After a couple of long, intense and stressful months,
we have a home!!
We couldn't be more excited!
We casually started the house hunt back at the end of November, thinking we wanted to just get an idea of what was on the market. Well, that turned into a HUGE process of measuring the pros and cons of which state to live in (cuz around here you can choose), looking at foreclosures, trying to build, researching loans and interest rates, etc etc. Steve first showed me this house during the time that my mom was staying with us in January. So yep, Jaden was brand spanking new and we were not expecting everything to happen so quickly! This house was built as a spec home, so it's never been lived in and the builders were anxious to get it sold.
The past thirty days have been a whirlwind, but we feel so blessed to have things work out how they have and can't believe where life has led us! I've had more anxiety over buying a house than I have had over becoming a mom. For some reason, signing my life away to a 30 year mortgage has felt more permanent than having a child--backwards, I know. But I didn't get nine months to prepare to have a house. :) Hopefully I'll get more comfortable with the idea of having a mortgage, haha.
The major (and only) downside to moving is that we have to leave our ward. We tried really hard to stay, which should have been easy, seeing as how our ward boundaries take almost two hours to go from one end to the other, but somehow we missed it by a couple of miles. So a new ward it will be because apparently that's where Heavenly Father wants us. I'm just hoping I can have the same calling--as freaked out as I was to get it, I am SO sad to be released. Funny how that happens...
Anyway, we feel SO blessed and can't wait to have everything all settled in and get life back to normal! Jaden has been a trooper through the past few days, but I think he'd appreciate not being dragged around in his car seat all day, every day, to everywhere. He's also been a great helper as I've been packing, but I think he's ready for a little more attention. :) Steve is ready to be done with this because he's basically had to take care of EVERYTHING. I've tried to stay on top of things, but wow, I've can't believe how much effort, communication and paperwork it takes to buy a house. Steve handled pretty much all of it, and I'm so grateful for that. I think he'd be happy with not buying another house for a long while. And holy cow, I am so ready to never pack and move again! Well, maybe not never, but I'm just done with it for now. Over it. No more moving!
So we're happy that we've found somewhere we really like and hopefully will soon love!
More pictures to come soon!
we have a home!!
We couldn't be more excited!We casually started the house hunt back at the end of November, thinking we wanted to just get an idea of what was on the market. Well, that turned into a HUGE process of measuring the pros and cons of which state to live in (cuz around here you can choose), looking at foreclosures, trying to build, researching loans and interest rates, etc etc. Steve first showed me this house during the time that my mom was staying with us in January. So yep, Jaden was brand spanking new and we were not expecting everything to happen so quickly! This house was built as a spec home, so it's never been lived in and the builders were anxious to get it sold.
The past thirty days have been a whirlwind, but we feel so blessed to have things work out how they have and can't believe where life has led us! I've had more anxiety over buying a house than I have had over becoming a mom. For some reason, signing my life away to a 30 year mortgage has felt more permanent than having a child--backwards, I know. But I didn't get nine months to prepare to have a house. :) Hopefully I'll get more comfortable with the idea of having a mortgage, haha.
The major (and only) downside to moving is that we have to leave our ward. We tried really hard to stay, which should have been easy, seeing as how our ward boundaries take almost two hours to go from one end to the other, but somehow we missed it by a couple of miles. So a new ward it will be because apparently that's where Heavenly Father wants us. I'm just hoping I can have the same calling--as freaked out as I was to get it, I am SO sad to be released. Funny how that happens...
Anyway, we feel SO blessed and can't wait to have everything all settled in and get life back to normal! Jaden has been a trooper through the past few days, but I think he'd appreciate not being dragged around in his car seat all day, every day, to everywhere. He's also been a great helper as I've been packing, but I think he's ready for a little more attention. :) Steve is ready to be done with this because he's basically had to take care of EVERYTHING. I've tried to stay on top of things, but wow, I've can't believe how much effort, communication and paperwork it takes to buy a house. Steve handled pretty much all of it, and I'm so grateful for that. I think he'd be happy with not buying another house for a long while. And holy cow, I am so ready to never pack and move again! Well, maybe not never, but I'm just done with it for now. Over it. No more moving!
So we're happy that we've found somewhere we really like and hopefully will soon love!
More pictures to come soon!
