We Moved!

Finally! Things have been really busy and a little stressful so I haven't posted anything for a long time. We were planning on moving into our new home the middle of May. We were packed and ready. We had renters ready to move into to our house. Our new home was finished and waiting for us to close and move in. Well, that is a lot easier said than done. It may be a great time to buy a house but it is definitely not a good time to get a loan. We were put off day after day and then week after week. It seems strange to me that it took 7 months to build our house and we met with the loan company at the beginning and started the process but when it came time to getting the final approval for our loan it took almost 5 weeks. They originally told us it would be 3-5 business days. I can't even begin to explain all the dumb things we had to do. It was a very frustrating month.
Our renters were being so patient and were willing to wait for a week or two but it finally came time to let them move in. We begged and pleaded to get our loan done in time so we didn't have to move everything twice, and go stay in a hotel for awhile. And this whole time our house is done and just sitting empty.
We moved out of our house last Friday. The day before we moved we were told we had final approval. It was good news but the frustration had kind of taken the fun out of it. Geoff went by that night and made sure the back door was unlocked and actually took a small load of stuff over. We knew it would fund in the morning. We had signed all the paperwork and just had to wait for that phone call to say we could have the keys and start moving in. We felt we had been inconvenienced enough and decided to just move in that morning while we had help and trucks. Our renters were starting to move in that night and I had to get the carpets cleaned sometime between. The builders did get upset with us but we justified it and everything did work out. They got paid and we got the house.
So I just had to document all that we went through to finally get to move in but I also want to say that we are loving out new home. There is still much to be done and we don't really feel put together yet but that will all come soon. It is a great feeling to finally be here!