Moving Up, Out and In

Remember how I promised you big things in the works this summer? Well here they are. I was waiting for things to be as "official" as possible before spilling the beans. I think we are finally at that point.

1 Moving Up: For a few months at Mike's work they have been in preparations for splitting up the IT teams and making them more efficient which means a big promotion for Mike. It's pretty official now and will be underway come September 1st. He has spent tons of time coordinating and moving all of this forward and we are so proud of him and sticking it out over the last little bit when things have been less than desirable. Here's hoping the changes help and everything moves in a positive direction. And I happen to think his new lengthy title, Corporate Director of Information and Communication Technology Services, is pretty sexy if I do say so myself. :)

2. Moving Out: We have finally gone under contract on the sale our home. This time it only took 4 weeks. But it seemed like the longest 4 weeks of our lives. We had over 50 showings in that time and spent many nights and weekend out and about being away from home and life to make it happen. We are both sad and excited to say goodbye to our first home. This house has been a great starter home and taught us what we really wanted in a home, plus provided love and shelter and a warm place for us to bring home all 4 of our babies. We will still be coming by it often as we are so far not changing day care providers and she lives close, but it will be strange to see someone else in our home/yard etc. We don't close until mid-September so we still have time to say our goodbyes. Cross your fingers for us that it all goes through smoothly.

3. Moving In: We found us a new, bigger home. We are in love with it. While it's not technically our dream home , it's pretty darn close and something we can see ourselves in for a long, long time. 2 weeks from today we will be officially moving into this beauty. Our loan is ready and waiting for signatures and all we have to do is pack and pick up the keys.



We'll be having some sort of open house/gathering in the new home for our local family and friends in early October. Watch your mailboxes and/or Facebook invites for that. We would love you all to come and check out the place and fill it with warmth. :)