I've totally slacked in the blogging area, but like I said, with good reason. We bought a house! We have been pretty busy getting settled in and trying to work and take care of a baby. We have been in our new house for a month now, and we love it! We have twice as much space as we had before, Kaylor now sleeps in her own room, even though our room is bigger than our old livingroom and dining combined. We can now park our cars in a garage, and our kitchen is ginormus! We were able to get our house thanks to Jeff's grandpa (Papa). Sine my credit has gone to crap, thanks to a investment deal gone bad, we needed someone with good credit along with Jeff on the loan. We asked Papa if he would be willing to be on the loan and live with us. Jeff and I talked with his mom and uncle and we all agreed that it would be a good idea to have him move in with us. Papa liked the idea too. So we set out and found this house. It was a short sale so it was a VERY drawn out process. We had to turn in 3 different offers the bank took so long. Well about 2 weeks before we were scheduled to close Papa had a stroke. He had to be intubated for 24 hrs and stayed in the hospital for 1 week. In the hospital the doctor kept telling us that he's probably only going to live for a few more days. We had 4 more days until we closed and it seemed a long way away. If Papa died we wouldn't be able to get the house. Well Monday came and Papa was alive and home at Mark and Rita's. Jeff was able to have Papa sign a power of attorney for the closing the day before the stroke. We went to the closing and everything went well. We are offically homeowners. So over a month ago we weren't sure if Papa was going to be around much longer, but he's still with us. He is bedbound now and will be until he passes away. Mark and Rita have been amazing. They take care of him, Jessica and on the weekends Kaylor too! They are two great examples of selflessness. We aren't sure still how much longer Papa plans on staying with us, but were sure glad to have had him around this long. He's had a very fullfilling 96 years on this earth, and we're excited to know that he and Grammy will be together again soon.
Since I'm posting this from my new i-phone I can't upload any pictures. Pictures will come later just wanted to give a quick update.
2 comments:
I'm sorry to hear about Jeff's Grandpa, but congrats on the house!! I'm excited to see pictures of it.
How exciting that you bought a house! Where is it? We will definitely miss you in Jackson this year, but we will think of you as we cut fruit and bagels!!
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