Finally HOME!!

It is official.  All of the paperwork has been signed and the checks have been written!  We are finally officially done with the home selling/buying process!  I can not tell you how excited I was when we went in to sign the papers....I think Andrew may have been a little embarrassed by my giddiness, but in the end he did pose for the photo, like a good sport :)  All the hard work has finally paid off!  Honestly it felt like our wedding day, thats how crazy excited I was (Andrew was too, but only let it out when the last paper was signed).  So practical!

Chloe celebrated with a yummy ice ream cone.  She got to choose the flavor....

And without further delay, here is the house!  I didn't want to show pictures before it was official, especially since it was still someone else's house.  But now it is all ours!  Yay!

The architecture is modern and everything that we had been looking for.

The kitchen is big, with a great granite island.  The appliances are from the 80's but that will change soon.

The living room is awesome for running.

Well pretty much the whole house is awesome for running!

Wohoo!  They ran and crawled for several hours- by that I mean 6 hours.  Chloe even had me running laps (over and over and over).  I think I will loose those last baby weight pounds pretty quick here.

After work Andrew came home and our amazing friends all piled in the house and unloaded these two trailers containing every single thing we own!  If you look closely at the photo you will see that every box is color coded for room and labeled with contents.  It made the job of directing helpers super easy.  In fact I didn't need to direct at all!  I did all of the packing (with the exception of the garage) and Andrew was in charge of all of the moving.  Perfect!

We moved in just in time for easter!  Luckily the easter bunny found our new house and was able to leave candy filled eggs around for Chloe to find.  I did hear the easter bunny say he had to go to the store at 11pm to get some of the easter basket goodies though :) 

 Maddie enjoyed finding the eggs, although she didn't get to enjoy the contents :)  Next year!

We went over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for easter dinner, which was wonderful!  Especially considering we still have boxes absolutely everywhere, and it looks like a clothes bomb went off in our bedroom!  Lucky little Chloe got to hang out at Grandma's house all day while the rest of us stayed home and unpacked. 

They made a very delicious and very cute bunny cake for desert.  Donna did let me know that Chloe snuck out to the garage and took the huge cake and tray out of the fridge, unwrapped it, and then licked all the frosting off the ears, all by herself.  If she hadn't been caught early in the act I imagine this poor bunny would have lost all of his frosting :)

 Ah and one last picture.  This is absolutely why we love our house.  It is on almost an acre, and this is the view from the dining room.  It is magical.  There are trees all around, and the property backs to a massive greenbelt, and we can barely see any other houses from our windows.  It is like being in a cabin in the woods, but still in town!  

 I am constantly looking out the window for moose.  The neighbors said they saw a moose delivering her calves in their backyard!  How amazing!! 

We are so happy!!!  It finally feels like home!!