I've been in packing/organizing mode the last few days, getting things ready for the beach & getting things ready for the move. This even means I've been organizing our computer files, dumping old images off our 1/2 dead laptop onto the desktop & clearing out my phone. I feel like I have 8,000 things to do this week. Here is procrastination at it's finest:
I want to laugh & cry at how drastically different our lives have changed in the last 24 hours, of course, I knew, but I didn't know... if you know what I mean. Still, it was a very welcomed birthday surprise.
On Saturday I sent Adam to do our grocery & toiletry shopping. On Sunday I counted the days. On Monday I plugged my cycle into an online due date calculator & as soon as I saw January 7, 2013 - I cried. My Grandma's birthday.
We found out on my 27th birthday, after dinner with my parents & a quick trip to the drug store, that baby #3 is on it's way. We are thrilled, shocked, excited & absolutely over the moon.
Warning. I have a lot to say so this could easily turn into a novel.
This month has been crazy busy & completely insane for us. Mason turned two ::cries:: & we celebrated Easter, both of them. My baby, is two. TWO. When Anna turned two we had a three month old to cushion the blow of that 'certainly not a baby anymore' milestone.
I'm booked, Adam is working overtime & the puppy? Oh... the puppy. I'm glad we got her when we did because it was in fact, the final words - we'll get a puppy now so that it can destroy this carpet & not the carpet in our new house that sealed the deal. Lola is now 30ish pounds, about half of what she'll be. She's house broke but a constant reminder of our muddy backyard.
Speaking of the new house, on Sunday, March 25th, we met with the sales manager at Ryan Homes. We signed papers & locked back into our build plans. Shortly after finding out that our loan wasn't going to be approved last fall, we also lost our home site & our contract voided. We were refunded in full & our plans to build were put on hold. Throughout the last few months we have watched the market, we have walked through a couple older homes, we have been completely unsure of what we were going to do.
Unhappy with the prebuilts in our price range - our desire to build was confirmed, only now, the community that we originally wanted had sold all of their lots. We nervously awaited the grand opening of a newer community, knowing that since it had a pool & ammenity center, that it most likely had a higher pricing structure & HOA fees. We were correct & not only was it a significant jump in price, but they no longer offered the floor plan we had been dreaming of. For a few weeks we were at a complete loss & started thinking maybe we should just find a newer rental house that fit our needs.
On a random drive around town to examine the newer community that Ryan Homes builds in (A.K.A. trying to think of ways to stretch our budget) we passed their oldest community in our area. One empty lot, without a sold sign. Curious & confused - Adam quickly called. The lot was still available. For whatever reason we had never considered this community although I'm not sure why given the appealing price difference. However - there were other people who were already in contingency on this site, but their credit wasn't where it needed to be. We knew going into our appointment on the 25th that we had a 50/50 shot of getting the lot, if not, our dreams to build our next house would be over.
After signing we had a three day wait - hearing that we got the lot was such great news but pales in comparison to the call we received last night. What seemed like the longest wait of our lives has finally come to an end. Our loan has been approved & our close date is set for August 10th, 2012.
