House Update!

Whew! What a whirlwind of a few weeks!

As you know (or maybe not if you didn't read the post a few weeks ago!), we put a contract on a house and quickly put ours on the market!

Backstory- we have been looking on and off at houses ever since we found out we were pregnant. We always had in our minds that we would stay in this house between 3-5 years. Well, it's been 3 1/2 now, so we knew the time would be coming. Fast forward to us getting pregnant- picturing TWO kids in this house, and LOTS of toys/things, we knew we could use some more space!

We also knew we didn't HAVE to move! A lot of people raise kids in a house our size (it's 4 bedrooms/2 baths) and it's no big deal. Anyway, we have been keeping our eyes out in case that "perfect" house went on the market. After looking at several houses over several months, we just hadn't found anything we LOVED. Again, no big deal, we knew we could totally survive in this house. It is zoned to a great elementary school, so that wouldn't be a problem (one day...).

However, the market in our zip code is SO HOT right now! Seriously, people are paying UNGODLY amounts of money to get in over here, and houses for sale are on the market on average FOURTEEN days! So if you see one you like, you better be ready to move on it! It was tempting to think about putting our house on the market in such a hot time. But with nowhere to go and a baby on the way, the prospect of moving in somewhere temporarily sounded insane even to us.

Then the week before Thanksgiving I found a house online that I thought looked great, in a fantastic neighborhood, and for a great price. It was above what we had in mind to pay, but as the previous months had shown us, we weren't going to be finding our "perfect" house in our "perfect" area for anything less than that. So I went and looked (I am always the first to look. If it's worth it then Anthony will come back with me the next day). I LOVED it. A lot. Jennifer came with me that day because she had the morning free, and it was great to have her around. I immediately called Anthony and told him he had to come look. He wanted to put it off for a few days, but then I reminded him that if we loved something we had to snatch it up!

We went back the next day and I fell in love even more and Anthony loved it too!

We thought about it over the weekend and put an offer on it Sunday night/Monday morning. YIKES! They countered, we countered back... We had a contract!

Now we had to get ours ready! So we spent the first part of Thanksgiving week getting our house ready (shout out to my mom and Michelle for helping to watch Jay while I got stuff done!). We had pictures taken, teeny things touched up, and we put it on the market on Friday after Thanksgiving! That first day we had a showing (woohoo!) and proceeded to have EIGHTEEN more showings over the course of the week!

After 9 days of being on the market, we got FOUR offers! Then, the potential buyers got into a little bidding war, and we accepted one of them!

We are happy to say our current house is now under option for the next ten days! Not only do we have a contract, but a backup contract signed as well! WHAT A BLESSING!!!!

Right now we are set to close on our new house in a few weeks, then on our house, then MOVE on December 30!!! What a BUSY Christmas this will be!

On one hand, I am SOOOOO excited about our new home and our new adventure.

On the other hand, I will miss our current home SO much. This place is so full of memories! It was our first home together. It's where we brought our new puppy home, then our new kitten, and eventually our first child. It's where we shared LOTS of laughs with each other and friends. We decorated and redecorated a few times. We made improvements. We loved this home. It will absolutely always hold a special place in our hearts. (tear)

So now we pack! We focus on the upcoming move and all that it entails (which is A LOT by the way!). I feel like I have been on the phone non-stop with inspectors, repairmen, contractors, the realtor, moving companies, insurance agency, all of our vendors to switch over to the new house... it's just a never ending list.

But what a blessing to have this option! We are moving from one loving home to the next- something that most of us take totally for granted!

Here is a picture of the outside of our NEW home- we can't wait to have you come visit! :)