Our New Home---well, almost

It is official. We are under contract! We are expected to close on Kaitlyn's 1st birthday! This is such an exciting time for us. I just hope all goes well during all the inspections and the rest of this process. This house hunting process has been very stressful for me. I just get so worked up over everything. Things are getting much better though. This house seems perfect for our family, and it helps me to feel much better. Steve and I have spent a lot of time praying and trying receive direction in buying a house. It seems the Lord has answered our prayers. Here are the specs on the house: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (master bath!), just over 2400 square feet, everything updated, a peach and apricot tree in the backyard, and the backyard neighbors are horses. When we went to the house to take a second look we brought Kaitlyn and she about died when she saw the horses. She was so excited. It was so cute to see her get so excited. I know that she will love being in a house. She will have more room to move around. Our place now is just so small for the 3 of us. It is amazing to think of everything that has happened in the last year of our lives. Last year to this exact day I was hoping and praying to deliver. I thought it would be so cool to have Kaitlyn on 08/08/08. That day came and passed, so I thought 8/18/08 would be cool, but that day passed too. By my due date I was working minimal hours and I was getting anxious about using all my PTO up and not having as much after I delivered. So, I set up my induction for exactly one week later not realizing it was 8/28/08. I was actually kind of excited that it was still a lot of 8s. I am not obsessed with 8s, it was just that I thought it looked cool to have them all there. When I had Kaitlyn, Steve and I had no plans to buy a house a year later. However, we have been able to pay off all our debts and the economy has made the housing market much more affordable. Last January we decided to really set our minds on preparing to buy a house, and now we are where we are at today! Our apartment has been perfect for us, but a baby has really made it cramped. I am excited to be able to do whatever I want to our house. I just hope and pray all goes well as we are under contract and no big issues come up that we aren't able to fix. Wish us luck!