So I never finished the last post because I got really
upset and had a terrible night of self-pity and stress over the whole
thing. But since then I have quit the
diet from the dietician because it was just too stressful for me. I didn’t go to work the next day because I
basically was having anxiety attacks over the whole thing. The day that I stayed out of work I followed
the diet to a “T” and my sugar was still all over the place so I was just so
over it. So I had an epiphany and
decided that I don’t have to eat that diet – I was doing really well and consistent
on the other diet and it wasn’t stressful so I decided to do that again and see
what happens with the medication.
My sugar has still been crazy but I have also been
stressed out over various things at various times. They have changed my medication twice since
then so hopefully it will improve. It is
terrific today but it’s only half the day gone ;) Hopefully I can keep it up.
In more exciting and interesting news – We found a house
and have a contract on it that should close at the end of this month (maybe
sooner!). God’s hands have been all over
this process – I love it when that happens!
When we lived at Chandler Park we decided that when our
lease was up we would move – we wanted to buy but didn’t know our credit
situation after all that we had been through with the Hazel house. Our lease was up March, 2011 so in December,
2010 we started to look into what our credit looked like. We contacted a mortgage lender that was
recommended to us and Ryan met with her.
She did a complete overview of our credit – mine was good/decent….Ryan’s
was less than desirable ;) We wouldn’t
be able to get a loan with Ryan’s current score. The overview showed what things were
affecting our credit and had several things that we knew we could fix
immediately – no big deal. So we got to
work on that. We were told to check the
credit every month but no more than that.
So we did and Ryan’s score came up quite a bit but still not
enough.
We talked about it and decided we could just rent for a
year and then we wouldn’t have this pressure of a deadline and we could get our
credit looking great by then. Meanwhile
we were living with my parents in Scottsville.
I started looking for rental properties immediately but couldn’t find
much that seemed like a good fit for us and Elsie. So we continually discussed it.
We both decided that we really didn’t want to rent but it
felt like we didn’t have much choice even though it didn’t feel like that was
what we were supposed to do. We both
talked to our parents about the situation because they were aware of what was
going on. Both sets of parents agreed
that renting didn’t seem like a good idea and that we should do whatever we
could to try to buy. Ryan’s parents said
that they would cosign a loan and help us with the down payment if that was
necessary. My parents also said they
would cosign so we decided to try using dad on the loan as a cosigner. After looking into it, the lender said that
we should use my mom instead because dad’s income is so complicated because he
is a minister. So we did but because mom
and dad had recently purchased a truck, we were unable to use them. So we asked Joann again to make sure and she
said yes and we got to work right away.
We were able to get preapproved – finally! During this time I think we were on the
Service Road Trip for Spring Break and so we planned to look at homes as soon
as we made it back in town. I had been
looking online for some time and our realtor, Laura, had sent us several
listings as well.
Before we were preapproved, we had visited an open house
of a home that was minutes from the church across the street from one our
members. We loved it! It had plenty of room and was updated and
clean and in the perfect location. It
also had a pool and hot tub included (ha!).
So when we started looking at homes the first day, we were comparing
them to the first house we had seen.
After that first day of seeing about 4 houses, we decided that we would
like to see the Sugarhill house again and make an offer. So we went to see the house the next day and
immediately made our offer. The sellers
had 24 hours to respond and actually took longer but did respond with a counter
offer much higher than we wanted to pay (the house was actually out of our
price range but was overpriced for sure).
So we countered back with our final offer. They came back the next day saying they had
to have a certain amount – one we were not willing to pay. We knew God had other plans for us.
So we started the house search again. Ryan and I both decided that an ideal
location would actually be in town and not in Alvaton because most of the teens
live in town and we have poor attendance when we have TNT at the church. That opened our options further so I made
another list to look at.
After another day of looking, we found the next house
that we were ready to buy. We would have
made an offer that day but we had received a new listing from Laura the night
before and decided that we should see it before we made an offer. The problem was that the seller had already
signed the papers and everything to list it right when they experienced a death
in their family. We couldn't see the house
til the following Monday. We were so
anxious to see it and frustrated because we couldn’t! And to top it off, the owner didn’t have a
picture on the listing and eventually only posted the front view of the house
so we couldn’t get a sneak peek. I got
on Google maps and saw the street view before there was ever a picture online
so I told Ryan we should drive there to see if it was even worth looking
at. So he drove by one day while I was
at work and he said we definitely needed to wait and see it but he still
preferred the other home for different reasons.
One was because of the location – but this was before he knew the shortcuts
which were its saving grace ;). Also he
thought he wouldn’t like the yard because it was bigger and had a black chain
linked fence instead of a privacy fence.
However the other house didn’t have a fence at all and we would have to
put on up. Another thing was that this
new listing was listed $2,000 more than the other.
So we speculated and discussed the new listing all week
because we were so ready to just buy a house already. Finally Monday came. Mom decided to come look with us because I
had taken her to see the other house as well.
First we couldn’t get in because the seller had locked the storm door. So
while we waited for the seller to bring the key, we went in the back yard to
check it out. It was AWESOME. We immediately were 10x’s more excited to see
the house. I was afraid to go in almost
because I didn’t want something to be bad about it. Once the owner came (which turns out I knew
her because her child attends FCA) we went it and loved it even more. The further I went, the more I liked and once
I was to the bedrooms I said “I’m afraid to keep looking because there has to
be a catch”. But there wasn’t. The house was fantastic. There were a few thing s that were outdated
but that was actually a good thing for us because we will be able to add equity
to the home instead of paying for those upgrades up front.
We immediately made an offer. We were so excited about this house. The sellers countered but with something we
could live with so we accepted! So far
everything has gone wonderfully. The inspection
has a few minor repairs required but even if they didn’t want to fix them, it
wouldn’t change anything. We had the
appraisal done this week and should be back any time now. As soon as that comes back, we will know the
closing date which will be before May 30th!
We have been dreaming about this house ever since – we
cannot wait to move in. We can’t wait to
let CK play in the yard and be able to run in the house with all the room
(there is even a doggy door!). We can’t
wait to bring Elsie home to our first official home as a family! We just can’t wait!
My other exciting news is about yesterday. I had two doctors’ appointments…one at
Fairview and the other at the Maternal Fetal Group to get my weekly ultrasound
and sugar check. Both doctors’
appointments were pretty long as far as the wait but it wasn’t that bad. We got to hear Elsie’s heartbeat at
Fairview. Then at the weekly Ultrasound,
mom wanted to come in. I was kind of
hesitant mainly because we don’t usually get to really look at Elsie in these
ultrasounds because they are just checking for the fluid around her. But I didn’t mind, I just didn’t want her to
be disappointed.
The technician knew mom and they chatted about
grandparents, etc. The lady is really
nice – I see her every week. After she
measured the fluid, she let us see Elsie’s profile, etc. And then she said that since Mater was here
she was going to do the 4D ultrasound! I
was so surprised because they usually cost $100+ but she was going to do it for
free!
The 4D was so cool!
I wasn’t even interested in getting one done because I have seen
pictures from them and you still can’t tell much and I always thought they
didn’t really look much like the kid when they are born. But I guess Elsie was sleeping because she
sat really still for us and we got some fantastic pictures of her. She had her hand at her face the whole time
but we could still see. She also did a
shot of her profile and we saw that she actually had her foot up by her face as
well! It was so funny to see! We could see that she has her daddy’s nose –
too cute! And the lady also did the
video in 4D and she was shaking my belly trying to get Elsie to move her hand
and all of the sudden we saw her scrunch up her little face like “what are you
doing out there?” Ryan says that’s just
like her momma – not wanting to be bothered while sleeping…ha! It was such a neat experience! It makes me just want to see that sweet face
even more! I can’t stop looking at the
pictures too – you can tell so much about her little face and it’s just so
sweet…I can’t get enough!
It has just been an exciting week for me and I can’t
believe there are only 9 ½ weeks left til Elsie is here – and sooner than that
we will be moving! Also school lets out
next Wednesday so I won’t have to work after that which is going to be so
nice. Camp is almost here – so much going
on. This week is the graduation banquet
so I have been getting ready for that.
Abbi is coming this weekend for that.
And then next week is a graduation marathon – one Friday, two Saturday, and
one Sunday! And then June 3rd
will be my first baby shower and Abbi, Michelle, Melissa and maybe even
Jennifer are coming for that so it will be great.
Whew! So many
unexpected blessings – God is so good!
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