This year our goal was to buy a house. We looked online for awhile and then finally decided to go out with our agent to look at properties just before summer started. We have really felt like now was the time and we needed to be making these decisions. We had the chance to look at a lot of properties, and we even put an offer on one, before Maddox was born.
When Maddox was born and the complications began, we thought maybe we wouldn't be able to get into a home this year. But we both still felt like we needed to be looking. I know it probably seemed weird to a lot of people that we were looking at homes in between all of the stuff going on with Maddox. However, when you know something is right, it's right and you go with it.
We actually found a town home that we loved and really wanted to put an offer on it. But because of the location and community, the only way for us to buy it was with cash or some higher interest rate financing. So it was back to the drawing board so to speak.
For months Judi has been asking us to consider purchasing their home, but we didn't think it was the right move for us. The whole house buying thing was becoming frustrating and contentious for us. Finally a few weeks ago the answer came. Judi told us she was going to give us one last spiel and then she'd leave it alone. It was just crazy how things changed. After that conversation we both felt like this was the right thing for our family. (The same thing happened when they asked us to live in their home while they went on their mission. We resisted and said no, and then suddenly we both knew it was right.)
So in a few short weeks we will be home owners. There are so many positive things about buying this home. We don't have to move again, we already know we love the neighborhood and ward, Judi will still have ties to the area, we're getting everything we wanted out of buying a home, but it mostly comes down to being an answer to a lot of prayers.
When Maddox was born and the complications began, we thought maybe we wouldn't be able to get into a home this year. But we both still felt like we needed to be looking. I know it probably seemed weird to a lot of people that we were looking at homes in between all of the stuff going on with Maddox. However, when you know something is right, it's right and you go with it.
We actually found a town home that we loved and really wanted to put an offer on it. But because of the location and community, the only way for us to buy it was with cash or some higher interest rate financing. So it was back to the drawing board so to speak.
For months Judi has been asking us to consider purchasing their home, but we didn't think it was the right move for us. The whole house buying thing was becoming frustrating and contentious for us. Finally a few weeks ago the answer came. Judi told us she was going to give us one last spiel and then she'd leave it alone. It was just crazy how things changed. After that conversation we both felt like this was the right thing for our family. (The same thing happened when they asked us to live in their home while they went on their mission. We resisted and said no, and then suddenly we both knew it was right.)
So in a few short weeks we will be home owners. There are so many positive things about buying this home. We don't have to move again, we already know we love the neighborhood and ward, Judi will still have ties to the area, we're getting everything we wanted out of buying a home, but it mostly comes down to being an answer to a lot of prayers.
(Judi was planning on getting the house painted before selling, so we got to pick the colors.) We've all been doing some cleaning, reorganizing, and painting. These are all things I would have helped her with to get ready to sell anyways, but it makes it more fun to be making it home permanently.
And since both kiddos were happy and dressed already, I decided to snap a few pictures.
4 comments:
yeah!!! congrats on the house - glad we still know where to find you.
Traci~ Maddox looks great!! He looks exactly like I remember Bailee when she was born. I am so glad that things are going well for you guys...you deserve it!!
The house looks so good. My mom was nervous about seeing it but I know she really likes how it turned out. And it does look cute. I really like the red door. Is maddox smiling? He looks great.
Yeah!!! What fun news. I can't believe how big Maddox and Bailee are. They grow so fast, don't they?
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