The Call!

On December 17th, we got the call from Carol, our Realtor! We have an offer on our house!!!! I couldn't believe it! Shocked doesn't even describe it. We countered their offer and they accepted it the next day. So on the 18th we officially went under contract! We have been waiting for 2 years (in February) and it amazes me how God's timing is perfect. This whole time we have been praying for the right people to find our house and they seem pretty great so far. They even called us on Monday and told us that we could rent back our house after we close on January 26th!!! An option I didn't even know existed! So we can have extra time in our home! Now we haven't discussed all the details yet, we may know more this week, but that would be amazing if we could at least stay here until the baby comes! We went looking for houses that were for sale that weekend and we just couldn't find the right fit for us. We kept thinking of Houston Ridge - the neighborhood we found last year that we actually had a contract on a house, but it went up because we didn't sell ours. There are only 35 lots in there. We were the second ones in the neighborhood last year! Now, well there are only 6 lots left!! 4 of which haven't been released so we were calling them trying to figure out if we could get one. Well, the day we got the offer, one lot became available. We thought we would get it, but it wouldn't accommodate a pool that we want. So, unfortunately we had to swipe a lot out from under someone who was under contingency and Christmas Eve we got the call that the lot was ours!!!! YAY!! We will have room for our little tribe! The lot itself is 1.5 acres! We have a contract on it and it looks like it won't be done until May! Yikes! But so worth the wait!! I'll take waiting for months if we can get exactly what we want. The kids are so excited and so are we. This will be an eventful few months! Here are some pictures of the lot

Lot 23 is a corner lot - not our prime location, but like I said there are only 35 houses in this neighborhood and this lot is in the back, so traffic shouldn't be bad on the road. But I will sacrifice location for everything else we get!
This is where the driveway will be and the house clearing - did I mention there are trees!!! I love wooded lots! It is just way to hot down here to not have shade!