Sold!

I've been looking forward to writing this post for several months now. As of today, we are the proud owners of only ONE home! We finally sold our old house & closed on it today. I've been hesitant to even mention that we were getting close for fear that I would somehow jinx it. This was the fifth offer we've had on the house. The previous four all fell through after negotiations for one reason or another, so it's been a frustrating process. We realize how blessed we are to have been able to go ahead & move into the new house while we were trying to sell the old one & are very grateful for that opportunity.

While I am in love with our new house & am glad we moved, selling the old one certainly puts me in a bit of a nostalgic mood. That was our first home, & it holds a lot of wonderful memories. In the three years we lived in it, we took on all kinds of projects, from painting rooms to redoing floors.

Our formal living room that was still dark paneling when we moved in
Our den where we hung out & watched TV
Painting the nursery
Jake & Mal's first roomReplacing the hardwood floors

Tiling J's closet
Putting new hardware on my kitchen cabinetsThat house will also always be special because our first memories with our babies are there. Here we are before taking them to church for the first time.
I have so many pictures of them in their bumbo seats in that kitchen. They were so tiny!
And, of course, I love all the shots of them eating in this window sill.
So we say farewell to our house on Goodwin Drive. It was a wonderful first home for us, & we hope that the new owners are blessed as they live there, just as we have been.