Grateful!

It is 2 am and I can't sleep!

My mind is wandering in thanksgiving to God and to our new home!

CLOSING DAY

After a night of tossing and turning, we arrived at our new home to do our final walk through with our realtor

He went over some papers and then we headed down to the lawyers office where we were greeted by a lawyer who also happened to be from my church and who went to school with my brother

All the stress and anxiety melted for both of us!

The sellers agent showed up and gave us the keys ~ we signed some papers and within 20 minutes we were on our way

I called my mom and she screamed

I called my mom in law and she screamed

We did a few errands, picking up some cleaning supplies,  stopping to tell a friend of ours and then finally a stop back to our current home in disbelief that we just bought a house!

We drove by the house twice with both of us looking at each other and saying "that is ours and we can go in"

So we finally went in

My mom was the first to arrive followed by my little cousin who took the tour and was on his way

Then my  cousins husband arrived, took the tour gave us some advice on the neighborhood and left

By then my mother in law and brother in law came by

My mother in law is so cute she brought a broom, salt, bread and money!

Meanwhile the hub was walking from room to room in complete disbelief!

I so wanted the grating to be gone from our front door ~ and was very pleasantly surprised to know that it was only held on with screws!

However the screw drivers would not fit all the screws and it became a battle to get it off

Just then my friend arrived and was determined to remove the grating and after a bit ... did it!

Hub was still walking around in disbelief!

So then the hubs friend called to say he was driving by and that we must be in the house because the wreath was on the door... so he came too for a visit... which helped the hubby because all the guys went to the patio to chat!

Then who came through the front door but my other cousin with champagne!

So then my dad arrived with folding chairs and tree trimming tools!

He is so cute!

My mother in law decided to take a stab at cutting down a bush and before we knew it, we all took various cuts from trees and bushes!

My father in law is coming down this morning to trim and remove!

My Uncle who is superly duperly handy stopped by too and I gave him the tour which put me at ease when he said he really liked the house and that everything I pointed out was fixable!

In all the business of the day we (just the two of us) did not have a chance to sit down and realize what we just did (buy a house) until after my parents left ~ this is when we sat in the folding chairs at a card table and cried both realizing how blessed we are and how God brought us to this day. My hub said a beautiful prayer in thanksgiving for our blessing and then we came home... to my childhood home that I have lived in for 34 years!

I went to sleep at 9pm and woke up at 2 because I had to share my day and get it our so I can rest again!

The hubby and I are  still in shock ~ there is so much to do but we are so blessed to have the friends and family that we do that will be there for us during this time and always!