Officially Homeowners! My first visit outside in 2016 and surprise visitors! Jan 12

January 12 was a HUGE day for Doug and I! We had placed on offer on a house in River Ridge back in November and the things were moving along for us to close on January 12.

Once I was hospitalized, I knew it was hopeless for me to attend the actual closing. I was pretty sad. I know it just signing papers and not a sexy process, but it is/was my FIRST HOUSE. It was a big deal. I was pretty bummed overall. It was the first big thing I was bummed to miss.

So that morning as I sat in my pity party there was a knock on the door. (There are about 20 knocks every day so it was not a big shocker.) I invited the knocker in the room and the face that peered at me from around the door was a complete shock! It was Amanda! and then it was Ms. Liz (her mom)! I was completely shocked. See, Amanda lives in Houston and her parents live outside of Lafayette. Talk about brighten my day!

I am so pumped and excited to see them. They showed up on the best day possible. I was so bummed about missing the closing and then they showed up and made it an awesome day. We visited and hung out for a while. Then I got a video call from Doug at the house closing. Here is our official “house closing” photo!

Here is Doug signing all the papers x2+so much extra.

After the signing, Doug came to the hospital to be present for my first visit to the outdoors in 2016. I had finally been cleared to go outside in a wheelchair. Doug came to the room and we got my chariot ready. It was a chilly day.

Outside we went! It was a beautiful day! They let me sit in the sun and soak up the lovely weather. What a big day!! I had not been outside in 13 days. That does not seem bad, but it really was not great either. Fresh air! It was so amazing.

Sadly, when you are on bedrest you lost all your core muscles and after 15 minutes we had to go back inside as I could no longer hold myself up. SO sad, but its the truth.

Before we went inside, I wanted a photo with my surprise guests!

Thank you so much for surprising me! It really meant the world to me.

I also wanted a photo with our new keys! We officially owned a house together! Here we are as homeowners!

What a huge day! I still wish I could have been at the signing, but oh well. At least I had amazing surprise guests, got to go outside AND became a homeowner. Lots of great things happened. We are super lucky, blessed and honored!

Love and Hugs, Lizzie