After David found that someone had tried to steal his truck, we immediately called our realtor. I know those two things seem completely unrelated, but we just had to do something. We were both so upset about what had happened, and we needed a resolution of some kind, somehow. Anyway, we met with Robin, and, thankfully, she LOVED our house. She said it looked like a little dollhouse! :) She also really noticed all the work that we have done throughout, including the painting, remodeling, flooring, and other little things. Needless to say, David and I were just THRILLED after talking with her. She did tell us, though, that we needed to go ahead and start boxing things up. Basically....our house needs to look like a model home before it goes on the market (on May 15!!).
David and I got started right away:
These boxes are just from our kitchen!!
We spent the majority of 3 days packing, cleaning, painting, and clearing out. It felt like we must have made about 10 trips to our storage unit and thrown out a ton of stuff. We painted 2 rooms, rearranged furniture, and organized, organized, organized. It's starting to feel like a brand-new home! :)
The house will be painted this week, and we will do the rest of the landscaping next weekend. We are going to spend Mother's Day finishing organizing and clearing out the last few closets and then just doing some last little hard-core cleaning that needs to be done before the For Sale sign goes in the yard. We are sooooooooooooooooooo excited for that day!
We also met with a mortgage lady this week to talk about our options with buying and building. We ended up getting some pretty great news, and a plan for what we need to be doing while our house is on the marker to best prepare us for getting into the house of our dreams. It's hard to believe that everything is finally starting to come together, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of getting out of this house!! :)
In other news:
Grayson is over his ear infections, and is back to his old self. In fact, he is probably nuttier than ever! He continues to be into everything...he climbs on the table, onto the fireplace, crawls all over the floor, and just generally likes to cause trouble. He thinks it's hilarious to flip over and crawl away whenever we are changing his diaper, and he tries to race us into the kitchen when he knows we are about to put the baby gate up. He laughs ALL THE TIME, and is really starting to do things to get our attention. And, he has learned a new trick: he can climb out of his Bumbo seat! I am not sure how he does it with those chubby little legs, but he manages it somehow.
We are waiting as long as we can until we take him for his first haircut, but he is starting to need one pretty badly. He came home from school on Thursday with a mohawk:
Have I mentioned how much we love Grayson's school? :) His teachers are sooooo wonderful, and I can really tell how much they love him. They tell us all the time what a "cool kid" he is, how much fun he is, and how much they enjoy having him in their class. On Friday, Grayson came home with my first Mother's Day card:
(Click on the picture to see what it says....)
I cried. :)
All in all, it's been a wonderful several days, and we are so pleased with the progress we have made on the house. Grayson has been happy as he can be, despite a few bumps and bruises from falling down and running into things. :) We are looking forward to a wonderful weekend! I promise to be better about updating--including posting pictures from our family trip to Dickson's Old Timers' Day, and my first Mother's Day. As always, thanks for checking in with us! We love you all!
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