A New Home!

I drove to Covington, LA two weeks ago to house hunt. I looked at 38 houses in two days and narrowed the list to 7 houses for Jason to see. It was a pretty exhausting process but thankfully it was due to the fact there was a lot of good options. After Jason saw the 7 houses we narrowed it down to three and made an offer on our favorite- which we thought might be a long shot. They countered once and we were able to make a great deal! The next day we had the house inspected and it got a clean bill of health. Evidently after Hurricane Katrina there was a big problem with Chinese drywall so we had to make sure our house didn't have it. So we are currently under contract and set to close on December 8th! We are really excited. Here are some photos:

We are excited to have a fenced yard for Dopler- it will be quite a new experience for him! Though Jason it not too excited to mow a yard. The house needs blinds throughout, the carpets cleaned and a bit of painting but other then that it is in really good condition. It is 3 years old with 4 bedrooms and a bonus room for Jason to use as a home theater room. We are moving out of the apartment in Houston today and spending the long Thanksgiving weekend with Jason's parents. Then we are off to live in a Residence Inn in Covington for 10 days or so until we can move in to the house. Jason's first day of work is December 1st. Dopler will stay with Robert and Judy to avoid too much change for him and his sensitive nature. He is doing better but we don't want to back track at this point. We saw him excited for food for the first time in almost 6 months last week!