Moving Day!!!

just when todd and i were ready to give up on selling our house last summer, and hero saved us in the form of an ecentric, bubbly lesbian named Darla! we heard about her after she sold rach & chris's hosue in 1 week so they could move to new york. they gave us her number and since our house had been on the market for over a year(since i was pregnant!) and after at least 50 showings and cleaning AND 2 newborns, our old realtor releases up and we signed with darla. long story short, the day she put up the new FOR SALE sign we had a showing that afternoon and a full price offer that evening!!! 30 days later we moved!

so after the shock of selling the day our house was listed and getting our full asking price, we had to find a new place-pronto! we looked EVERYWHERE! from ua to hilliard to grove city to westerville, again we were ready to give up with our agent said, you know, there are several houses in my neighborhood that fit your criteria, let's take a look there in reynoldsburg. our criteria for our "dream home" was:

1. QUIET street. after living on whittier right next to the post office, we were ready to say goodbye to mailtrucks, fire engines, traffic, and shouting passerby's

2. BIG backyard. as we only had a cement parking spot in the back, we really wanted a place for the dog and the twins to play

3. 3+ bedrooms. it was really important for us to be able to give rhys & kyle their own room eventually, especially cause they are twins, and a boy and girl, we wanted them to have their "own" space

4. 2 bathrooms. somehow i couldn't imagine sharing a bathroom with 2 teenagers or kids for that matter!

5. Studio/Playroom space. somewhere i could paint while still having space for the twins to be with me safely

before after! *notice the "windows" to my studio on

the other side!!!

we honestly didn't think we'd find that, especially with our limited price range, but like the "story of our lives" as soon as we were ready to give up, we found it! granted, there was bright blue carpet in the kitchen, it had our 5 criteria, even if it was in reynoldsburg! we found our dream home... and moved in nov 1st 2009