FINALLY...HOPEFULLY

On Saturday morning we dropped of Jacob with my mom (they were going to go to the movies that afternoon) and we headed off to meet our realtor. She had 12 houses for us to look at we were ready for a day of house hunting. The first 2 houses we looked at we really liked. They were a little more than the price range we wanted to stay in but they were well kept homes in Silverlake...the only thing we would have had to do to either was paint the rooms...they both had girls so the rooms were painted pinks and purples...Jacob probably wouldn't have liked that. Painting, no problem. We looked at the other 9 houses but didn't care to much for them. We thought the problem would be choosing from the first 2. We had one last house to look at. It wasn't in Silverlake (where Ruben really wanted to stay at) but we decided to look at it anyway. Again it was more than we wanted to pay but still in our price range. It was a 2 story house with a pool (& if you know me I hate 2 stories...Ruben loves them...I just hate stairs haha). It was beautiful! We both fell in love with it. It has a new roof, new fence, new paint, new floors, no back neighbors and even with the pool the backyard is still huge. (The only thing I was really looking for in a house was a big back yard so we could put a swing set for Jacob and he could have lots of room to play). Ruben called his parents to come see it and see what they thought. They came and they also loved it. We went ahead and decided to put an offer on it. Scary! Ruben said he felt like he was going to throw up. Haha! Our realtor was going to go to her office and put together the contract and call us back to come and sign it. When we got home Ruben & his dad did some research on the property and thought it looked like a good deal. Our realtor called us back and we met her at the house again and this time my parents met us up there too so they could see what they thought. They liked it as well! (It was important that both of our parents liked the house). We put together a contract and signed the papers. Now it was a waiting game. The seller had to agree to our offer. We went home and waited...we didn't know how long it would take. Our realtor thought maybe Monday the latest...we were wrong...our realtor called at 10:00 p.m. the same night and said they had a counter offer. A few changes to our offer and we had to let her know if we agreed. We did! So she was going to email their agent that night and see what happened. On Sunday we got a call that they agreed to our changes as well and they would sign the papers that night. More scary...now it was more realistic. So now to today. We have 10 days to do inspections and make sure there is nothing wrong with the house or property and if everything goes well we will close on August 31. WOW! I am so happy we finally found a house and I pray pray pray that everything goes smoothly. Fingers crossed!