Mixed Emotions

After about 2 months, it is official.  We are moving to a new house!  Although buying a new home was not in our plans at the moment, a good opportunity presented itself and we decided to bite on it.  The house has more space, a full basement, another bathroom and a huge yard!

 It was a tough decision.  We decided to put our house up for sale at the beginning of November.  It was stressful cleaning up the house for showings.  We scrambled multiple times to clean up our clutter.  Thank goodness for our camper, which housed a lot of our junk throughout the process.  After only 8 days on Zillow, we had an offer that we chose to accept.  From that point, there were plenty of ups and downs.  We learned a lot about buying and selling of Real Estate.  The number 1 thing we learned is patience.  There were plenty of delays and snags in the process.  Two days before Christmas we got some bad news and were so afraid that the whole deal was going to fall through.  Adam and I have had many long discussions, plenty of phone calls and emails, frustration, anxiety and excitement.  There were sleepless nights and tears.  I kept saying that if it was meant to be, it'd work out.  Fortunately, through lots of prayers and vigilance, everything fell in to place.  We sold our house officially 3 days ago and then officially bought our new house the next day.  We will be moving in about two weeks.  

Initially, packing and moving seemed extremely daunting.  But, as I've started, it hasn't been too bad.  It helps that we have time and aren't pressured to move out immediately.  The snow days have been a blessing in disguise because I've spent every free moment cleaning closets and cupboards, boxing and packing.  

The boxes are starting to pile up!  Just like every other project we've ever had, our front living room has served as the storage space!

While moving to a new house with more space is super-exciting, it is also a little sad.  The home we live in now is filled with so many memories, and it's a little hard to leave.  Though it's nothing fancy, it's the place Adam and I called home after we got married, the place we brought 2 babies home from the hospital, our safe place with so many firsts  and warm memories.  We have a lot of blood, sweat, and tears in our house.  It looks nothing like it did the first day we walked in.  

I pray that as we move on to a new chapter in our lives, our home is filled with much love, warm moments, and abundant blessings from God!