First Day of First Grade

Are attempt to find a house and get moved before school began in Alabama had failed so Ella started first grade at Glendale. We attended orientation

and school began the next week on August 23rd. She had a great teacher, Ms. Gielo and and a class full of her friends.

Eric was able to be there. He made her a special breakfast

and he got the honor of walking her in on her first day.

We ran late so Eric took her picture beside her door. HA!

She had a great day and was thrilled to be in first grade.

We also got a response to our offer. Yea! Well, not quite. They did not give an inch on the price and were only willing to pay about half what we were asking for in closing costs. Wha? I thought they were trying to sell this house! Eric and i talked and the house was great. It was a great neighborhood, it had room for us to all live upstairs and the basement was framed and just needed to be finished. If we finished it we would have a huge house with great spaces and hopefully after updating here and there we could make a little money when we went to sell. It had great bones. So we were still excited about trying to reach a deal. We talked to the realtor and she suggests getting an inspection so we can show the bank how we arrived at our offer and what all needed to be done to the home. We get the report and it didn't show anything we didn't already suspect. Per the banks request we sent in our highest and best offer. Then we were back to the waiting game. I continued to imagine how i would place my furniture, how we would finish the basement and which DIY project i would try first. I thought all my blogs would turn into before and after photos. Hopeful and still waiting.