We got to Cedar Rapids on the Thursday, January 3. My parents got to Cedar Rapids on Friday, January 4 at 3 o' clock. By the time they got to the apartment we were renting it was 3:30. We had an appointment to see a house at 4:00 so we rushed them to come with us to see the house. When we got to the house, my parent wondered why we wanted to see the house that was already sold. Well, we told them we wanted them to see the layout of the house. After an hour of walking around in the house, we finally told them our news . . . Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! It was us who bought the house!!! My parents had a no clue . . . even after an hour of chit-chatting with the agent . . . they still had no clue . . . they thought we were just trying to get informations and prices. They were shocked beyond shocked!!! Anyways, on January 7, we closed escrow on our very own house!!! It was an unbelievable day as we signed papers and got the key to the house!!!
The next day (Jan. 8) was an exciting/busy day because the movers came with our stuff that morning and that night we got to unpack stuff and slept in our house for the very first time.
Back to the Surprise . . . . . . . . still at this point no one knew we bought a house. On January 9, my sister and her boyfriend came to visit us and they found out as they were brought to a new house rather than an apartment. That night, my brother and his family came and again they found out then. It was exciting surprising them with our little surprise :o) - hee . . . hee . . . hee!
Anyways, it all started back in October when we visited Iowa, we looked at houses and fell in love with this particular house. In November, we made an offer and our offer was accepted. We were way beyond EXCITED!!!!! We wanted to spread the news but felt we should wait till we closed escrow to spread the good news.
To me, our house is our DREAM HOME! It's what I've always wanted in a home and more. It's a brand new house, it has 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 bath, a den/scrapbook room, a stainless steel kitchen with an island, a deck outside the kitchen, a walkout basement, my very own walk-in closet, a beautiful view all around the house, a 3 car garage, a kid's toy pantry, a 800 square foot of storage room/game room and just tons and tons of space. It's in newly developed quiet neighborhood and throughout the house, there are big, big windows where you can look out and enjoy the view! Let's just say . . . . I LOVE IT!!!!
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I was surprised but knew something was up when we got to the apartment and the refridgerator was empty. With mom around, the fridge was bound to have food in it.
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