Good News!

While we originally planned to live in our rental house until January after "Baby Sister" came, we couldn't help looking at houses just in case.... And we found one! I don't have any pictures because the house still has all of the current owner's things in it, and I'm not comfortable taking pictures like that, and I'm especially not going to post pictures of his stuff on the internet. But we are really thrilled about what we found. (I waited a little while to tell you about our good news because of how it turned out last time.)

Would you like to know a little bit about our new house? It is situated in a golf course community and actually overlooks the golf course with a beautiful view of some live oaks and a lake. We feel a little swanky, buying a house in a golf course neighborhood, but we got a good deal on it. The main part of the house is one story (and I will not miss having stairs), and there is a "game room" that was added on. This room is huge, and we plan to use it as a play room/school room/office. There are only three bedrooms, but one of them is really big, big enough for our three girls...in a few years when "Baby Sister" is older. When we move in, Daniel with share this room with Sarah Beth and Rachel. There are three bathrooms which we consider almost a must with our soon-to-be four children, although we don't actually need three full bathrooms quite yet. The house is older; it was built in the early 70's and has not been updated. That's okay. It's good enough for now as it doesn't need anything before we move in, and we can renovate and update as we please and as we have the money. There is also a basement which is unusual in Florida. You have to go outside to get to it, so we'll probably just use it for storage. Is there anything else you would like to know?

We started the process to buy this house last week, after making an offer the week before (and negotiating a price). This house is in a larger town about a half hour from where we live now, and the placement and timing of buying this house is providential as you will learn tomorrow.

But we're excited about this house, and we can't wait to make it ours!