Keys

Today was an exciting day. Today I got to add a new key to my key ring. A key that opens the door to our new house.

Picture of us standing in front of sale sign that a bank could put on their website with a cheesy caption about how they are in the business of making dreams of home ownership come true

I haven't blogged about our house because I think I was afraid I might jinx it. This was the third house we had put an offer on and even after our offer was accepted I was afraid something would go wrong. Almost everything in our price range was bank owned or short sales both of which are different then just buying from an owner, from an actual person that you can negotiate with and have communication with instead of a bank. After our offer was accepted the process did drag on for a while (we had all our financing and everything in order weeks ago and have been waiting on the bank), but then last week things started happening really fast, we signed papers Monday night and got the keys today! A lot of this was due to our great real estate agent, who also happens to be our aunt (Thanks again Aunt Kathy!) She was awesome. We got a great deal on the house and are very happy with how things turned out.

Little Man opening the door for the first time since it became our house.

We had a picnic on the floor and then toasted with sparkling cider. After dinner Mike had to run back to the condo to get a couple of tools and while he was gone the kids and I ran around the house to different rooms jumping up and down singing silly songs and then choosing a different room to run to. I guess we were being really loud because I didn't even hear my father-in-law come in the house and when we brought our little party out of our Kiwi's room and into the hallway he was walking up the stairs. He startled Little Man and I and I was a little embarrassed, but he just smiled and didn't make any reference to the fact that he had just heard me belting out, "We're going to have party, we're going to have a party (while Little Man sang and Kiwi bounced up and down on the balls of her feet and said "party, party).

We are moving all of our big stuff in Saturday morning, so after a couple of hours we all came back to the condo, but it was an exciting evening.