Yay... We're not homeless anymore!!!

As most of you know, we moved to Alabama because Ryan was transfered to Redstone Arsenal, Alabama... Well, after a 2 day 13 hour drive (with each of us driving one of our cars), Ryan and I arrived in Huntsville on Sunday afternoon. We took a little drive around the post and were very pleasantly surprised at the beauty and size of the post! It is really pretty and almost feels like you are thrown back in time with nice manicured lawns and moms pushing their kids in strollers along the sidewalks. :) (This is VERY rare for most military posts we've been on) We were hoping to be able to stay on post, but unfortunately, that wasn't an option because they only had a 2 bedroom duplex, and we just have too much stuff for a 2 bedroom! ;) So, Tuesday began the crazy search for a house/apartment. We were originally wanting a house, but houses rent for about 1000-1600 for a basic 3 bedroom which is just too much for our budget, so we consigned ourselves to finding an apartment.



We wanted to find a nice, clean, and safe area and were really concerned if we could find something we liked that we could afford. The first couple of places we looked at were "scary" as I like to call it, (translation... everything is falling apart, your neighbors are less than desirable, location is in a bad section of town, etc...) but as we were driving to an apartment complex that looked promising, we saw a very nice complex and I looked it up in the Apartment Guide and saw that it was about $100 out of our price range, but Ryan said, why don't we just stop and take it look, so we'll have something for comparison. I said, okay, but it looks really nice, so we're going to fall in love with it and then not be able to afford it! ;)

Anyways, we went in and the Property manager greeted us and we found out there was a 3 bedroom available, and we asked her about the price and because of a sale and the fact that Ryan is in the Army, the price got knocked off by $100! ;) So, she started taking us around and showed us the 24 hour fitness room, billiard room, internet room, etc... which was very nice and accessible only by a keycard. The Apartment overlooks the pool and playground, and we have our own little deck and storage area which is really nice. The rooms are very large and the living room/dining room has an open floor plan with tons of space. The apartment hasn't even been lived in yet, so everything is brand new and so nice! It is so refreshing to have something so nice as opposed to the disgusting place we had in Texas with holes in the carpet and pink walls in Eli's room to boot! ;) We decided to go for it and we got approved and started the process! Then after a lazy day yesterday, today was the day we got our Eli back after him staying with both sets of grandparents for 6 days!!! We were so excited and after grabbing a little lunch at Cracker Barrel, we headed over to the Apartment, so we could pay all of the deposits and finalize the paperwork. We showed Ryan's parent's the complex and they really seemed to like it and were impressed by all the space... I don't have any photos yet to show y'all, but we are really happy with everything and the movers came yesterday and unloaded boxes and boxes of stuff! Ryan and I worked into the night trying to get some type of order in the apartment, and he even stayed up later than I did to try to get the living room and office ready for the cable/internet people to come today (they came, we have internet as you can see, yay!) So, we are very happy and once we get everything situated and everything spruced up, we'll be sure to forward you lots of pics! Talk to y'all soon!

Here's a pic of the outside stolen from their website... :)