We are officially homeowners!

Yes! I can't believe it's true, but it is! Yesterday we met with our realtor at the title agency and signed all the necessary paperwork for the house to be ours!! Our friend, Carol watched Kira for me so we wouldn't have to worry about her during signing (this girl is mobile now and likes to get into EVERYTHING!). The only monkey wrench in the whole process was that we had a "dry closing." A dry closing is when there is one piece missing for the settlement to be completed. In our case, we were lacking the lawyers signature on the Hud sheet. It was a little frustrating, because they were given the paperwork on Friday but it still hadn't been signed when we went to the settlement table. But it all worked out, because our realtor called us today and informed us that it had finally been signed and we got our key to the house, along with the Hud sheet and check for the extra money we had brought to settlement.

So now, the real fun begins...I called PSE&G today and they are sending guys out to mark the gas lines for us to dig (we need to fix some things with the plumbing) and tomorrow I am sending the Hud sheet to our tax guy so he can make an ammendment to our taxes and we can get our 8000 tax credit for 1st time homebuyers this year. Tom drove over to the house tonight right after work and was working on getting the gas dryer in and changing the locks. My Dad and Grandpop kindly came over and lent a hand as well! Wow! We are truly blessed to have so many handy family members that are willing to help us! Will be posting pictures soon...