House update

We've been getting alot of congratulations on selling our house.  THANK YOU! However, I guess I was premature with the excited blog I posted on Wednesday. We have been on a roller coaster of emotions this week.  On Wednesday, things were looking to be in our favor.  However, come Thursday, things significantly changed.....

Long story short: 

1. The owners of the house we want to buy have decided to hold out for their initial buyers to get approved for their mortgage (those buyers are self-employeed and it has been taking very long to get approval. They already exceeded the timeline that was in their contract and can now back out at any time to accept our offer if they desired).

2. The buyers who wanted our house do not want to sign a contingency offer. They want to close on May 24th regardless if we find a new house by then or not.   We said, sorry, but we don't want to be homeless!  They offered us a ridiculous "compromise" which would involve us being able to stay in our house and paying them rent (that is more than our current mortgage) until we find a new home (plus we'd have to throw some other things in there for them... our washer, dryer, the hutch that my grandfather made - which we already said was non-negotiable!)

Each day we speak with our realtor, we get a little more info that makes our heads spin.  This morning, she said that the buyers who want our house apologized for the crazy offer. They do still love our house and would be willing to make another offer in the future if we find another home.  Meanwhile, the owners of the house we want to buy are giving their initial clients until April 18th to get approved for the mortgage.  What happens after that, we don't really know.....  Will they accept our offer then? Who knows!  It seems that all parties involved do want to make it happen, but there are so many variables and so many things that can go wrong.

Adam has pretty much moved on, but I know I won't be able to until my dream house is officially off the market for good.  So I am still holding on to a little bit of hope that it will work out.  I know it is in God's hands and if it's meant to be, it will be.  We appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers to help get us through all this mess!

Well, it's no fun to post on the blog without a picture.  My facebook friends already saw this one, but here it is....

I thought all week I was having GI issues due to stress with the house stuff.  Turns out I had a GI bug (Avery got it today).  Of course, Thursday was picture night for Avery's dance class.  I was trying to get her ready, but had to keep running to the bathroom.  While I was in there, I hear Avery saying "ugh, Mommy, Grayson has my lipstick!" It was all over his hands as well when he proceeded to hug Avery and got red lipstick all over her dance tights.  What a wild night!