our first house

For the last 4 months or so gabe and I have been looking at houses. we have been hopping from apartment to apartment...seriously. we have lived in 3 different apartment complexes in 2 years. pretty much getting sick of having no space, no yard and throwing our money down the drain. so we spent the summer looking at house. we made offers on 7 houses. 5 didn't get accepted, 1 was a short sale that took 18 hundred years to get accepted and the other was our lovely house. We got a really good deal on it, but it needs some sprucing up...nothing that cleaning and painting can't fix. we are within walking distance to my sister...so when the twins arrive we will be able to help out if they need us. We close tomorrow, so hopefully everything goes according to plan. I'll post before and after pics as soon as I can!