I convey about big news!

Hey ya'll. I receive got some exciting news. There's thence much going on to tell yous guys about. We'll acquire to the large materials inwards a minute. But, first, Ava turns a yr former on June 23rd in addition to I tin ship away barely believe it. Who knew yous could honey some other individual thence intensely?! 
And nosotros can't fifty-fifty conversate yet! Although she does tell 'TeeTee' (Tootie), dada, ball, in addition to duck. 
(Priorities, obviously.)

We took Ava on her get-go bird ride 2 weeks ago. We went to Utah for our niece's graduation. Ava looked thence cute (in the infant carrier situation, seen below) that it felt similar walking through the airdrome every bit a celebrity (Or thence Jesse said. I wouldn't know every bit everyone was staring at Jesse). The bird opportunity actually started out thence well, us giggling over how ridiculous she looked inwards the infant bjorn in addition to feeling similar nosotros could totally push clit off this traveling amongst spirited infant thing.

And then, past times the fourth dimension nosotros were almost to nation inwards Denver, Ava had cried through almost 2/3 of the trip, in addition to nosotros had experienced the most turbulent even out ride of our lives. 

And every bit if that wasn't fun enough, every bit nosotros were almost to land, Ava projectile vomited 3 times into my dark maxi dress. Three. There was barf inwards my purse, inwards my hair, inwards my flip flops...I exited the even out amongst a naked baby, belongings my puke clothes in addition to trying to comprise the disaster until nosotros got to the bathroom.

There were almost 100 people standing at the gate waiting to board the plane.

And thence nosotros had thirty minutes to select handgrip of our connecting flying to Salt Lake City.

It was only such a particular day, ya'll. 

She's pretty cute though, right?

So, Utah was beautiful. We had a actually proficient time. Jesse's parents flew inwards from Florida, in addition to it was groovy to hang out amongst everyone in addition to allow Ava crawl around in addition to endeavor to consume everything on Missy's flooring (his sis that lives inwards Utah).

All inwards all, a groovy fourth dimension amongst family, real rejuvenating, fifty-fifty subsequently the barf debacle. 

Also, Ava did totally fine on the even out ride back. Although, if you've ever flown amongst a infant similar mine, who only wants to crawl in addition to motion in addition to explore people's shoes, yous know that past times the fourth dimension yous acquire off of a 3 hr flight, all yous desire to create is become domicile in addition to play dead inwards your bed for 48 hours. 

But, yous can't, because yous receive got a baby.

It's intense, people.

But, omg, the honey runs deep.

Since we've been domicile it's been beautiful here, although actually hot (but, I honey that kinda weather) thence we've been spending a lot of fourth dimension outside, swimming inwards our 'above Earth pool'. 

Money can't purchase yous class. Elegance is learned, my friends.

And every bit of today, we've been spending a lot of fourth dimension sitting on patios in addition to going for walks at the commons because nosotros receive got to acquire out of our trouble solid thence that strangers tin ship away walk through it.

Because this is happening! 

Yep! I'll become into much greater item inwards my upcoming posts, but for now, all I'll tell is that nosotros constitute some other fixer upper inwards our dream location in addition to it was every bit good difficult to transcend up. So, nosotros bought it. We receive got thence much operate to do, in addition to volition basically survive starting over on a whole other trouble solid all the means across town!

I can't fifty-fifty tell yous how excited I am, in addition to I can't hold back to tell yous all of the details almost the novel place. There volition survive some crappy earlier photos, that's for sure. We only listed our electrical flow trouble solid for sale concluding nighttime in addition to receive got already had a few showings, thence I'm hoping it goes speedily thence that nosotros tin ship away acquire started on the novel place. 

 I know a lot of yous volition survive piteous to run into us leave of absence this home. And I know....I experience it, too. I volition immature lady this trouble solid thence much! It was our get-go house, the trouble solid where my spider web log was born, the trouble solid where Ava was born, the trouble solid where I went from historic menstruation 26 to 32 in addition to basically grew into myself. It actually inspired a whole novel direction for my life. It volition e'er survive thence particular to me. But, it's fourth dimension for us to motion on to an exciting novel chapter inwards our lives, in addition to it's fourth dimension for this trouble solid to inspire the adjacent family.

Thank yous guys thence much for next along throughout this chapter of my life. It's been such a gift to receive got this identify where I tin ship away tell people almost my life in addition to my home. I'm thence excited to invite yous into my adjacent domicile inwards the same way. It's in all probability gonna survive crappy in addition to ugly for awhile every bit nosotros slow breathe life dorsum into it, but I hope to accept yous along for the ride in addition to only allow yous behaviour witness to my inevitable pattern mishaps in addition to (hopefully) glories.

Also, Ava is (almost) one, in addition to I'm almost to receive got a lot of materials to percentage inwards regards to renovating our adjacent home, thence hopefully I tin ship away uncovering my means dorsum to existence a working adult woman amongst life goals (aka posting regularly).

xo,

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House selling updates!

Hey ya'll! Thank you lot guys therefore much for all of your encouraging words on end week's post and on IG regarding our move.
I'm therefore excited. 

And, it's been an absolutely crazy week. 

Our solid has been on the marketplace for half dozen days right away in addition to we've had 2-3 showings well-nigh every day. Since Jesse in addition to I both operate from domicile (and Ava 'toddles' at home), nosotros all convey to pack upwards in addition to travel out of the house...sometimes for 4-6 hr stretches. There are worse things to convey to bargain alongside inward this life, but omg did I walk roughly Target for a actually long fourth dimension today. 

We tin alone become to the green therefore much when it's 95 degrees outside. 

Ava in addition to I are a rattling pale duo.

So, yeah, lots of driving around, lots of store-perusing, lots of walks, nosotros went to a used majority shop in addition to got Ava some books. We also went downtown yesterday in addition to met my mom for a belated birthday dejeuner (my 33rd bday was on Monday).

I dearest this motion paradigm of Ava, simply eating her Cheerios in addition to watching us talk, enjoying the breeze inward her hairs.

And Jesse in addition to I were fifty-fifty able to larn a footling adult fourth dimension on my birthday, therefore yay!!! 

It's agency likewise hot to last inward the bath alongside a circular brush in addition to blowdryer, in addition to I experience similar most days I await equally if I've been dipped inward a deep fryer, 

so allow this motion paradigm alive on inward eternity. 

But, anyway, the solid hasn't sold yet. 

I could write a 1000000 to a greater extent than things afterward that sentence, inward a 1000000 dissimilar directions, but I've deleted every crusade at doing so.

Let's simply run across how it pans out, in addition to and then we'll talk. 

 Fingers crossed that past times the fourth dimension I write my adjacent post I volition convey a juicier scoop for you. 

It looks equally though nosotros volition closed on our novel fixer upper sometime slow adjacent week, therefore I'm hoping to convey some 'before' pictures of the novel solid for you lot guys soon. I'm therefore excited to closed in addition to brand it there. I don't retrieve we'll last doing whatever major renovations yet until our electrical flow solid sells, but I withal powerfulness brand it at that spot in addition to practise some paradigm in addition to planning...you know. 

I mean, I convey a baby, in addition to that makes absolutely nix logistical sense, specially since we'll withal last living inward our electrical flow domicile until it sells, but inward my mind's eye, I'm all upwards inward that novel home, staying upwards all night, going crazy alongside a paintbrush.

I'll proceed you lot guys posted. 

xo,

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How We Sold Our House inwards a Week (and the in conclusion identify tour)!

Hey y'all!
I receive got corking news! The forenoon after I wrote lastly week's post, nosotros got an offering on our abode as well as it is at nowadays nether contract! Thank you for all of your good wishes as well as encouragement. I genuinely appreciate it hence much! If you've been next along, you know that things receive got been a piffling crazy, amongst us buying our adjacent fixer upper as well as selling our electrical flow trouble solid all inward exactly a few brusque weeks.

After posting this moving-picture present as well as announcing our trouble solid was for sale lastly week, I got a lot of questions.  Several of you asked why nosotros would piece of occupation hence difficult on this trouble solid as well as finally complete it, alone to sell it a twelvemonth later. Well, I never talked close whatever of our long term plans on the blog, only because I didn't know how things would piece of occupation out, as well as also because fifty-fifty though nosotros ever knew nosotros would sell this home, nosotros didn't receive got a strict timeline inward mind. But, after Ava was born (and after nosotros got through the half dozen months of colic) as well as the trouble solid was finished, it exactly felt similar the correct fourth dimension to displace forrard amongst our plan. 

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piffling backstory. 

When nosotros commencement bought this trouble solid half dozen years ago, nosotros knew it wasn't our forever home. It was our commencement home. It was the alone abode nosotros could afford at the time, unless nosotros wanted something a lot smaller amongst no yard. It was directly from the 1970's as well as totally outdated, but nosotros were able to purchase it for actually cheap. And I hateful REALLY cheap. It had hence much potential as well as I knew that nosotros could become far something particular over time, actually relish living inward it for awhile, as well as hence hopefully sell it for a profit. I'm non actually certain why I stance that, equally I had never done whatever sort of renovating before, as well as I knew zilch close existent estate, but I'm glad I believed inward us as well as this house.

There were honestly times over the yesteryear half dozen years where I felt similar I had bitten off to a greater extent than than I could chew, but nosotros persevered through it as well as eventually finished what I had envisioned for this abode all along.

So, before this year, Jesse as well as I began to experience similar it was fourth dimension to displace on. We began actively looking for our adjacent project, something amongst tons of potential that needed a lot of work. Basically, nosotros were looking for some other fixer upper inward a dissimilar surface area of Knoxville, closer to my family. It took us almost half dozen months of searching, but eventually we ended upwardly finding 1 inward our dream location (on five acres!!) as well as purchased it. As before long equally nosotros had our novel trouble solid nether contract, nosotros listed our electrical flow trouble solid for sale. There was similar a shot a lot of involvement inward our home, as well as it was a crazy calendar week amongst 2-3 showings a day, as well as yesteryear the destination of the week, the trouble solid was nether contract, for nearly double what nosotros purchased it for half dozen years ago. So, I know it seems similar a crazy affair to do, to piece of occupation hence difficult on your abode alone to sell it, but it exactly made feel for our family, both financially as well as emotionally, as well as nosotros are actually excited to displace on to the adjacent chapter of our story. 

Our adjacent fixer upper needs a lot of work. I'll live doing things I've never done before, similar kitchen as well as bath renovations, as well as I'm excited. It's likely going to live actually ugly for awhile, as well as I tin almost guarantee I'm going to screw things upwardly on occasion, but I conception to receive got you guys along for the ride. Sometimes that's difficult to exercise because people tin live absolutely cruel when you part the ugly stuff, but screw the trolls, let's exactly relish the journey, ugly as well as all.  

Moving on amongst the story....I've never shared the outside of our trouble solid before on the blog, to a greater extent than oft than non for privacy reasons, but we're moving soon, hence feast your eyes on this terror.

I retrieve this moving-picture present is from 2010, the solar daytime nosotros moved in.

When nosotros commencement bought the trouble solid dorsum inward 2010, it had been on the marketplace for over a twelvemonth as well as had sat inward foreclosure for years prior to that. So, it likely hadn't been occupied for 3-5 years. And you could tell. We definitely had our piece of occupation cutting out for us.

 And hither it is today, 2016, correct before nosotros listed it for sale a calendar week ago. I'm pretty thrilled amongst how much improve it looks.

We didn't exercise a lot to the exterior, but nosotros did exactly plenty to freshen it upwardly as well as become far expect a piffling to a greater extent than updated (without having to pass tons of money). We gave the outside a fresh coat of pigment (Benjamin Moore Chelsea Gray), painted the reduce white, as well as painted the forepart door (Sherwin Williams Urbane Bronze). We updated all of the lighting, stained the deck to represent the house, as well as replaced the garage doors (The one-time garage doors didn't piece of occupation for the commencement 4.5 years nosotros lived here, as well as permit me exactly tell you, best coin I ever spent on this house...the luxury of existence able to force a push clit as well as drive your motorcar into your car-room!!!! I had no idea!!! Is this what the fancy people are doing?!?! Why did no 1 tell me?!!?). The landscaping was inward actually bad shape when nosotros commencement moved in, but over fourth dimension Jesse obsessed over our grass until it became a beautiful cushiony grass pillow. Not certain he actually nailed it amongst the bushes, but whatever, he gets a meg human being points for spending hence much fourth dimension out inward the hot sun, loving on our piffling yard.

So, that's the exterior. We've spent a lot of fourth dimension inward the yard amongst Ava recently, exactly crawling some inward the grass as well as enjoying all of our difficult work, as well as I volition definitely miss spending fourth dimension out here. I'm hence excited to overstep this beauty on to the adjacent family. I promise they volition relish it equally much equally nosotros did.

And now,  I'll present you guys the pictures of the interior that nosotros used for our trouble solid listing. The pictures turned out actually well, as well as the lensman used a much wider lens than I have, hence I retrieve this makes for a corking concluding trouble solid tour of this house. You'll likely teach a improve feel of what the trouble solid actually looks like, much improve than I was ever able to supply you with!


Dining room:

Entryway:

Kitchen:

I publish piffling bottles of sparkling H2O (I've never drank it inward my life.), took all my bass fish magnets off the refrigerator (hehe), topographic point a giant bowl of apples on the table, as well as opened a cookbook to a colorful page for the showings. I experience similar the details brand all the difference. 

Living room:
I got rid of most of my pinkish for the showings (and I won't live going back...it's a novel day) as well as opted for to a greater extent than blues as well as greens some the house.

Guest bathroom:

Since nosotros moved Ava's crib dorsum into our chamber long, long ago, nosotros staged her plant nursery equally a chamber (with 2 air mattresses as well as some extra bedding I had on hand), hence that people could come across this room laid upwardly equally a bedroom. It took me close an hour, but I actually retrieve it helped the trouble solid present a lot improve than if I had exactly left all of her infant junk as well as toys laying on the Blue Planet (like it is inward existent life). I mean, if they opened the closet, they withal got to come across the consummate infant gear debauchery, but hey, a daughter tin alone exercise hence much.

Office:

I dear how good the lensman captured the primary bedroom. You guys receive got likely seen this chamber a hundred times on this blog, but I've never been able to capture it this accurately. I volition miss this room hence much. Our novel primary chamber is close 1/3 of this size, but you can't receive got everything, girl.

 

I laid upwardly the piffling side room amongst a loveseat as well as styled it upwardly amongst whatever I could honour inward the house, as well as I seriously got kinda mad at myself bc it turned into a cute, functional piffling infinite as well as I was similar WHY did I never exercise this for the half dozen years nosotros lived here!? Such is life.

There's the side room. First fourth dimension it's ever been photographed good on my blog. This was the master primary chamber for this house, but they built on that huge add-on dorsum inward the 80's. I never did teach some to replacing that fan.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peek into Ava's 'room'. Turns out that piffling nook inward our chamber served a corking purpose afterall!

Master bathroom:

Entryway downwards into the basement living room:

Basement living room:

Basement bathroom:

Basement bedroom:

And that, friends, is the concluding trouble solid tour of this trouble solid we've loved hence much for the yesteryear half dozen years. I'm pretty proud of our piece of occupation hither as well as I'm hence thankful that I got to part it amongst all of you lot on this blog. It's been a actually amazing component of my life.

In other news, Ava turns 1 tomorrow!!! We volition live taking her to exercise her favorite activity, swimming, as well as I bought her a piffling cake to nail her hands some in. :)

Here are a twosome pics from Father's day. Jesse wanted to pass the solar daytime at the lake, as well as hence nosotros did. 

We lasted close thirty minutes as well as ended upwardly at a lakeside restaurant, but it was withal an amazing day. Splashing some inward the shallow destination (and excavation inward the sand) amongst her dad yesteryear her side is Ava's favorite activity, as well as Jesse seems to relish it, too. :)

Thanks for existence here, y'all. We'll live closing on our novel trouble solid early on adjacent calendar week as well as hopefully closing the sale on our electrical flow trouble solid inward exactly a few weeks. So, wishing us luck! Time to honour some movers. 

P.S. Because I tin alone fit hence much inward 1 post, if you desire to come across the before pics of the house, become to this post.

'Til adjacent time.

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