The Wait is Over

For all of you who have been keeping up with us through our blog you will be happy to know that the house finally has a contract on it!  We got two offers this weekend and had a signed contract by 6 o'clock Saturday evening.  I cannot tell you what a huge relief this is for all of us.  Not only did we not want to have two mortgages but we needed to sell this house in order to release Matt's VA eligibility so that we could get a VA loan on the new house.  In case anyone doesn't know, you don't have to pay PMI on a VA mortgage and it saves us tons of money each month:)

In other news, we spent the weekend at Scott's lake house.  It was our last chance to enjoy the peace and quiet of Lake Wateree near Rock Hill, SC.  It was absolutely beautiful and incredibly hot.  We could barely keep Addison off of the "spaceship", known to everyone else as a jetski!  She ran and played and swam all weekend long.  Michael was very close behind.  He has taken two steps in a row and I have a feeling it won't be long until we can't keep him down at all.  I think that all the fun we have had this summer at the lake has almost convinced us that one day we need to have a house on the water.  Watching Addison run down to the dock and Michael take an afternoon nap while floating in the lake has me convinced that they are truly at home wherever there is water.

The move and travel plans have been finalized.  Dad is going to be flying into Atlanta on August 8th and we will pick him up and head to Tennessee to stay the night.  We should leave bright and early (actually before bright and early) for Texas.  I am hoping that if we leave early enough the kids will get a few good hours of sleep in the car before breakfast and we can get a few hundred miles of highway behind us.  It should take only one day thanks to the DVD player in the new minivan:)  I am still not sure how long we will be staying.  After talking to our real estate agent in TN it seems like we should be closing on the new house by the end of August rather than early September.  I am anxious to get into our new home so that we can hopefully be settled by Michael's 1st birthday.  That's right, I said Michael's birthday!  Can you believe he is already almost one?  Where does the time go?

I can't wait to see all of you!  I will write and update again soon!