Home Sweet Home

Well...where to start? The three months since my last post were filled with a lot more waiting, uncertainty and frustration about getting into a house. The brief version is that the house that we were waiting for in short sale went into foreclosure on June 1. So we were basically back to square one. At that time we changed realtors, and started looking again. The same house came back on the market a few weeks later as a foreclosure and listed at a lower price than what we had offered before when it was a short sale. We made another offer and it was accepted by the bank. Even after that there were so many crazy things that happened. For example, the title company lost our file for a few weeks, the title didn't get recorded properly when the bank took possesion, so we had to wait for the bank's legal department to straighten it out, I could go on...but we did finally close on August 10th. That week Shane's dad, and sisters Janette and Jessalynn, came to Tucson to help us paint. We got a lot done in 3 days and are very grateful for their help! Carpet was laid on the next Monday/Tuesday, and Wednesday 5 ladies from my ward came and helped me clean. Friday we received everything that had been in long term storage for 4 years (why did I keep some of this stuff?) and Saturday, August 22, we brought all of those boxes from Japan that were in the rental house to the new house. That night we started living here among all of the chaos. Since then I have been trying to tackle projects each day, but it is still pretty overwhelming and chaotic here. Besides all of that, we love being in the house. I love how the paint and carpet look and I feel very blessed. It makes you forget that you ever thought this was a trial. I wish I could post pictures of the progress on the house, but I just found the camera last night. (I am lucky to find anything these days!) Pictures will be soon to come.
Besides everything dealing with the house, we also found out that I am expecting again. Baby #4 is due on Valentine's Day Feb. 14. We are very excited about the addition, but I must say that feeling puky has not made the move easier. I am feeling pretty good now though. We will find out the sex of the baby in about 3 weeks.