Wow! The summer went by in a big blur. I can't believe it has been 4 months since my last posting, but the pictures say it all. WE ARE MOVING!!! That would account for why I haven't posted in so long. We had talked about moving for a long time, but this really came up all of a sudden. There were certain things that we didn't like about our house: not enough living space, too close to busy road, sloped backyard and no backyard access from main floor. Of course there are many things that we really love about this house and will miss dearly: the great neighborhood and wonderful neighbors, the pool and playground 2 doors down, our finished basement playroom, our huge master bedroom and wonderful master bath with double sinks and glass enclosed shower and my WONDERFUL 2nd floor laundry room that I utilize most every day. But we will have to sacrifice some things to gain other things that we feel are more important. Our new house is on a quiet cul-de-sac which will be great for the kids, totally flat yard( walk right out to backyard), great screened porch, over 3000 square feet, huge bonus room upstairs, huge eat in kitchen, 3 living rooms, 2 fireplaces, 3 showers upstairs which will come in handy especially when the kids get older, and I could go on and on. We are very excited to get into the new house.It all started in July when Vince went running and saw an interesting house for sale. He told me about it, but I didn't really think much of it. Then he told me they had an open house on Sunday July 18th, so we thought we would just go take a look. Well, once we saw the house, we fell in love. We realized it had so much that we wanted in a house. We decided to meet with our old realtor, Wendy Callan to see if we could really afford it, and what she thought about us selling our house. Well, we put an offer in on 26 Ambleside Drive and put our home on the market. The offer was contingent on us selling our house. Long story short, we sold our house about 2 1/2 months later. What a pain to keep the house clean and have open houses every week, but we finally did it. We got the offer on October 11th. Now we are in the process of getting a closing date around Thanksgiving and hiring movers and packing. What a pain! But it will all be worth it once we are settled in. Andrew and Bella will still go the Jefferson Avenue school which is great. The new house is very close to our old one.
The kids are doing great in school. Andrew is in 2nd grade with Miss Masco and Bella is in half day kindergarten with Mrs. Gueli. Her adjustmnet to kindergarten has been great. Michael is doing great and his tantrums have cooled down. He surprises us every day with how well he is talking and putting so many words together to make great sentences. Christina is growing fast at 8 months old. She is rolling all over the house, not quite crawling yet. She is such a little sweetie pie! She is sleeping great at night now too.
