The house is almost done, so it won’t be long now!! We are getting very excited to start our lives back up. We kind of feel like we have been on pause for the last few months.
The boys want to go by the house daily and are counting down the days until we move! I really didn’t think they would get that into it, but it is major drama if they don’t get to see it everyday. Easton hasn’t mentioned the old house in a long time and I honestly think he forgot about it. Which means it will be like Christmas when we get our stuff back from storage!!
We have learned that building a house is a full time job! I can not tell you how much work I have missed making it to appointments to pick things out our get things scheduled. Every decision had to get made and so it involves a lot of work. It has been a fun process, but mentally exhausting. I even got a phone call at work once involving a grout emergency in regards to the grout we picked out for our shower! I didn’t know that grout could be an emergency, but apparently it can! It is also amazing how fast the costs add up! Everything has an extra cost, and its not cheap! But, it is almost time to move into our dream house so it is all worth it! The designers and such have been really impressed with what we have picked out and how it all came together and we found out they are going to take pictures of our house for the developments website!
Justin and I (mostly me!) has been shopping a lot for stuff we need. Its amazing how much stuff you need when you have twice as many bathrooms, etc! We also sold a lot of our furniture when we moved out of the old house, so unless we want to sleep on an air mattress again and eat on the kitchen floor, we have more shopping to do!! I just keeping adding to my list….my never ending list!
We are so very grateful to my mom for letting us stay with her these past few months. We are eternally thankful. I can not imagine having to live in an apartment or something while we were trying to build. It has really helped us so we can pay all of the extra costs with new construction. But it has also just been nice to be at her house for the boys. Justin works a lot, so it is usually just me at home with them, and with mom at home, there is someone else to talk to and be with the kids. I will miss always having an adult around for conversation. I think Justin will miss the extra conversation as well. Mom and him get along great and I think they really enjoyed each others company. I know mom has really enjoyed watching Justin get so excited about the details of the house. I know the boys (and I think mom too) are going to miss their goodnight and good morning hugs! Luckily we will still be really close by so they can get snuggles whenever they want! It has gone really well staying there. Although, our nighttimes must be pretty comical. Easton usually sleepwalks into our room sometime early morning. Mom and Justin both get up in the middle of the night and usually go downstairs and eat. Sometimes they have even ran into each other in the kitchen in the middle of the night! Wouldn’t you love to be a fly on the wall and just observe!! But, overall, we have had plenty of space and I think has been enjoyable for everyone. It will definitely be quieter there without us and I am sure she is ready to get rid of our piles of stuff have her kitchen and washer and dryer back! I think her appliances have run more in the last few months then the entire time she lived there before!
Looking forward to the next chapter….!
