Home is Where the Heart Is

Guess what.  We are homeowners once again!  It has been such since late September, but settling in has taken quite some time since we both work full time, have two kids, and now, two cats!  I believe it was in July that our condo in Omaha sold, and the whole process was pretty painless, which was a great relief.  So, we then decided to start looking for a place to buy as our rental was growing smaller and smaller by the day.  Our agent, Micki Trotter with Woodward Real Estate, was wonderful.  She was available almost any time we asked, even taking time on the weekends to show us properties.  I believe we physically saw maybe 5 or 6 houses, the one we purchasing being probably the 4th.  I remember when we pulled into the driveway thinking "This has to be way over our budget!"  The space we needed was there, but we didn't realize it until asking to view it a second time, when we were thinking of making an offer on it.  It is 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, has a formal living room, kitchen and dining room combined, a family room, a partial basement with a safe room, and a two car garage.  Oh, did I mention that the back yard is probably 75-100 yards long?!  We are planning to fence it in the future.

Oh, and I mentioned two cats, didn't I?  Yessir we now are proud owners to two crazy 5 month old kittens!  The first one is black and white and Emma named him Pom-Pom!  Coincidentally enough his favorite toys are pom poms!  The other is mainly black with a little white on his stomach and we named his Smokey, or "Mokey" as Olivia likes to call him!  They are brothers and are absolutely crazy during the evenings.  I think the girls play with them more than they do the toys the got for Christmas!  I was nervous that for a week or so that Nick was starting to develop an allergy to them, but it turned out to be just a cold.  The are doing great using the litter box and just all around. 

Soon I will take a minute to take some pictures of the house and kittens to post here!