diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b6996d24..ae23cd02 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ install:
   if [ "$TEST_TYPE" = build ]; then
     pip install --download-cache $HOME/.cache/pip/ pytest pytest-cov coveralls six pytest-django django-filter
     pip install --download-cache $HOME/.cache/pip/ -e .[django]
+    pip install --download-cache $HOME/.cache/pip/ -e .[sqlalchemy]
     pip install django==$DJANGO_VERSION
     python setup.py develop
   elif [ "$TEST_TYPE" = build_website ]; then
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
index ffeac8e5..88509ba3 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.types import (
     SQLAlchemyObjectType,
-    SQLAlchemyInterface,
     SQLAlchemyNode
 )
 from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.fields import (
@@ -8,5 +7,5 @@ from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.fields import (
     SQLAlchemyModelField
 )
 
-__all__ = ['SQLAlchemyObjectType', 'SQLAlchemyInterface', 'SQLAlchemyNode',
+__all__ = ['SQLAlchemyObjectType', 'SQLAlchemyNode',
            'SQLAlchemyConnectionField', 'SQLAlchemyModelField']
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/converter.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/converter.py
index e29cff1f..4e609dca 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/converter.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-from sqlalchemy import types
-from sqlalchemy.orm import interfaces
 from singledispatch import singledispatch
 
-from ...core.types.scalars import Boolean, Float, ID, Int, String
+from sqlalchemy import types
+from sqlalchemy.orm import interfaces
+
+from ...core.types.scalars import ID, Boolean, Float, Int, String
 from .fields import ConnectionOrListField, SQLAlchemyModelField
 
 
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/fields.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/fields.py
index 2083c191..c38ffcac 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/fields.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/fields.py
@@ -1,31 +1,32 @@
-from sqlalchemy.orm import Query
 from ...core.exceptions import SkipField
 from ...core.fields import Field
 from ...core.types.base import FieldType
 from ...core.types.definitions import List
 from ...relay import ConnectionField
 from ...relay.utils import is_node
-from ...utils import LazyMap
-
 from .utils import get_type_for_model
 
 
 class SQLAlchemyConnectionField(ConnectionField):
 
-    def wrap_resolved(self, value, instance, args, info):
-        if isinstance(value, Query):
-            return LazyMap(value, self.type)
-        return value
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.session = kwargs.pop('session', None)
+        return super(SQLAlchemyConnectionField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
+    @property
+    def model(self):
+        return self.type._meta.model
 
-class LazyListField(Field):
+    def get_session(self, args, info):
+        return self.session
 
-    def get_type(self, schema):
-        return List(self.type)
+    def get_query(self, resolved_query, args, info):
+        self.get_session(args, info)
+        return resolved_query
 
-    def resolver(self, instance, args, info):
-        resolved = super(LazyListField, self).resolver(instance, args, info)
-        return LazyMap(resolved, self.type)
+    def from_list(self, connection_type, resolved, args, info):
+        qs = self.get_query(resolved, args, info)
+        return super(SQLAlchemyConnectionField, self).from_list(connection_type, qs, args, info)
 
 
 class ConnectionOrListField(Field):
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class ConnectionOrListField(Field):
         if is_node(field_object_type):
             field = SQLAlchemyConnectionField(field_object_type)
         else:
-            field = LazyListField(field_object_type)
+            field = Field(List(field_object_type))
         field.contribute_to_class(self.object_type, self.attname)
         return schema.T(field)
 
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/options.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/options.py
index e1d57827..1d4b2a4f 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/options.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/options.py
@@ -1,37 +1,23 @@
-import inspect
-
-from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative.api import DeclarativeMeta
-
-from ...core.options import Options
+from ...core.classtypes.objecttype import ObjectTypeOptions
 from ...relay.types import Node
 from ...relay.utils import is_node
 
 VALID_ATTRS = ('model', 'only_fields', 'exclude_fields')
 
 
-def is_base(cls):
-    from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.types import SQLAlchemyObjectType
-    return SQLAlchemyObjectType in cls.__bases__
-
-
-class SQLAlchemyOptions(Options):
+class SQLAlchemyOptions(ObjectTypeOptions):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.model = None
         super(SQLAlchemyOptions, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.model = None
         self.valid_attrs += VALID_ATTRS
         self.only_fields = None
         self.exclude_fields = []
+        self.filter_fields = None
+        self.filter_order_by = None
 
     def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
         super(SQLAlchemyOptions, self).contribute_to_class(cls, name)
         if is_node(cls):
-            self.exclude_fields = list(self.exclude_fields)
+            self.exclude_fields = list(self.exclude_fields) + ['id']
             self.interfaces.append(Node)
-        if not is_node(cls) and not is_base(cls):
-            return
-        if not self.model:
-            raise Exception(
-                'SQLAlchemy ObjectType %s must have a model in the Meta class attr' % cls)
-        elif not inspect.isclass(self.model) or not isinstance(self.model, DeclarativeMeta):
-            raise Exception('Provided model in %s is not a SQLAlchemy model' % cls)
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/models.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/models.py
index 8c97159e..ee021054 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/models.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/models.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from sqlalchemy import Table, Column, Integer, String, Date, ForeignKey
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Date, ForeignKey, Integer, String, Table
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
-
 Base = declarative_base()
 
 association_table = Table('association', Base.metadata,
-    Column('pet_id', Integer, ForeignKey('pets.id')),
-    Column('reporter_id', Integer, ForeignKey('reporters.id')))
+                          Column('pet_id', Integer, ForeignKey('pets.id')),
+                          Column('reporter_id', Integer, ForeignKey('reporters.id')))
 
 
 class Pet(Base):
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_converter.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_converter.py
index 6404c466..e4cdaa6f 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_converter.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-from sqlalchemy import types, Column
 from py.test import raises
 
 import graphene
-from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.converter import convert_sqlalchemy_column, convert_sqlalchemy_relationship
-from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.fields import ConnectionOrListField, SQLAlchemyModelField
+from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.converter import (convert_sqlalchemy_column,
+                                                   convert_sqlalchemy_relationship)
+from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.fields import (ConnectionOrListField,
+                                                SQLAlchemyModelField)
+from sqlalchemy import Column, types
 
-from .models import Article, Reporter, Pet
+from .models import Article, Pet, Reporter
 
 
 def assert_column_conversion(sqlalchemy_type, graphene_field, **kwargs):
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ def test_should_integer_convert_id():
 
 
 def test_should_boolean_convert_boolean():
-    field = assert_column_conversion(types.Boolean(), graphene.Boolean)
+    assert_column_conversion(types.Boolean(), graphene.Boolean)
 
 
 def test_should_float_convert_float():
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_query.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_query.py
index e981b146..0384aa8b 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_query.py
@@ -1,30 +1,44 @@
-from py.test import raises
+import pytest
 
 import graphene
-from graphene import relay
-from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyNode, SQLAlchemyObjectType
-from .models import Article, Reporter
+from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemyObjectType
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy.orm import scoped_session, sessionmaker
+
+from .models import Base, Reporter
+
+db = create_engine('sqlite:///test_sqlalchemy.sqlite3')
 
 
-def test_should_query_only_fields():
-    with raises(Exception):
-        class ReporterType(SQLAlchemyObjectType):
+@pytest.yield_fixture(scope='function')
+def session():
+    connection = db.engine.connect()
+    transaction = connection.begin()
+    Base.metadata.create_all(connection)
 
-            class Meta:
-                model = Reporter
-                only_fields = ('articles', )
+    # options = dict(bind=connection, binds={})
+    session_factory = sessionmaker(bind=connection)
+    session = scoped_session(session_factory)
 
-        schema = graphene.Schema(query=ReporterType)
-        query = '''
-            query ReporterQuery {
-              articles
-            }
-        '''
-        result = schema.execute(query)
-        assert not result.errors
+    yield session
+
+    # Finalize test here
+    transaction.rollback()
+    connection.close()
+    session.remove()
 
 
-def test_should_query_well():
+def setup_fixtures(session):
+    reporter = Reporter(first_name='ABA', last_name='X')
+    session.add(reporter)
+    reporter2 = Reporter(first_name='ABO', last_name='Y')
+    session.add(reporter2)
+    session.commit()
+
+
+def test_should_query_well(session):
+    setup_fixtures(session)
+
     class ReporterType(SQLAlchemyObjectType):
 
         class Meta:
@@ -32,9 +46,13 @@ def test_should_query_well():
 
     class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
         reporter = graphene.Field(ReporterType)
+        reporters = ReporterType.List()
 
         def resolve_reporter(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            return ReporterType(Reporter(first_name='ABA', last_name='X'))
+            return session.query(Reporter).first()
+
+        def resolve_reporters(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            return session.query(Reporter)
 
     query = '''
         query ReporterQuery {
@@ -43,6 +61,9 @@ def test_should_query_well():
             lastName,
             email
           }
+          reporters {
+            firstName
+          }
         }
     '''
     expected = {
@@ -50,90 +71,12 @@ def test_should_query_well():
             'firstName': 'ABA',
             'lastName': 'X',
             'email': None
-        }
-    }
-    schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query)
-    result = schema.execute(query)
-    assert not result.errors
-    assert result.data == expected
-
-
-def test_should_node():
-    class ReporterNode(SQLAlchemyNode):
-
-        class Meta:
-            model = Reporter
-            exclude_fields = ('id', )
-
-        @classmethod
-        def get_node(cls, id, info):
-            return ReporterNode(Reporter(id=2, first_name='Cookie Monster'))
-
-        def resolve_articles(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            return [ArticleNode(Article(headline='Hi!'))]
-
-    class ArticleNode(SQLAlchemyNode):
-
-        class Meta:
-            model = Article
-            exclude_fields = ('id', )
-
-        @classmethod
-        def get_node(cls, id, info):
-            return ArticleNode(Article(id=1, headline='Article node'))
-
-    class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
-        node = relay.NodeField()
-        reporter = graphene.Field(ReporterNode)
-        article = graphene.Field(ArticleNode)
-
-        def resolve_reporter(self, *args, **kwargs):
-            return ReporterNode(Reporter(id=1, first_name='ABA', last_name='X'))
-
-    query = '''
-        query ReporterQuery {
-          reporter {
-            id,
-            firstName,
-            articles {
-              edges {
-                node {
-                  headline
-                }
-              }
-            }
-            lastName,
-            email
-          }
-          myArticle: node(id:"QXJ0aWNsZU5vZGU6MQ==") {
-            id
-            ... on ReporterNode {
-                firstName
-            }
-            ... on ArticleNode {
-                headline
-            }
-          }
-        }
-    '''
-    expected = {
-        'reporter': {
-            'id': 'UmVwb3J0ZXJOb2RlOjE=',
-            'firstName': 'ABA',
-            'lastName': 'X',
-            'email': None,
-            'articles': {
-                'edges': [{
-                  'node': {
-                      'headline': 'Hi!'
-                  }
-                }]
-            },
         },
-        'myArticle': {
-            'id': 'QXJ0aWNsZU5vZGU6MQ==',
-            'headline': 'Article node'
-        }
+        'reporters': [{
+            'firstName': 'ABA',
+        }, {
+            'firstName': 'ABO',
+        }]
     }
     schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query)
     result = schema.execute(query)
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_types.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_types.py
index f45fd447..feffbc74 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/tests/test_types.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-from graphql.core.type import GraphQLInterfaceType, GraphQLObjectType
+from graphql.core.type import GraphQLObjectType
 from pytest import raises
 
 from graphene import Schema
-from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.types import SQLAlchemyInterface, SQLAlchemyNode
+from graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.types import (SQLAlchemyNode,
+                                               SQLAlchemyObjectType)
 from graphene.core.fields import Field
 from graphene.core.types.scalars import Int
 from graphene.relay.fields import GlobalIDField
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ from .models import Article, Reporter
 schema = Schema()
 
 
-class Character(SQLAlchemyInterface):
+class Character(SQLAlchemyObjectType):
     '''Character description'''
     class Meta:
         model = Reporter
@@ -31,23 +32,23 @@ class Human(SQLAlchemyNode):
 
 
 def test_sqlalchemy_interface():
-    assert SQLAlchemyNode._meta.is_interface is True
+    assert SQLAlchemyNode._meta.interface is True
 
 
-def test_sqlalchemy_get_node(get):
-    human = Human.get_node(1, None)
-    get.assert_called_with(id=1)
-    assert human.id == 1
+# @patch('graphene.contrib.sqlalchemy.tests.models.Article.filter', return_value=Article(id=1))
+# def test_sqlalchemy_get_node(get):
+#     human = Human.get_node(1, None)
+#     get.assert_called_with(id=1)
+#     assert human.id == 1
 
 
-def test_pseudo_interface_registered():
+def test_objecttype_registered():
     object_type = schema.T(Character)
-    assert Character._meta.is_interface is True
-    assert isinstance(object_type, GraphQLInterfaceType)
+    assert isinstance(object_type, GraphQLObjectType)
     assert Character._meta.model == Reporter
     assert_equal_lists(
         object_type.get_fields().keys(),
-        ['articles', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'email', 'pets', 'id']
+        ['articles', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'email', 'id']
     )
 
 
@@ -67,11 +68,6 @@ def test_node_replacedfield():
     assert schema.T(idfield).type == schema.T(Int())
 
 
-def test_interface_resolve_type():
-    resolve_type = Character.resolve_type(schema, Human())
-    assert isinstance(resolve_type, GraphQLObjectType)
-
-
 def test_interface_objecttype_init_none():
     h = Human()
     assert h._root is None
@@ -92,7 +88,7 @@ def test_interface_objecttype_init_unexpected():
 def test_object_type():
     object_type = schema.T(Human)
     Human._meta.fields_map
-    assert Human._meta.is_interface is False
+    assert Human._meta.interface is False
     assert isinstance(object_type, GraphQLObjectType)
     assert_equal_lists(
         object_type.get_fields().keys(),
@@ -102,5 +98,5 @@ def test_object_type():
 
 
 def test_node_notinterface():
-    assert Human._meta.is_interface is False
+    assert Human._meta.interface is False
     assert SQLAlchemyNode in Human._meta.interfaces
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/types.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/types.py
index a96f7848..aed62625 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/types.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/types.py
@@ -1,26 +1,25 @@
-import six
-from sqlalchemy.inspection import inspect
+import inspect
 
-from ...core.types import BaseObjectType, ObjectTypeMeta
-from ...relay.fields import GlobalIDField
-from ...relay.types import BaseNode
-from .converter import convert_sqlalchemy_column, convert_sqlalchemy_relationship
+import six
+
+from sqlalchemy.inspection import inspect as sqlalchemyinspect
+
+from ...core.classtypes.objecttype import ObjectType, ObjectTypeMeta
+from ...relay.types import Connection, Node, NodeMeta
+from .converter import (convert_sqlalchemy_column,
+                        convert_sqlalchemy_relationship)
 from .options import SQLAlchemyOptions
+from .utils import is_mapped
 
 
 class SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta(ObjectTypeMeta):
-    options_cls = SQLAlchemyOptions
+    options_class = SQLAlchemyOptions
 
-    def is_interface(cls, parents):
-        return SQLAlchemyInterface in parents
-
-    def add_extra_fields(cls):
-        if not cls._meta.model:
-            return
+    def construct_fields(cls):
         only_fields = cls._meta.only_fields
         exclude_fields = cls._meta.exclude_fields
         already_created_fields = {f.attname for f in cls._meta.local_fields}
-        inspected_model = inspect(cls._meta.model)
+        inspected_model = sqlalchemyinspect(cls._meta.model)
 
         # Get all the columns for the relationships on the model
         for relationship in inspected_model.relationships:
@@ -45,8 +44,24 @@ class SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta(ObjectTypeMeta):
             converted_column = convert_sqlalchemy_column(column)
             cls.add_to_class(column.name, converted_column)
 
+    def construct(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        cls = super(SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta, cls).construct(*args, **kwargs)
+        if not cls._meta.abstract:
+            if not cls._meta.model:
+                raise Exception(
+                    'SQLAlchemy ObjectType %s must have a model in the Meta class attr' %
+                    cls)
+            elif not inspect.isclass(cls._meta.model) or not is_mapped(cls._meta.model):
+                raise Exception('Provided model in %s is not a SQLAlchemy model' % cls)
 
-class InstanceObjectType(BaseObjectType):
+            cls.construct_fields()
+        return cls
+
+
+class InstanceObjectType(ObjectType):
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
 
     def __init__(self, _root=None):
         if _root:
@@ -71,16 +86,32 @@ class InstanceObjectType(BaseObjectType):
         return getattr(self._root, attr)
 
 
-class SQLAlchemyObjectType(six.with_metaclass(SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta, InstanceObjectType)):
+class SQLAlchemyObjectType(six.with_metaclass(
+        SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta, InstanceObjectType)):
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyConnection(Connection):
     pass
 
 
-class SQLAlchemyInterface(six.with_metaclass(SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta, InstanceObjectType)):
+class SQLAlchemyNodeMeta(SQLAlchemyObjectTypeMeta, NodeMeta):
     pass
 
 
-class SQLAlchemyNode(BaseNode, SQLAlchemyInterface):
-    id = GlobalIDField()
+class NodeInstance(Node, InstanceObjectType):
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyNode(six.with_metaclass(
+        SQLAlchemyNodeMeta, NodeInstance)):
+
+    class Meta:
+        abstract = True
 
     @classmethod
     def get_node(cls, id, info=None):
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/utils.py b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/utils.py
index 48380ba1..8d8c0b27 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/utils.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/sqlalchemy/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative.api import DeclarativeMeta
+
+
+# from sqlalchemy.orm.base import object_mapper
+# from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import UnmappedInstanceError
+
+
 def get_type_for_model(schema, model):
     schema = schema
     types = schema.types.values()
@@ -6,3 +13,12 @@ def get_type_for_model(schema, model):
             _type._meta, 'model', None)
         if model == type_model:
             return _type
+
+
+def is_mapped(obj):
+    return isinstance(obj, DeclarativeMeta)
+    # try:
+    #     object_mapper(obj)
+    # except UnmappedInstanceError:
+    #     return False
+    # return True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 937d55fd..9e67851f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ setup(
         'django-filter>=0.10.0',
         'pytest>=2.7.2',
         'pytest-django',
+        'sqlalchemy',
         'mock',
     ],
     extras_require={
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ setup(
             'graphql-django-view>=1.1.0',
         ],
         'sqlalchemy': [
-            'SQLAlchemy'
+            'sqlalchemy'
         ]
     },