Just In Time
Tropical Storm Fay hit Florida one week after we closed and moved. I’d say we sold just in the nick of time! I’ve been hearing from our realtor and other friends in the Debary area that streets were flooded, homes were flooding and there were even fish swimming in the streets. I found this video of a neighborhood just a couple miles from out house where people were being evacuated. I’m so glad I live in Colorado!
We’re Home in Colorado!
Whew it’s been a crazy couple of days. Isabelle and I flew out to Colorado on Sunday. Izzy did great on the plane and slept most of the way here. After gathering all my bags and Izzy’s bags I rented a car and drove to Fort Collins. When I entered Fort Collins I found myself grinning because I saw the mountains and the clear blue sky and rolled the windows down to enjoy the fresh cool air.
On Monday I ran around town viewing rental properties and applied for the best house that I saw. I was a little worried that my application would not get processed in time to get the house by Wednesday, but today I received a call from the leasing agent who had processed my application in a couple hours. I go in tomorrow to sign the lease. This little house is a God-send!
Most of the nicer properties are already rented since it’s the beginning of the school year for Colorado State University. Most properties also require a one year lease which is a little too long for us since we want to build in the next month or so.
This little house is perfect for us. Three bedroom plus a loft, 2.5 bath with an itty bitty backyard. Good thing there’s a nice open area just across the street from the house for Samson. The owners of this house wanted a 9 month lease with the option to go month to month as long as we’re okay with the house being on the market at that time. So it’s perfect for us!
Luke and his dad are heading through Kansas City right now and expect to be in Denver by tomorrow afternoon. I will be meeting them at the rental car place where I will be returning my rental. We’ll drive straight from Denver to the rental house in Fort Collins and hopefully unload everything tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a busy day!
I may be silent for a couple more days while we get settled and figure out our trip to Canada, but I’ll post when I can.
It’s a Done Deal!
Well folks we are officially homeless! That’s right we closed today and everyone signed on the dotted line.
Izzy and I fly off to Colorado on Sunday morning to look for a rental home while Luke and his dad have the fun job of driving our car and massive UHaul.
We are so glad that we had help packing and loading yesterday from Jennifer and Arissa. We don’t think we could have done it without them.
Packing Up and Moving Out!
We have final commitment from the buyers lender to close on Friday (whew). So today and tomorrow is packing and moving day! We’re probably 75% packed up right now and tomorrow will be the last of the packing and loading the truck. We have some friends coming to help pack and load as well as watch Izzy while all this excitement is happening. Samson is spending the rest of the week with a friend and will have a blast and get lots of love!
Canadian Baby
Alright…whoever got Isabelle this outfit must be someone from Canada… Unfortunately she won’t fit into it for much longer because she’s getting too tall.
Speaking of Canada, for those of you wondering when we’re actually going to make it up there, we will be driving Luke’s dad back up to Canada after we move to Colorado. Our goal is to be in Canada by August 16. Since we’re driving, our return date to the States is really flexible. Hope to see as many people as we can while we’re out there though!
House update: The buyers FINALLY have all their paperwork into the lender and we have a verbal commitment from their lender that we will close on Friday. I’d feel more comfortable to have that commitment in writing however.
6 Months Old
Izzy turned six months old on Saturday. It’s crazy how fast she’s grown up. Luke’s been out of town for the past two days, so we’ve been busy keeping ourselves occupied, doing play dates and generally staying out of the house. Here’s a video of Izzy playing with one of her toys.
Update on house sale: The buyer’s final financing is suppose to come through tomorrow or Thursday. We’re keeping our fingers crossed and praying that everything comes through okay. It was at this point where everything fell apart with the last buyers…
Izzy the Cookie Monster
Have I mentioned that Izzy LOVES food? She’s joined us at the dinner table since she was 1 month old and has been so intrigued with whatever we’re eating. Michelle (who is an awesome baker and cook) sent us a box full of homemade cookies. Luke sat down with Izzy and ate a cookie, which Izzy really wanted to get her hands on.
Update on our house sale: The buyers have now run out of time to do a home inspection and so have decided to go with a home inspection that was done a year ago with the last couple who put an offer on. We’re glad because it’s one less thing that can go wrong with the sale.
Big News!
Just to warn you, this is going to be a long post! Over a year ago we put our house on the market because we knew we wanted to start a family and we wanted to be closer to our families. Our families are in the western half of the States and Canada, so being here in Florida is a long way away from loved ones.
Three months after putting our house on the market we received an offer on our house and were packed and ready to move into an apartment here in Florida for a couple months when a week before closing we found out that the buyers no longer qualified for financing because the guy had just quit his job. We were extremely disappointed. We left most of our belongings in boxes thinking that we would be able to get another offer soon afterward.
A year later…we finally received another offer, which we accepted. Our anticipated closing date is August 8. Between now and then we have a potential home inspection, finalizing the buyer’s financing and the final walk through. We are hoping and praying that everything goes smoothly this time around and that we’ll make it to closing! (Please pray for us as well during this time.)
We will be packing up a UHaul plus our SUV with Izzy and Sammy to make the three day move out to Fort Collins, Colorado on August 10. Luke’s dad will be flying in from Canada to help us with the move. We hope to be in Fort Collins on August 12.
The plan is to rent a house for a year to learn the city and save some money before building in a new community on the outskirts of Fort Collins. We’re excited to be a day’s drive away from all our family members and we expect to see more of you more often!
I believe that the timing of this move is God’s perfect timing. I was just getting comfortable here, making some friends and connecting with the community around us. However, I know that whenever I get comfortable with something, God will always switch things up a bit to make sure that I don’t get too comfortable or complacent.
This move will obviously affect our plans for the trip out to Canada. We will still be going to Canada at the end of August, but we will be driving instead of flying which will allow for more flexibility in our travel dates. We will keep everyone posted as we figure those details out.
Okay, now for some pictures of Izzy which Luke says I MUST post. Izzy and I went on a play date this week where Izzy sat and played with the 9 month old baby named Isabella. Isabella was nice enough to share her toys with Izzy. As you can see, Izzy’s doing really well sitting up on her own!
I caught Izzy sucking her finger the other day. When I was a baby I sucked my finger. Not my thumb…my finger, just one..and I sucked it for a VERY long time. My parents had to put socks over my hands to try to get me to stop sucking my finger!
