Some Big Changes- Part One

In May 2012 John Thomas and I decided to ride through a neighborhood on a random day. We had sort of talked about moving into a larger house, but had not put too much thought into it since it was just us and Wally. As we were riding around we found a house that we loved! We called the realtor, set up an appointment and after a few weeks of praying and discussing, decided to put an offer in contingent of selling our home. Since we did not want the stress of two mortgage payments (who would?) we listed our house on the market. Long story short, we could not come to an agreement with the sellers but decided to go ahead and keep our house listed and keep looking for our new home.

We had our house on the market for about 3 or 4 weeks and had a few people come and look. Early June we found out that we were going to have an extra addition. We had decided we would begin trying for a baby and if it took one month or twenty months, we would stay patient throughout. Month one and I was pregnant. We decided we did not want the stress of preparing for a baby and selling a house, etc. so I called the realtor and took our house off the market.

The next few months we were not actively looking for a house or land, but we had not erased the thought out of our head.

Fast forward to November. I randomly rode through the neighborhood and noticed that same house from May was still for sale and the price had been dropped to lower than our original offer. It was a sign. I prayed, talked to John Thomas and we decided we would call the relator again.

We went and looked at the house and decided we still liked it. Put in an offer (contingent on selling our house, again) and bam, they accepted. Our house went back up on the market at the beginning of December.

We had a few showings throughout the holidays. I was okay with not selling super quick since Greyson was due in February. The last thing I wanted was not to make a closing date because I was in labor.

The end of March came and we still had not sold our house. The sellers of the other house had another offer and we had first right of refusal and 48 hours to make a decision. We decided it was best to go ahead and give it up because we had no idea how long it would take to sell our house.

Back to square one...