Soooo. March was the last time I blogged.
But for good reason.
We had a ton going on (behind the scenes)
It was stressful, scary, emotionally draining, nerve wracking, prayer-filled, exciting, and many more emotions that I cant think of but there were many more.
Since just after we came to Buffalo nearly 5.5 years ago.. we quickly scheduled a vacation to NC during our second year here. We missed it. We took Sam down in 2010. She loved the beach and we realized we missed it too.
After Andrew arrived on the scene in 2012... we went back again for a visit in 2013.
We actually stayed in our old condo complex.. so it was like living there again for a few days.
This time .. coming home ... I remember was hard. Something didnt feel right about leaving and I remember telling Mathew.. I dont think I want to visit again.. Its too hard.. I want to go back.
So we went through two miserable and frigid, neverending winters here... and we tried to ask for a transfer and prayed and prayed something would happen.
There was no hope in sight.. but again.. Its not MY plan... It was GOD's. As soon as I let go and prayed about what we wanted... and REALLY learned how to pray deeply and the right way... things began to happen. It was amazing.
Long story short.. we put our house up for sale May 11th.
It sold after 1 day of showings.
I sought out advice from a friend of mine on staging the house..
She pointed me in the right direction and gave me some amazing ideas.
Thank you Lis!
I really got into it... Made this little arrangement with twine and yarn balls..
And a few trips to Homegoods much to my husband's dismay (at the time)... NOT NOW! hahaha
The house was looking amazing.
And thankfully with 2 little ones.. we only had to keep it clean for 1-2 days!
We had 12 people total after 2 days of viewings .. and we had 4 offers to review that Monday after the weekend was over. My jaw literally dropped as we were reviewing offers and letters from interested buyers.
I quickly reminded my husband that the Homegoods adventures were for a good cause at this point.
So here we are entering June,
and things have moved very quickly and smoothly so far (fingers crossed)
Its surreal seeing a sold sign on our front lawn.
The dining room is quickly filling up with boxes.. and I'd say about 1/3 of the house is packed.. minus big furniture and some toys.
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I am really trying to be organized and label each box with contents & labels.
But as I posted this picture below on instagram yesterday... I said... I know at the end it will be a big cluster of every last plate, towel, pen, toy and other stuff thrown into boxes as we clear out
We are super excited and I will write more later as for how the kids are handling the news, where we are going to live and the big move date .. Were about 5-6 weeks away from it...
