The Veldmans: What an exciting week

It has been a very busy and exciting week. Two Fridays ago we met with our realtor and signed papers to put our house on the market. Last weekend Mema & Boppa were nice enough to stay home from the cabin to help us actually get the house ready. It's amazing how much crap you accumulate in your house that you never use. Needless to say, there were two large garbage cans fulls and multiple boxes sent to Goodwill. We took down lots of pictures and "depersonalized" the place as much as we felt comfortable. I still wanted it to feel like our home. After a long day of cleaning, packing, throwing away, and some take out chinese we were all exhausted. We finished up a few things on Sunday, and the photographer came on Monday to take pictures. It actually feels nice to be living in a very clean and organized house. :)

The house went on the market sometime Wednesday, and we had our first two showings on Friday afternoon. By Friday evening we were told that an offer had been sent to our realtor, and that the other people would be submitting an offer on Saturday. WOW...who would have thought?!? We got both offers by yesterday afternoon, and signed an agreement last evening. God is good!!! Now we are just praying that the appraisal of our house comes back at the purchase price. We will most likely not know anything until next week. We would be closing at the end of June, but have the option to stay here until the end of July if we have not found something. I'm hoping that the "perfect place" pops up on the market very soon. We never expected things to move along this quickly, and are so grateful (and a little overwhelmed I have to admit). I will breath a little easier and be even more excited once we get the appraisal done.

We did find some time to have a little fun this past week between the house stuff and working. Ava and I got to have a play date with Cora and Kristi. Ava loves Miss Cora, and spends a lot of time calling her on her pretend phone. We spent a gorgeous morning at the park and had some lunch before we went our separate ways for nap time. It was so great to see them and catch up. Thanks for a fabulous morning ladies!

This week will be pretty low key, as I'm working 4 out of 5 days (for some silly reason I picked up a Friday shift for somebody). So, Ava will be spending some quality time with her friends at day care. Uncle Wes & Janna will be coming over next Saturday for their first adventure in babysitting. We have our friends Brian & Marissa's wedding, so they are on babysitting duty. Say a little prayer for Ava. :)

Helping Mommy do a little baking. Ava has become quite the little helper

I would love just one picture where both girls are looking at the camera. This is the best I could do. Cora was such a lover and so full of hugs this day. So sweet (and how cute are those pigtails of hers)!