We bought a house!

This weeks was a very important week for Brian and I....we closed on our first home! Once we found out we were pregnant with Tyler we began thinking about possibly buying, renting, or even possibly building a house. Back in December we were literally one day away from signing the paperwork to begin building a house. Throughout this whole process Brian and I have been praying that the Lord would lead us to the right house and neighborhood and if we were moving towards the wrong house that he would make it clear. Well, he made it very clear that building this house was not the right move for us. At the time we didn't understand and honestly were a little disappointed. 

In January we contacted one of Brian's former co-workers (who is now a realtor) and asked him to start sending us listings of houses that were either for rent or sale. We would look through the listings but never were impressed with any of the houses. Then at the beginning of February we saw a house that we thought looked perfect. We went and looked at it on a Wednesday and before leaving the house we had put an offer on it. Our realtor let us know that the house had only been on the market for 4 days at this point and had already had 20 showings and 4 offers. Thankfully they decided to take our offer! 

Brian and I are so excited about moving into our new home. Last night we went over to move some stuff in and one of our new neighbors came over to introduce themselves. They were so nice and even offered to help us move in! They also told us that the neighborhood is really friendly and loves to have block parties. We left last night so excited and truly feeling like this was all orchestrated by the Lord. We are so excited to see what He has in store for us in this neighborhood! Here are some pictures of the house. Once it gets all set up I will post new pictures.

backyard

upstairs "play" room

view when you walk in the front door

kitchen

master bathroom

living room

master bedroom