Did I mention we are selling our house?

Okay, so that's been part of the crazy crazy busyness around our house lately. We've been house researching, house hunting, house cleaning, house fixing etc. One of the things we did was take pictures of our house, so I thought I'd share them with you just in case you've never been here. Okay, they are a little deceiving in that my house isn't normally this clean. I'd clean one room, throw all the extra stuff in the hallway and take a picture then put it all back.

We decided just before Titus arrived that we need to do something about our living situation. Our 900 square foot home was perfect for the stage of life that we were in when we bought it. Add two kids however, and often three additional ones, and the knowledge that we will probably stay in Albany for a really long time (hopefully), and it gets really really small. It's already difficult to fit more than 3 people at our dining room table which makes it very difficult to invite people over--and that's no good for a pastor!

So in the beginning of November we decided that we would add on to our house. After doing some research however we realized that for this stage in the real estate market we would be better off to sell our house and buy something bigger rather than add on. So we slowly began our search between Christmas and caring for a newborn, recovering from surgery and such. We came across a house (a condo type home actually) in the neighborhood that we love, with the schools that we prefer and far more square footage for our money than anything else in our price range. It has 2.5 baths... I've never dreamed of living in a home with that many bathrooms! We wanted to make an offer on it but decided it would be best to list our home first.

So, we met with our agent on Saturday to list our home. He left about 1:30 and as soon as he got back to the office he called an agent from his office who wanted to know as soon as our house hit the market because he had some people who were looking for a 3 and 1 in our neighborhood with a big back yard. They had seen a lot of houses they didn't want to buy, but he thought they might be interested in ours. So, by 3:00 they were in our home and Rob and I took the kids to Target. We hadn't even left Target by the time our agent called and said they were going to put an offer in tomorrow morning (Sunday). Our house didn't even hit the MLS until Monday and we already had an offer! We sat down with our agent yesterday to go over the offer, but decided that we didn't want to take anything less than full price because it hadn't hit the market yet, and our home is really the only decent one in our price range. So he got a verbal back from their agent saying they'll pay full price. Crazy huh? God is sooooo good to us. Just this summer there were 4 or so houses on our street alone that had for sale signs in the yard for a long time, and that were selling for far less than what we put ours on the market for. Rob and I are often amazed at God's provision for us, and for His constant perfect timing! Had we put our house on the market this summer we wouldn't have enough to purchase this other house (which is everything I ever dreamed of in a house!)

So, neither is a done deal yet, we are still in talks for selling our house and for purchasing the other one. This real estate thing really is a long waiting game... and so we wait. I'll keep you updated though. I didn't want to blog this earlier because we just weren't sure if we were going to sell or not. Now we know however, and now you know why I've been too busy to do much in the blogging realm. In fact, off I go right now to get some more housework done!