Our New House!!!!

I'm going to have to make an exception to my normal "don't post out of order" rule...because I'm so excited about this post!! We made another trip down to SC for house hunting and my first OB visit, and it was very successful on both accounts!!! We went out on Thursday morning to look at our top 5 houses to see if we had a winner. I had seen 1 of them on our previous trip, but the others were all houses that David had seen and had liked. We knew pretty quickly that we had a favorite, and so returned to the realtor's office to put our offer together. We were a little nervous because the house had only been on the market for 2 weeks. Alot of the other houses had been on the market for several months, so we knew we'd have a lot more bargaining power with those. But we felt a definite peace that this was where God was leading us to, so we put our offer together and waited. We got the call the next morning that they had accepted - not only less than their listing price, but agreed to pay our closing costs AND close in 29 days!!!! I don't know why I was surprised after seeing everything else that God has taken care of in this process, but I was. God is SO good! We are SO excited about this next chapter of our life, and this house is a huge blessing! Gotta love buying a bigger house for less money than what you sold your little house for!!! The backyard really put it over the top for us. It's an amazing space - and I know we are going to enjoy many an evening out there. So here's some pictures for you to have a little taste of it...until you come visit us, that is! :)

The entrance to the neighborhood

Here it is!!!! I LOVE it!

Another front view

The kitchen....is VERY white....can't WAIT to get some paint on those walls for SURE!

You can see the eating area in the kitchen overlooks the backyard

Through that little doorway is the 5th bedroom with a full bathroom. We'll use it as our playroom/guest room (AKA Tutu's Suite!!!)

Okay, now here comes all the pictures of the backyard. Yes, that's a hammock down there...I hope they leave it for me!

David and the kids walking down to the babbling brook that runs behind our house...seriously! You can hear the water from our deck!!! now you can see what sold us!

They have this amazing swing hung from a huge tree WAY up. The kids ALL loved swinging on it. Talk about fun!

So the house has this amazing yard, and then it backs up to what is called a nature easement - a little bit of protected woods...that's where the "babbling brook" is. gorgeous.

Callie on the swing. I must have taken a picture of Jacob on it with my cell phone, because I know he was on it too, but don't have a picture.

Back view of the house. That's our realtor on the deck if you're wondering! :)

This is the clubhouse by our neighborhood pool. It's almost at the end of our court. We turn out of our cul-de-sac (our house is at the end. LOVE that!), turn left out of our court, and there's the pool!!!

Ya'll KNOW that I couldn't buy a house without a pool in the neighborhood!! It was a deal-breaker for us!