Guess what? Last night we put an offer in on a house. On a HOUSE. For real. We have been casually looking at houses around the area for the past couple of months after deciding that we truly do want to stay in St. Cloud. We really had no idea where to begin, what was in our price range, etc etc etc, but we thought we'd just start out slow, learn as much as we could, and eventually find a realtor. But as we started taking steps forward, things kept falling into place pretty quickly.
After signing with a realtor last Thursday, we looked at 10 houses on Saturday. Overwhelming, but so fun. We saw some nice houses that we would be perfectly happy in, but nothing that gave us an "emotional reaction", as our realtor would say. Then came Sunday. Our realtor took us to this house that gave me goose bumps when we drove up to it. We spent 2 hours in this house, walking in and around, up and down, picturing our life as homeowners more and more with each step. We loved it.
We slept on it, went back to see it last night, loved it even more, and wrote up an offer. It was so surreal sitting there, reading through and signing papers, my heart beating a little faster each minute in anticipation of owning our first house. Our first home. That's the thing about this house, it feels like home. Every time I walk in it, I can visualize people and Christmas and babies and Saturday mornings. It's beautiful.
And now the hardest part of all - waiting. Our realtor was confident that we had written a pretty strong offer, but you just never know. We are praying for patience, guidance, and peace.
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