Josh would answer that by saying I made us move... Which is mostly true. But I had good reasons for it. I was pregnant with our 6th kid. The house we were living in had 3 finished bedrooms. We talked about just finishing the basement, but we were planning on just one bed room in the basement, and we were concerned that it would be to small for two teenage boys (you know down the road). We also looked in to expanding the house upwards... Getting rid of the vaulted ceilings in the great room and putting in a couple of bedrooms there... We even had to contractors come out to give us a bid... But I guess they didn't think we were serous, because they never came back with a bid...
So now it is early January 2010 and our 6th kid is on the way and I began to think that we might need more room... And after much convincing of Josh we headed out to look for a bigger home... We found MANY!!! We liked lots, and even started to love a few. Each home we looked at had to have 4 bedrooms minimum, with room to finish more. But for one reason or another they all fell apart. We put an offer down on one home, and never heard back from them... Really! In this market! So we set out again and found another home we liked a lot... They got back to us and said they wanted more money!!! So we looked again... And we stumbled on a FANTASTIC steal!!! Really!!! I know that we were suppose to move to this house (even though we had some hesitations). Every thing worked out just perfect for us to buy this beautiful home. And we have been living here happily now for 13 1/2 months...
This great home came with a finished basement! And 6! Yes 6 bedrooms!!! With 6 bedrooms only 2 kids had to share one room. We put the little girls (Savannah and Catalina) together, because we thought they wouldn't really like their own room anyways... But here it is 13 1/2 months later and Ben still sleeps in Josh Jr.'s room with him, and now Brooklyn has taken up the chant that she too is scared and can't sleep in her room! She slept a few nights on Josh Jr.'s floor, until he decided that one roommate was enough and kicked her out. So tonight she is sleeping on the floor in the little girls room... So I ask again... Why did we move??? We have TWO spare rooms right now!!! TWO! Maybe we should move Brooklyn and Ben into one room to share since they are the two that are afraid to sleep alone...
I have a feeling that as Ben and Brooklyn get older they will begin to appreciate having their own room and will go back to sleeping in their own rooms. They will want their privacy - sounds like Josh Jr. is heading in that direction!
ReplyDeleteWhy DID we move? Oh yeah ... 7-year itch on the other house. :)
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