Buying a House

Mika is one week old at this point and my parents-in-law come for a visit. My father-in-law happens to notice a house for sale down the street from ours. We'd been renting our house for close to two years. Buying a house was something we had thought of but because of our mountains of debt we never thought we stood a chance at getting approved for a loan large enough to get the house we wanted. We figured we'd hold off until we had a better chance. I don't know what it was about seeing this house but it sparked a fire in my husband. He started looking at houses online day and night. In no time, we had a real estate agent showing us houses. One thing we learned fast was that the pictures you see online are rarely an accurate depiction of the house. What you see on the outside does not give you an accurate idea of what you will find inside. We saw some houses that were beautiful on the outside but then we'd walk in and the house would be falling apart or the opposite. We finally found a house and we were so excited because we had been pre-approved for more than enough to purchase it. We had to act fast because others were interested. So we went home and quickly decided to go ahead. We put our offer in and just made it before an other couple did. Our offer was accepted right away. You would think this would have been the end of what I felt was more stressful than my pregnancy but this was just the beginning. The whole process was taking too long. We had seven days to complete everything but by the seventh day we still needed another week for final approval and then all the documents needed to be approved. It was so frustrating. The computers went down...there was a long weekend in there somewhere that delayed things further...it was a nightmare. Finally, the day came where everything was approved and the house would be ours. Probably one of the most exciting days of my life...

My angel is crying...time to go...