1. Last Saturday we got together with Nick’s extended family for a picnic in Ames. What fun it is to see all the little kids together! Thanks for organizing it, Emily!
2. The house went on the market last Friday. No pictures, just the data sheet. We got a call that someone wanted to look at it Saturday afternoon. We were very excited and it worked out perfectly since we were going to be in Ames (otherwise it would have been right in the middle of nap time). Saturday night our realtor called us. We had an offer!!!! We countered, thinking they would counter back. But no, they accepted! And pending the outcome of the inspection, we are set to close on September 30th.
3. The house was on the market a day. We had spent the prior two months getting it ready, and the months before that studying. So we had not actually looked at houses, other than on-line. Guess what we did Sunday--- looked at houses. About 15 of them. With Ellie. Originally we were going to look at 5, so we figured it wouldn’t be a big deal to bring her. Then we kept looking. We came home and Nick said none of them would work because the yards were too small (valid reason but still stressful). The idea of moving into an apartment for a few months with an almost 2 year old did not sound like fun.
4. Nick went out with the realtor on Tuesday night and looked at another 15. Then Wednesday over lunch we looked at 5 houses that Nick had seen the night before and liked (with yards that would fit his requirements). When Nick was going through the houses with me Tuesday night he pointed to one of them and said that would be the one I liked the best. Sure enough, it was! We put an offer in yesterday and it was accepted! Here is our new house (no worries, they said it could be done by the end of September):
Waukee--- here we come!!!
5. In the meantime, we have been really busy at night with Ellie’s swimming lessons. While they are not as structured as I would like, it gets us to the pool and Ellie loves them! We are also able to take her down the big slide, which is something we would not normally be allowed to do. I am hoping to take some pictures tonight.
What a crazy, but exciting week! In recap: Ellie loves swimming lessons. We put out house on the market, and within 6 days we sold it and purchased a new one. That is a lot for me. Cross your fingers that everything goes well with the inspection.
2 comments:
Wow! Congratulations. The new place looks awesome! What a week!!
Waukee and its residents can't wait to have you!!! Brad drove me past the house and I'm already planning walks over there as well as walks to meet at Centennial park and let the girls play. Nope, you don't get a choice in the matter! :-)
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