cautiously optimistic

We have a new contract on our house!  Woohoo!  We received an offer on Monday around lunchtime, made a counter offer that afternoon, then heard back Tuesday afternoon that they accepted!  They are having the house inspected Thursday, and there is still a chance this could fall through like the other contract did, but we're hoping for a smooth ride to closing.  I am headed out with the realtor this afternoon for some house hunting since our top few choices from before have sold.  Can't wait to find a great house!

Since there's no guarantee, we're still showing the house and happen to have one today at 11:00 am.  I told Palmer we aren't quite done with our crazy cleaning sprees so he decided to help me out.

What?  This isn't how you dress for vacuuming?

Workin' hard. . .

Don't forget the living room.

Taking a break to tweet at some birds out the window.

A more unconventional method. . .

He loves to play with this toy vacuum!  Who doesn't like a vacuum that talks?  On a trip to buy buy baby yesterday, his Grammy also just bought him a mini broom, brush, and dustpan set that he proceeded to "clean" the whole store with.  If we could just increase his productivity. . . ;)