FINALLY!

Ok, I know its been a while (like nearly 5 months), but in my defense I have been busy purchasing a new house, selling the old one, moving, unpacking, and figuring out new schedules with the new house. Its finally ALL DONE and we couldn't be happier or more relieved.

It is such a process selling and buying a house. One or the other would be stressful enough in and of itself, but doing both of these at the same time is exhausting mentally and physically! For instance, after our house sold, we needed a place to live for a month while we worked on the details of buying our new house. Luckily, my grandmother and aunt and uncle offered up their beautiful guest house to us while we were transitioning. This cut WAY down on the stress, and well as the financial concerns. I am super grateful for them! The only issue was the distance for driving to work, kids activities, and daycare, but to us it didn't really matter as long as we were not homeless! :)

We finally moved into our new house on July 7 (Christian's birthday)and it was very special, not only because it was his birthday, but because everything was exactly a month apart. Our old house went on the market April 7. The buyers closed on it June 7, then we moved into our new house July 7. Perfect.

Later I will post some pictures of the house. I have so many plans for decorating. The wonderful thing with this house is that it has a very open floor plan (which I LOVE) and plenty of wall space, both of which our last house did not have, so the opportunities for DIY decorating projects are endless! I welcome ideas as well!