House Update: Closing & Move-in Day

Wow! Let's just say that I for one, am glad to be able to write a blog post saying that we have finally closed on our new house and moved-in!!! That was the most stressful process ever! We had at least 3 scheduled "closing times" and they all fell through, one of which we actually showed up and waited, only to turn around and come home with no keys in hand. Something happened at the Mortgage company causing the computer system to crash and back up hundreds of loans, including ours. Finally, the system was fixed and the documents were sent to our lawyers office and we signed them on Thursday, October 18th. What a great feeling that was!!! Through the whole process and all the issues though, our interested was decreased by .75% and it could not be over-written, so we actually benefited greatly from the whole ordeal! Praise God!!!

Also during the month of October, our packing/closing/moving month, Brian worked 70+ hours in overtime. Wow! I can honestly say, without the help of my parents & my sisters, I do not know how we would have packed & moved. It is hard trying to get it all done with 3 little ones depending on me to take care of them regardless of what is going on in our life. :) SO thankful for having family close by!!!

So here we are, a month later and we are finally all settled in our new house. We are feeling super blessed by our new home, the land we live on, the area we moved to, etc. etc. It has been so wonderful and I could not feel at more peace with it all. The girls are finally settled too and really loving our new house as well. It is a true blessing!

Of course we are still trying to figure out where to hang everything on the walls and still have a few boxes that need to be sorted and unpacked, but for the most part, we are all moved in and so happy to be here. Feeling wonderfully blessed and thankful! Here are some pictures I took through the process of unloading and moving in....

House Update - Driveway & Lighting

The house is coming along very nicely. I was out there yesterday and very happy to see that the driveway has now been laid. :) The lights are all in as well as the mirrors in the bathrooms, the cabinets, the flooring (no carpet yet) and the door hardware is all installed. We also got a call this week that our final walk-through inspection is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3rd. Wow! That is less than 2 weeks away!!! During that same call, we were told that the builder would like to close on the 12th of October. We are so thrilled and hopeful that we can make that date work for all involved!

This week also marked our "beginning packing" stage. :) My (newly retired - more on that in another post) Mom came out for 2 days and helped us get the process started. I tend to need some motivation and it is also good to have another set of eyes and hands to keep up with our 3 little monkeys. We were able to get Sierra & Chyler's room and also Ariella's nursery all packed up! We are looking forward to having her come back again this week to tackle two more rooms. I think we might attempt to sort through the mess of toys that we have. Yikes! That could be a full day endeavor! LOL! I did sell the train table today though and I plan to bag up and sell MANY other toys too. I am learning that child #2 & #3 don't really care to play with "baby toys" as much...it seems subsequent children tend to "play up" - So I think I am going to part with many of our baby toys. As sad as it makes me feel, it needs to be done. I desperately want to rid myself of my "pack rat" character trait and start fresh at this beautiful new house. My goal is to be more organized and realize that less really IS more. At least that is what I keep telling myself! My new mantra as we pack this time around.

I hope to take some more pictures during our final walk-through in a week and a half...until then, here are the most recent pictures. :)

Our new appliances!

Downstairs half bath

Pantry

Girls' / Hall Full Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Part of Master Walk-in Closet

More of the master walk-in closet

Another view of the master walk-in closet

Upstairs Hall Lighting

Sierra & Chyler's Closet

Foyer

We have a doorbell! :)