Update

Well we supposedly should have keys by Friday...although I am not trusting Bank of America (BOA) as far as I can throw them.  To say this has been an easy process would be a lie.  From the beginning we have had our challenges.  Here is our timeline that did NOT go smoothly for our relocation:

• May--find out Luke is taking a position in New Jersey--dreadfully had to tell our family this one--winner of one who took the hardest initially--My mom
• June--we put the home on the market--this actually was the easiest process of all--road bumps on this--interviewing realtors that DHL approved.  We really wanted to enlist our friend Denise, but because of these strict rules we were unable to.  I am sure she would of made the process easy for us.
• June-September:  showings upon showings upon showings.  We showed our home over 40 times in that span--downfall of this--I was pregnant, Luke was traveling, and I had a 2 year old with a lot of energy.
• September--Gia is born AND home gets sold all in a matter of few days apart.  Nothing like welcoming our beautiful baby girl into the world and having an offer put in while in the hospital.
• November--going away party and Thanksgiving--my last Thanksgiving (unless my loving family wants to take a trip up to us and celebrate--come one we have the Thanksgiving Day Parade to entertain everyone)--this was hard to say goodbye to our friends and family again.  Another bad thing--my mom being disappointed that the going away party was not a surprise 60th party for her.  Sorry mom!
• November 29th to January 1st--hotel living at its finest.  Celebrating Xmas in a hotel is not fun--although if I celebrate it McCauly Caulkin style in Home Alone I do not think I would of been sad.  January 1st at 2 AM--had to say goodbye to Kristin--that was a very hard day--Note to Kristin--saying goodbye to you and Kim was very hard for me--you two are very important to me and my girls life---I promise to always make sure that we keep the special bond between all of us and that Gia and Tessa stay connected to her two aunts back in Ohio and Aunt Trisha in California...its very important they know and love their aunts who are special and strong women for them to look up to.
• January 1st--departure for New Jersey Day--winner of who took it the hardest that day--Kim and Melissa.  Actually short story--we were packing up and Kim had not come yet and I literally thought we were not going to get to say bye to her--I had a moment where I needed to walk away because I truly started to cry.  Reality had set in.
• January 1-3rd:  Tony visits with us for a few days after helping us move out here.  It was fun having him around and showing him briefly New York City.  Winner for Most Excited to visit Little Italy--Tony.  PS--tony bought Ella a little statue of liberty souvenir which proceeded to break on the plane--well she still has a little memento.  
• January 5th:  home searching began--saw about 10 homes in one day--found our current home and another we really liked.
• January till present--offer, contract, inspection all went relatively smooth with a few hiccups along the way.  Now we are at the BOA (mortgage) area and this has been any thing but fun.  FYI for future home buyers, do not use BOA.  I really have nothing good to say about them at all.

So here you have it, we are hoping to be in by Friday but you just never know.  If we are in, I will post pics of all the rooms before and then I will do an after.  It should be a fun process.  What Luke and I want to capture on tape is the movers pulling up with a semi and another half truck and figuring out how all that crap is going to fit in this tiny home.  For those of you who had never been to our home in Ohio it was about 3400 square feet and had a huge unfinished basement and three car garage.  Our present home is 1600 square feet including the finished basement and has a one car garage.  Lets just say that a huge garage sale is in order.