And breathe.

The suspense is over...the house is ours! Well, as long as we sell our house within 60 days and they don't get another offer before we sell our house and decide to take it!

So now the pressure is on to sell our house. The contingency contract says that our house must be listed on the market within 3 days of acceptence, which means this Saturday is the day. Jon and I are taking off work tomorrow to work our butts off to get this house ready. It's definitely an exciting time, but also very stressful. I honestly didn't think it would be this accelerated. I thought it would take awhile to find the right house for us, but that's not how it worked out. It will be so nice to be moved and I have envisioned where things will go and what it will look like. If we get moved quickly, I would like to have a housewarming/cookout...if it's still nice outside. I just can't wait to entertain again!

I just keep praying that if this house is meant to be ours, then everything will work out to make it be. If not, there's a reason. We just have to put a lot of faith in God that He knows what's perfect for us.

Oh, and just for fun, here's the house!

Gulp...

Thats not the sound of me drinking, but the sound of me swallowing the lump in my throat.

Jon and I went house-hunting yesterday morning and found one the we REALLY liked. I mean, this house is beyond what we could have imagined us having. This house has 4 bedrooms, plus a room to be used as an office (so 5 rooms really), 3 bathrooms (2 full, 1 half), 2-car garage, spacious open floorplan, beautiful kitchen (the guy is an Asian chef), a master bath that has a walk-in closet big enough to have 2 entrances, a backyard playground for the girls, etc. I could go on and on. BUT, this house is also toward the top of our budget. We could do it, but we would have to take a hard look at our budget and give up our amount of frivolous spending. But it would be worth it!

We are preparing to make an offer. We are really stepping out on a limb here and putting a ton of faith in God. Our house is still not listed, so it would be a contingency offer. We are offering less than the asking price, plus asking that the sellers cover the closing costs. Are we setting ourselves up for disappointment? Hopefully not. But we do trust that God can make this happen if this is to be our house. If not, it won't happen, and we continue looking. Not the end of the world. Again, it's His call, not ours or the sellers.

Ouch!

What a big girl I have...

I received  a call from the day care center yesterday stating that my daughter (Abby) fell on a toy and needed immediate attention. My heart dropped. I started seeing black. No one wants to hear that something has happened to your child.

Abby ended up biting through her lip (or rather the section underneath her lip - the part that people get pierced). As horrified as that may sound, I was expecting to hear that she broke something. Thankfully, that wasn't the case.

I arrived and saw that she bit through her entire lip (through and through as they call it). She needed 3 stitches. She was such a big girl. When I arrived, all she said was "Mommy, I have a boo-boo." I wanted to melt. No one wants to see their child hurt. Thank goodness I had a "big girl" and she was so brave. Stitches come out on Saturday.

The preparation

As I mentioned in my last post, we are in the process of getting our house ready to put on the market. We have been in this house (around 960 sq ft or so) as a family of 5 for over 2 years, as a family of 2 for over 5 years, and Jon has owned it for about 7 years or so. It's time to move on, so to speak.

This has been something we have been talking about doing since we found out we were having triplets. Jon's job with the Army Reserves made it hard for us to make that leap because his position was a year-to-year contract position, so we never knew if that year was going to be his last at that job. This past October, our fear became a reality. He was told that his extension was not approved. So, not only was I unemployed, but at that point, so was he. We had no idea what was to come. To top it off, we were in a car accident 2 days after Christmas and lost the only car that fit our entire family in it. So, no jobs and now no family vehicle. Somehow, I knew this was still a work of God. This was a test of faith. I never once doubted that something good was going to come at the right time...His time. Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I thought of this verse every morning. I knew that God kept our family safe during that accident. If the car hit us less than a second before, at least one of our daughters may not be here or may be paralyzed. But He was with her, and the rest of us. I cry as I type this because it reminds me how blessed we are and how God really does hold all of us in His arms, whether that be here on earth, or in heaven. He protects every person in one way or another. He was there with us during that accident and I will never forget that. Never will I take Him for granted and never will I believe miracles are a thing of the past.

But I digress. Back to the moving. Within 6 months, both Jon and I were blessed with great jobs. He was accepted into the Army National Guard AGR program, which is something he has been wanting for about 5 years. I landed a job as the HR Generalist for Hosparus, a WONDERFUL company with passionate people. Within days after the accident, we were able to find a vehicle that would hold all 5 of us and we were able to pay for it outright. We now have 2 family vehicles, one being a really nice minivan that our family desparately needed! And now we are fortunate enough to start the moving process to a house that will be a better fit for us.

The plan is to have our house ready in less than 2 weeks. We are well on our way there, but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done. Please pray that the process goes as smoothly as possible. Please pray that our house isn't on the market for months and months. Please pray that we find a house that meets our needs, yet still allows us to live comfortably. Please pray that we find this in a timely manner. I know this is a lot to ask for, but I know He can do it. He will provide. I just have to practice what I preach and be patient and allow all of this to happen in His time. He knows what He's doing (what my blog site is all about) and I just have to trust Him. And I'm at peace with that.