finally back

Finally back, but from our new house! Closing went well on Wednesday, after one small last hiccup. About an hour and a half before we were supposed to close, our realtor got a hold of us and said that the title company needed an original signature on our buyer's side, from their lender. In Cheyenne. It hadn't come in the mail that morning so their realtor was going to have to drive to Cheyenne and get it and come back. So closing got pushed back until later that afternoon. But it all ended up OK and we were only homeless for about 25 minutes. :)

Things are a mess around here- the carpet guys were here yesterday getting the new carpet in the upstairs bedrooms. It looks so nice. Got rid of the forest green carpet and got a nice light brown- it looks great in all 3 rooms. And man, it's so soft!! I like to walk on it barefoot because it's so soft! :) The cable guy also came yesterday but wasn't able to do anything because he has to bury all the lines and needed to find out where all the electrical lines were and all that. He said he'd come back today.

We got B's room all painted on Wednesday night before the carpet was changed, so we didn't have to worry about paint on the new carpet. We painted it a creamy beige color that will look nice with his new plane bedding we ordered from the Company Store. Today we got the upstairs bathroom painted and the downstairs bathroom taped and prepped. We also got a lot of the upstairs living room unpacked. The old owners still have stuff in here to move, so it's been hard to really get to unpacking since we don't have all the space we need. They are supposed to come tomorrow and get the rest of the stuff, so keep your fingers crossed.

The dogs seem to really like it here even though there isn't room for them to come inside yet. They like their built-in kennel with an inside-the-garage-kennel attached. The cats seem to be adjusting OK too. Ditka never had a problem- he walked around like he's lived here his whole life. He found a new place to hang out- on the roof!! He gets up there from the tree in the front yard. He's found his favorite nap spots inside, too. Charlie has had a harder time adjusting and has puked a few times, and hid in dark corners until today when she finally started coming out to check things out. This is her 6th move with me, you'd think she'd be used to it, but she is getting older now, so maybe that's affecting her.

Brecken likes it here too- he loves to eat outside on our back patio and hang out in the front yard playing. The head football coach's little girls (2nd and 4th graders) have been up to play with him a couple times, and when they ride their bikes past the house in the evening, he watches and waves. We got his big boy bed all set up in his room last night after carpet was done so now he can stretch out and lay however he wants. (It's a double sized bed.) He's a stretcher and mover when he sleeps and I think when he was in his crib he couldn't move around and that's why he slept so terrible. And when we took the rail off it, he would move so much he would fall out. So now with a double bed and bed rails, maybe he'll be all set!!

I haven't downloaded pictures from the camera for a while, so no pics tonight. I'll try to get some up soon!!