our progress:

pulling back old flooring and getting ready for new plumbing

new plumbing installed

Prepping for Vanity area

prepping tub for tile job

Chip starting the tub tile job and deciding at 7AM which beverage to begin drinking!

Floor without grout

Shower and floor finally grouted!

New Vanity being installed - by my amazing hubby who is doing ALL of this work!

Somehow this post took on a life of it's own and became all about the upstairs bathroom and nothing about the Holiday's.  Oh well - not sweating the small stuff.  BTW - the Holiday's were fantastic and bonus, we found out that we can see the fireworks from Congress Park in Saratoga Springs perfectly from our porch.  We were a little beyond excited about that.   Peace out!