So We Did A Thing...

...WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!

We signed the papers today, so I guess you could say it's officially official- we are homeowners! AKA real adults  :)

Once again, the Lord has been incredibly gracious to us in our housing situation. We started saving for a house when we got married, but had to put those plans on hold when we experienced health issues and infertility. We originally thought we would buy in McKinney {since we planned to plant a church and lifelong roots there}, but when the Lord showed us He had other plans, we didn't really know where we would be, so buying a home didn't really make sense.

Since the Lord has been gracious to Mike in his job, and we have found a new church home at Parkway, we revisited the idea of buying a home last Fall. We started looking, just to see what was out there. We quickly realized it wasn't the right time; the housing market has been CRAZY in the DFW area. So we decided to put things on hold until the summer and save a little more.

In February, we started talking about buying a house again, since we knew baby #3 would be joining us in the Fall. We realized that it would be most ideal to move before the summer {so this preggo didn't have to wrangle toddler twins during a move in the middle of the summer}. Otherwise we would be waiting until after our little guy was born to start that process. I mean, you can dream, right? So we started looking again, and well, here we are!

We reached out to a realtor friend, started receiving listings, and walked through 2 other homes before we saw this one. We instantly fell in love with it and decided to put in an offer. And they accepted it. No joke. The whole process, from making the decision to look again to the offer being accepted, took 2 weeks. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. At least not in this market. When we tell people how fast and easy everything happened, they can't believe it. We know people who have literally given up on the whole house buying process because after 20+ offers and no results, you {understandably} get a little discouraged. It's partly why we started looking again so early, because we thought it would take awhile. Certainly more than 2 weeks! 

But it's how we know the Lord was planning for us to live in this house all along. There were fun blessings after the fact, when we realized that the Lord was connecting us with a sweet family. As soon as we walked into the house, Mike noticed the books on a bookshelf and immediately recognized them as DTS required reading. After we had put in our offer and they accepted it, we drove by the house and got to meet the owners {not planned...we're not stalkers. Though we learned they stalked Mike on Facebook haha!} 

From our amazing realtor to my connections at the bank, everything has fallen into place in ways only the Lord can orchestrate. I am thankful for the ease of everything, which has made this process as smooth as it possibly could be. We have been in full packing mode the last couple of weeks, and will start moving things over now that we have keys, but won't make the big move for another couple of weeks. But when it's all said and done, we will be moved and settled before I get HUGE, and before it gets too hot, and I could not be more thankful.

Pro Tip: Bring along a Granny to distract the toddlers :)

So where are we moving? We're headed just north of McKinney to Melissa. We actually are only 10 minutes away from our Leland house, so we will be right back in that area for our day-to-day shopping and entertainment. Once we get settled, I will provide more updates about our new home and community. But for now, we are just so excited about this next step, and we cannot wait to see what the Lord does in our new home and neighborhood!