We're moving!.....in July.....

Home Sweet Home

We have been planning to move out of our apartment when our contract ended on August 1st, and once we found out we were expecting baby #2 in September, it became even more essential. We have just outgrown our current apartment, even though we have enjoyed living here (for the most part) for what will be 2 years when our contract ends. We have had our eye on a nice townhome in Provo (under the same management as we have now), and there were a couple of units sitting open for the last few months. We tried selling our contract, but didn't have much luck. Then after a month or two of trying to sell our contract, we found out that both of the units were taken, and I was really bummed. They told us that there was a unit that was going to be opening up in the same complex at the end of July, which is when our contract was ending anyway. We looked around at some other places, but we just had this other place in the back of our minds. We kind of compared everything else we looked at to this place. Even though we could have moved in to the complex when our contract ended August 1st, I really didn't want to be moving just a month before I'm due. I felt like it was going to be really stressful to get everything settled in time, and I just didn't feel like a month was going to be enough time. I also didn't want to cause such a big change for Malea so close to when the baby was going to be born. When we found out that the two open spots got filled, we decided that we would just go ahead and wait to move in when the next unit opened at the end of July (even though I didn't want to). I was talking to Keith today about how I wished we could at least move at the beginning of July, because that extra month would give us more time to get settled, and I wouldn't be as big (7 months along as opposed to 8 months along....not a huge difference, but a little bit better).

So the point of this story is.....

The management called us today and told us that the people who were moving out at the end of July decided that they wanted to move out a month early! They would be moving out at the end of June, which means we could move in July 1st! It was so exciting, and felt like it was meant to be. It was just so funny how I had just told Keith today how I wished that we could move in July instead of August, just because one extra month would make a big difference. And then we got that phone call! And because we would be moving in within a month of when our contract was going to end anyway, they aren't going to make us find someone to take over our contract (and since we are moving in to another one of their properties). So we are going in tomorrow to sign the contract for our new place!

Here are some pics of the inside that I took from the management's website:

I am excited that we have a plan, and that we know where we will be moving. I'm also excited to have a dishwasher again! :) We are going to miss our neighbors and especially our ward, but it will be great to have a little more space for our ever-growing family :)