Moving on... literally!

I would say that I don't know how I let almost three months go by without writing something here, but we have been busy.... oh so busy.

I've been waiting for it to be official before I said anything here. Last April (yes, April) we listed our house for sale. We listed it on a Thursday and had multiple offers by the end of the first weekend. It was crazy, but not as crazy as the last seven months have been while we waited for short sale approval from our bank. Yes, we did a short sale. We've been so frustrated over the past several years watching the value of our home go down, down, and then further down! We were over 50% under water. We had a fixed rate mortgage too, not one of those risky adjustable rate mortgages. Anyway, after pumping thousands into repairs for that house, we decided to let it go. We bought it before we had kids, and who knew that we'd have triplets, let alone triplets who all have special needs of some sort. It just wasn't the right home for the size of our family or the needs of our girls. It makes me sad just to think about it. I had so many hopes and dreams for that house....none that we were able to make a reality. We sure tried though.

So it ended up taking seven months, two denials, and lots of drama from the bank before they finally approved us. I'm very thankful that we were able to get out from under that size of a mortgage. We feel like we simply rented an overpriced home for six years, not to mention the thousands lost on repairs. It's a bit depressing to think about the money lost.....

We moved out a couple of weeks ago and closed escrow on the old house this past week. We found a great 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house that has a living room, family room, plus a den, It's about 600 square feet less than what we had before, but it feels more spacious. It's also a one story. We were so sick of stairs....and sick of the girls falling down the stairs, which happened frequently. We stayed in the same school district so that the girls don't have to change their therapy/preschool programs. For that, we are thankful. Very thankful.

We do hope to buy again in a couple of years. We know the rules..... we need to wait at least two years before we can buy again after doing a short sale. We didn't want to go this route, but it felt like our only option to one day have the right home for our family. It was tough to leave all the memories at that house, but we're glad to know that one day, we can get enough bedrooms for the girls to each have their own. And we will never buy a two story house (and certainly not another tri-level) again!

And bonus... Now that we don't have that high mortgage anymore, we can afford some much needed therapy for the girls. That's going to be another post. (Star Center, Denver, CO...here we come!)

Now if only all of these boxes would unpack themselves. Moving with almost four year old (gasp!!!) triplets is your basic definition of insanity!