The new house...

First, I apologize for not posting lately, but I have been extremely busy closing, moving out, moving in, cleaning, and painting!!!

We FINALLY closed on the house on Friday. It was a pretty painless process, and the kids were actually really well behaved. The longest part was waiting for the wire transfer of funds. After being there for about two hours, we walked out with keys in hand! So freaking exciting. Turns out, we got a check for $270 when we closed instead of paying anything, so that was nice, AND our mortage is $40 less than what we were thinking it was going to be...AND we aren't paying any more than what we were paying to rent! AWESOME!!! Well, technically its about $150 more, BUT since we did the MCC (Mortgage Credit Certificate) we get back $167 per month, so in the end we are paying a little less than what we were paying at the old crappy house! Wahooo. After closing, we went home and started loading the U-haul. We just rented a small one and it took three trips, but we got it all moved.

Saturday morning, I got up and headed over to the old house to get it all cleaned up. JR and the kids stayed at the new house for 2 reasons...#1 it's easier to get stuff done without having the kids under my feet, #2 JR had to be at the house for the internet and cable people! It took until 2:00 to get that house cleaned...ughhh, I have now made it a mission to clean the walls once a month, maybe I will alternate, downstairs walls one month, upstairs the next...Seriously it is amazing how dirty walls get. Now. I find myself constantly telling the kids to not touch the walls! Anyway, it all paid off because when we did the walk through the lady said it looked professionally cleaned and couldn't see any reason for not getting our deposit back! I was really expecting to lose it from the carpet, but she said it was normal wear and tear and since it wasn't new carpet when we moved in, it needed to be replaced anyway! I was really surprised because I have never lived anywhere that didn't dock us for the carpet....even if it wasn't new when we moved in! I guess we will have to wait and see until we get the check! Once I got home and ate some lunch I decided we would goo to Lowe's to get paint and start on the house....

2.5 hours later we finally left Lowes. Turns out the two colors I had picked out weren't available, so I picked two more that were similar, that didn't work out, because I just couldn't get over the khaki color...it just wasn't what I wanted, so before they mixed it I found one I really liked even though it was super expensive...JR said it was worth it to pay the money if it meant that I would be truly happy...YAY! Love him. From there, it turned out that the blue was going to have to be ordered, so I went back and picked out a new blue! UGHHHHH. The kids were screaming, they were hungry and tired...and I was about to lose my mind! We finally got out of there and the kids fell asleep before we could even unload the cart! LOL We decided to go to bed early and start the painting on Sunday

So, Sunday morning we got started...JR and I were able to get the living room, dining room, kitchen, and entry way all done on Sunday! It looks beautiful

Monday, JR went back to work, and I started painting the accent wall in the living room....I was hoping to get the wall ( I mean, its only one wall, right), the bathroom, laundry room, and guest room done - which would complete the downstairs (except the garage - but that will be later after we get organized). However, I had to go to the post office to get our mailbox keys, the city of Kyle building to take care of our trash ans sewer utility, then over to the water department to set up water in our name. I didnt actually get started painting until a little after 2, but I quickly learned that it was going to take a while. 3 hours later I finally finished the one wall. After JR got home we tackled the bathroom together...Whew!

Yesterday I got the laundry room painted...and my shoulder are KILLING ME! However, I still have the guest bedroom to finish the downstairs...but at least all the rooms that will have the hardwood floors are now done.

We have so many upcoming projects...and the list keeps growing! Ahhh. Anyway, we are loving the house, Logan has actually slept in his own room each night which has been awesome. Landry not so much...she seems to be playing musical beds. One night I slept in her new bed with her, the next night, she slept with her brother, then she slept in our bed and ended up pushing me out off the bed...then last night when she crawled in bed with us, I got up and went to her room...no way was I getting pushed around again. Hopefully we can get her to stay in her room tonight! I will try to get some pictures up soon, just dont hold your breath!