Ready, set, go!

Sign on the dotted line

Come sign away, come sign away, come sign away with meee.......

We signed our life away this morning.

Aaron signing away

We received our loan closing documents last night, so spent the morning at U of C signing and notarizing and promising to spend a lot of Aaron's paycheck on our mortgage for the next 30 years. We fed-ex'ed everything back to Savannah and hopefully they will all make it before the closing at 1 pm tomorrow. I have to say, it's weird doing all this through the mail. Seems less official somehow. However, I am extremely happy. I've always been good at ignoring the money/debt part and focusing on the enjoyment aspect. I cannot wait to move into that house. Of course, the music wafting up through our walls last night when I went to sleep (it was before 9 pm so I really couldn't complain) made me even more happy that we won't have to worry about that anymore.


Our own house, heaven.

Rest

They do sit still periodically.

Summer

Sure seems like it's here!

Jumping off the slide into the sprinkler

T minus 29 days and counting

That is how long we have left in Chicago. Crazy. Doesn't seem all that long now. We close on the house next Friday, so everything is progressing. Here's some moving related updates.

We sold our Camry this weekend. It was an amazingly easy process. We sold it over Craigs list and sold it to the 2nd guy who came to see it. I was a little sad to see it go. It was a great car for us. However, having it gone simplifies things for the move. We really didn't want a car without air conditioning in Savannah.

We also met with a guy this week to go over some life, disability and health insurance options. Since Aaron's group has a contract with the hospital, rather than working for the hospital, it's just like they're a small business. That means we have to find all that stuff ourselves. We both had a major headache after that meeting. I think we know what we want now though. It was so overwhelming to think about all at once.

So, now we're home bound (without a second car) but that's probably good. All (ALL???) we need to do now is pack. I spent the boys nap this afternoon tackling the basement. Scary!! I didn't realize how many boxes of stuff from my childhood I have to move. Oops. I'll sort it all out in Savannah. I'm probably 1/2 done with getting everything ready down there. We are going to have some massive trips to the Salvation Army in our future. Anyone need an old scanner? How about an old well used umbrella stroller with wheels that stick?

How did we get so much stuff??

Boys love corn

It's unanimous

Last trip to the boro (from Chicago)

We just completed our last weekend trip to Murphysboro from Chicago this last weekend. Next time, it won't be quite so easy to pop down there for the weekend. Currently, it is a 5 1/2 hr drive (or so). Next time we drive down there, it will just be to spend the night before heading on to Savannah.
We had a great time. The boys love playing outside there. Poppa Pete has made a great place for boys to play. They love all the paths and the planters. Byron also loved removing all the mulch from the planters and spreading it around the yard.

They also had a great time at the park
The bugs under the slides were especially exciting.A ride in the tractor train by dad.

Good time had by all.