We found a house!!!

I am so excited I could scream! Today at 10:30am we sign the lease for our new house!!! It is gorgeous! It is a stone house. The exterior is a couple centuries old but the interior has been completely remodeled and it is stunning. Atleast compared to the other homes we had to choose from in our price range. It has 2 lounges (living rooms), a dining room, large open kitchen, 3 bedrooms, the master has an ensuite, 2.5 bathrooms, and it's 1400 sq feet. I love it! One down side is it's 3 stories and it has no yard. However there is a park a couple blocks down the street with lots of fun toys in it and a huge field next to it, we are also a couple blocks from the footpath that leads to the trail by the river. Also there is this dog park that is probably 10 acres all fenced in with forest and grass that Grace could run free in. Here are some pics of the house:

The front of the house. We have all the house including the pop out part and everything to the right of it.

The kitchen and living area with the dining room off to the right. Believe it or not there is a dishwasher in those cabinets by the sink. Fancy huh?

Upstairs living room with a little nook

Master bedroom with ensuite through that door.

Family bathroom, a shower is hidden to the left.

2nd bedroom, the 3rd bedroom is similar.

We have a view of this church right outside our windows.

our cool keys

We feel so blessed to have found this house. Believe me we were starting to feel worried that we'd be stuck in a cramped tiny house for 3 years. But luckily it fell into our laps.

We had some silly experiences while we were house hunting. Like, one landlord told us the neighborhood was very safe. The only thing that happens is that in the summer the gypsies would walk through the neighborhood and knock on your door if you have scrap metal in your yard and ask if they can have it. I can't believe they really have gypsies! I could legitimately say, "Those gypsies are back!" haha!

Another interesting experience was that the first house we saw looked large and nice in the pictures. When we went to go see it we realized why it was so cheap. It was literally 6 feet from the train tracks and right next to a rather busy road. While the letting agent was showing us this house we could see the train worker walk right past the living room window in his reflective vest. Later while we drove past it we saw a pay phone on one wall and a bench for passangers to wait at against another wall. When Matt asked the agent about the train she said, its just a passenger train so it just wooshes by. The previous tenant never complained. Matt then asked how often it passed by and she said EVERY HALF HOUR. Ridiculous huh? Needless to say we weren't that interested in that place.

While we were house hunting it started hailing! In June!

We also had fish and chips for the first time in England. We ate it in Newmarket in a shop that was run by an Armemian or someone of foreign descent. We probably should've had the kebabs and it would've been more authentic but the fish was super flakey and delicious. The ketchup was TERRIBLE! It must've been homemade or something but it was super tangy. yuck! Definitely not Heinz. Matt liked it though {of course he would, his taste buds are weird, he doesn't like chocolate :) }

Ketchup was squirted before I knew how vile it was.

Matty enjoying every bite

Yummm! Just a side note, I love malt vinegar on my fries and fish. Matty says it's disgusting and no one else likes it but me. I'll have you know that there was a bottle of malt vinegar on every table at this little shop.

We also got to go on a side trip to Cambridge. Wow, talk about stressful. Cambridge is a pretty large city, we didn't really know when we started driving there but as we were driving through all the traffic we realized it was a lot bigger than any of the places we'd been to so far. As we were driving into the city center we saw all of these signs for park and rides into the city. Matty thought we should do it but I didnt want to. wah waaaahhhh. Not a great idea. So we're driving in this city Matty's getting stressed cause we have no clue where to go and I keep telling him to go left or right just barely before the intersections and it's driving him bonkers. Then, as we are getting totally lost Matt informs me that he SERIOUSLY has to use the restroom and that he just might pee his pants. We look anywhere for a place to park and can't find anything. Then to top it off Ty is getting frustrated and has a meltdown. Ty's sobbing. I'm trying to find his binky from the front seat and trying to soothe him while Matt is stressed about having to use the restroom and being completely lost. We finally pass by a gas station and we pull in but they dont have a bathroom so we're left to drive on. Finally we pass by a McDonalds and he runs in while I try to cheer up Ty. We quickly got back on the road and drove straight home. As of right now Cambridge is not our favorite place. But while in the traffic jams and being lost we found this cool church.

Mom, dad, there are tons of these all over the place. But they're definitely not sports cars.

But Ty has been getting so big and doing so many fun things. Here is our section dedicated to our little man:

Sitting in the high chair while I make dinner.

Making faces

Ty standing.

What's up?

Mommy!!!

 

Standing unaided. 

Doesn't he look like he's praying? He's so cute.

Daddy son time. Just goofin' around

Again, I was not present for this.

Laughing at the doctor's office.

More fun.

Looking at daddy.