What We've Really Been Up To...

Wow. It's been a whirlwind month. On Saturday, April 30th we went to see a house that just went on the market. We knew from the pictures that it had the real possibility to end our long journey to find a new home in St. Louis. Well. We fell in love from the front door and knew that this was the best house we'd seen in the past 3 years. We made an offer that night and it was miraculously accepted the next day (there were multiple offers). We experienced a short period of elation before it turned to anxiety about getting our house on the market! 

We got to work immediately and after many long days and nights, we put our house on the market on Saturday, May 14th. Nate and I rode around with the cats all day. Really and truly all day. I felt like the crazy cat lady! We had over 60 people come to see the house and received multiple offers by early afternoon. We accepted one of them that night and the first step was done! 

There were times that I never thought I would see a For Sale sign in our yard! It's bittersweet though. Although I'm very excited about moving to our new home, I'm sad about leaving this one. So many memories here. 

A few pictures of our new home courtesy of realtor.com. We are even closer to the little Maplewood "downtown" area and are very excited about the location and our new neighbors, which includes our church! The house was built in 1904 but was completely rehabbed in 2012. So in a nut shell, it's exactly what we've been looking for - oodles of charm and character but finished up all nice and modern.

Hard to believe we will be there next week!! It has all happened so fast. We are in the throes of packing up our house and finishing up the deal with our buyer that we are set to close on later this month.

If I could ask for your thoughts and prayers as we move the kids and more importantly the cats. Ha! I hope Kitty P survives the move to her 3rd house!) Thanks!