We moved! Well, sort of. We are kind of in between moves right now!
As I am sure everyone knows(and is probably way sick of hearing about!), we have been wanting to move for years and pretty much actively looking to move for 2 years now. Even last spring we got preapproved for a home loan and thought we were ready to go. But when it came down to it, we just were not ready to make the leap. (We dearly loved our old house, but our family needed more space, and the open layout was great when the kids are little, but as they get older, probably not so much!) But in the meantime we had gone though tons of model homes to figure out exactly what we want. (Since we have been doing this for 2 years, you can bet we are pretty specific about what we want now!!) So, this past fall/winter we decided it was time to pull the trigger and finally do it. Well, then it was close to the holidays and having the house show ready over the holidays didn’t sound that much fun!
Right after the first of the year we got a storage unit and decluttered a bit and put a bunch of stuff in storage. One of the main reasons we were moving is that we were busting at the seams of our house…and it showed! So, we got it looking spiffy and got it on the market. It looked so good then I would have bought it! Apparently I did a good of getting it ready because the the stagers showed up they said we didn't need to change anything!
If you have ever had the house on the market with kids, you know how much not fun it is! I literally vacuumed almost nightly and shampooed carpets weekly! (I still work full time as well). The main inconvenience though was over half of our 4-6 showings a week were anywhere from 15-30 minutes notice! We spent a lot of time eating out or at my moms house! Luckily the house sold in 43 days and closed 40 days later, which I guess is relatively quick these days, but it got old, quick! During this time we were going through the process of finding a new home. We already knew we were going to build, so we had to find a subdivision and a house we wanted! We were really having internal struggles on deciding what we wanted (that also fit in the budget). We really thought we had one picked out, but the more we looked at it closely, we realized that parts of it didn’t really work for our family. Our goal of this house is so that our family can grow into it. We didn’t want to be in the same position in a few years where we were running out of space. The other house looked great, but we started looking closer, we realized that there really wasn’t that much storage, and the pantry wasn’t that great. And while the master closet was amazing and had more room then we could probably ever need (and that is alot!), the kids rooms were really small. We kept looking and decided that we need to find one that not just wowed us, but first prioriy was that it ‘worked’ for our family and how we lived. I think what we found does both! Then, we found a subdivision that is almost right across from the school and has awesome ammenities! It is only a few blocks from our old house. We are SO VERY EXCITED! The fun part is starting now and getting ready to pick everything out. Do you know we get to decide which way every single door swings?! How crazy is that! I never dreamed we would be that involved!
So, since the house sold and closed in May, and the new house not done until late summer, we were homeless! We had started looking into apartments when my mom kept offering for us to stay with her. I called her up one night and said, I know you are being nice, but are you 100% sure you want us there. Really think about what that means. It means giving up your quiet house and having a little chaos for a few months! Then I talked to Justin and basically left it up to him. He was all for it and thought it was a good idea! So, we all moved in with mom! And it has gone great! We have plenty of room and the kids love it! (And I think mom enjoys having us (who am I kidding, having the boys, there!) It has given us a chance to relax a bit from all of the stress of moving and such and just enjoy the summer. Easton has been a bit confused since the move. He isn’t sad, but sometimes he will ask why we are not going to his house. The move didn’t seem to faze Payton at all. He was a huge help on moving day and is really excited for his new room and yard. They love to run around the dirt piles at the new lot.
The packing and the move itself were pretty stressful. I think I literally lost it a few times. Justin was working, a LOT. So I literally packed every single box we had, except 1! It was a lot of very late nights of packing!! I also had to decide with everything, was it going in storage, or did we need it the next few months. At the end we were sleeping on an air mattress, eatting on the floor with paper plates! Looking back now though, it was kind of fun!
We also had the dilemma of what to do with all of our stuff! We got portable storage units (3 total) that are filled with our belongings and they will be delivered to the new house. They are currently in a warehouse. We hired movers to move all of the furniture into them and will have movers help unload them on the back end when we move into the new house.
I will add new pictures as the build goes along to see the stages of the new house!
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