Dylan acheivements at almost 20 months!

I was looking back at all my recent posts and they are all about selling our condo, buying a new house, and moving. I have left out the most important person from my posts recently and that is Dylan Ace. What a charming, yet feisty little boy! Here are some of his latest accomplishments:
-Talking better, repeating what we say such as, "bull crap, oh wow, no no, who hoo, hello, hi, bye bye, bat-e-ball (for basketball), meow, ruff, ruff, carter, dada, mama, grandma, and papa."
-Climbs on anything possible
-He has perfected his tantrum throwing
-Loves to play in the bathtub for almost an hour at a time.
-Likes to cuddle with mom or dad to go to sleep
-Loves walking up and down stairs (he refuses to go down backwards anymore)
-Loves to give hugs and kisses, will kiss all his characters in his books as well
-Loves to wave to people in church during sacrament meeting
-Stayed in nursery without mom for the first time
-When he sees a train he will say, "choo, choo"
-Gets up on the counter and waves at his fishy while saying, "hi fishy"
-Likes to feed the dog and fish twice a day
-Loves sesame street, barney (don't mention this to Bryan), oso, mickey mouse, handy manny, and baby einsteins.
-His newest thing is when he is walking in between Bryan and I holding our hands we count 1, 2, 3 and then raise him in the air. He now will say, 2, 2, 2 and wait for us to raise him in the air. He loves counting, but thinks every number is pronounced "2."
-Dylan is a happy child and loves being around other kids because they make him laugh!

Productive Morning

This morning I was called off work, so I figured I would put my energy toward accomplishing some packing. I was impressed with my progress in only a few hours.

New House Pictures

I was able to take some pictures today after I met with the inspector. The current owner is in the middle of packing and moving so try to look past the boxes and such. Hope you enjoy! We are so excited to move on to the next stage of our lives. It feels kind of like a new beginning. A new city, new ward, new neighbors, new house, new everything. We hope all of you will come and visit us and make your selves at home with us whenever you can.

Just the beginning...

Here is what we got packed today.

This post is for all of you out there thinking how awful I am to buy a house without my husband seeing it first. When I first saw the house I just had that gut feeling and knew it was the house we were supposed to buy. I offered to Bryan to wait until he was able to go see it, but told him we would probably lose the house to another person's offer. His response was, "I don't have time, just get it." So by all means I went for it and we made an offer. Come to find out as soon as the sellers had signed our offer they received another offer. Had we waited we would have lost this amazing house. Bryan and I went to see the house on his day off and he likes it just as much as I do which was a relief. I am hoping to be able to take pictures tomorrow after the house inspection and will post them for you all to see.

I better start packing!

Well, our offer was accepted and we are buying a house! Bryan is so amazing and trusting. He has not even seen the house we are buying, but is on board. He has tomorrow off so we are going to go and see the house, and I am sure he will love the house as much as I do. The last week and a half have been very eventful. We listed our house, are now under contract to sell it and close March 26th, and are also under contract to move into our new home and close on March 15th. The next month should be interesting, stressful, exciting, and very busy!

Eager

Well, I was a little too eager. Both of the houses we were going to offer on we found out are very close to closing already, so we are going to hold off. We are just going to keep looking and are hopeful that we will find a good one. We are just happy to have a solid offer on our condo!

Our prayers were answered faster than we thought!

We received a full price off on our condo today and they want to close on March 26th! We couldn't be any happier! We listed our house a week ago today and are now under contract! What a blessing! Bryan had the day off today so he was able to go house hunting with me and our agent. We found two gorgeous homes that we love and are going to put in offers tonight. They are both short sales that already have offers on them, but we are going to give it a shot. Here are a few pictures of our top choice. It is up on Traverse Mountain with outstanding views from all three (finished) levels of the home. It has a walkout basement and awesome deck on the main floor.

Good News

I got a phone call from my agent today and a girl that looked at my condo yesterday wants to bring her mom through on Sunday and then will most likely be making an offer!! I am so excited! Hopefully it will all work out and we will be officially on a new home search.

I wish a light would shine down from Heaven onto the house we should buy...

Monday, my agent took me to Thanksgiving Meadows and we checked out options to build a home. I loved them, but am worried that I would want too many upgrades and not be able to afford them. Today, my agent took be on the east side of I-15 to look at pre-existing homes. My husband had said that I would not like them because I just want a new home. Well, come to find out, he was wrong. I loved every house I looked at. My poor agent doesn't know what she got herself into by volunteering to help us. I am so glad she did though, because she is awesome and fun to be with. It is nice to drive back and forth to Lehi with a classy, fun lady who is patient and set on finding us a good home. Before today I thought that I would be putting money down on buying/building a new home, but now I can't after what I saw today. The homes were only a couple years old and looked brand new and had all the upgrades done already for cheaper that it would be for me to build a home and have only a few upgrades. Also the neighborhood is on a hill and has incredible views of Utah County! A new elementary school is almost completed too that maybe my mom will work at, who knows? First things first though, we need to sell our condo. It is now listed and on the market. We need a miracle though in this market. Please pray for us to sell our condo and find a great home in a safe neighborhood to raise Dylan and his siblings to come.

Dylan drove us to our potential new home/neighborhood

Ok, so maybe Dylan didn't drive us there, but today the family drove down to Lehi to explore housing options for us. Why Lehi you ask? Close to family, good neighborhoods, good schools, out of the Salt Lake Valley pollution, more home for the money, longer commute but worth it, Thanksgiving point, shopping, restaurants. My parents just bought a home in Lehi, my brother Darrin lives in Lehi, and my brother Scott lives nearby in Draper. In-laws live in Sandy which is not too far away either.

Mcathur homes being built 3 minutes off the freeway and close to Thanksgiving Point.

This is one of many styles to choose from. Homes are currently being built so we could help customize one the way we want to. I am excited to go through the model home on Monday with my agent and discuss options. At the base price, these homes are affordable to us, but that doesn't include air conditioning, upgrades, etc. So we will just have to wait and see if this is something we can truly afford.

We also drove around to look at pre-existing homes and found a few that we like that I hope to go through on Monday as well. Wish us luck on selling our Condo fast and getting into a great home that we can raise our family in!

I'm stuck!

Dylan loves to get himself stuck in small places. This is where I found him today! He is such a funny child!