closed!

"without the empty of the doorway, there cannot be a house."

This adorable house?

It's ours!

We finally closed this afternoon, after several nerve wracking days of walkthroughs, scrambling to discuss issues we found last minute, and general first time home buying nerves and stress.

We didn't know what to expect this morning, having gotten no clear answers from either attorneys the day before, and only knowing that our final walkthrough would be right before our afternoon closing.  We woke up early and found that our agent was up even earlier and was already staked out in front of our soon to be home, waiting for the contractor and seller to arrive.  We met her over there and were so incredibly relieved to find all the issues we brought up had been fixed (or would be shortly).  We left with a huge weight lifted off our shoulders and a sense of ease heading to closing.  This meant I wouldn't have to do any work at closing!

Closing was actually kind of fun, we finally met our attorney in person - she was exactly how I imagined her to be, but I actually hated her much less in person than over email or phone!  She was a beader and jewelry maker and we bonded a little as we talked crafts and etsy.  She was quick and efficient going over all the documents Nick needed to sign, and much of the waiting around afterwards was due to the title company slugging around and dragging their feet.  Our lender, while a bore with business, is quite fun when taken out of work context and we adore our realtor.  We had laughs and jokes and cookies and iphone bowling and the seller's attorney was a dreamboat.  Nick even said as we left, "you totally have a crush on their attorney, don't you."  le sigh...

and now to finish packing (yeah I suck like that...) and big move this weekend!