An answered prayer....


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Today, we sold our house!

We got an offer on it yesterday after a showing on Sunday. I didn't sleep at all last night! The offer we got was low and the buyer was also asking for closing costs, so I was anxious about losing the offer when we decided on a counter. Plus, I wasn't sure what we would have to counter at in order to at least break even because we certainly couldn't afford to lose money on the deal! THEN...I was worried that they wouldn't take our offer, which would put us back to waiting on more interest, which means more cleaning and tidying and carting pets around in the car during showings....oh, and not to mention the newborn who is in our very near future. Let's not even talk about the possibility of them accepting our counter, which meant we would have to be out by July 31 (oh, yeah, that was another of their stipulations....), 2-4 weeks away from my due date possibly with no stable place to live. Again...a very sleepless night.....one of those nights when you remember seeing every single hour.

Anyway, we met with our realtor this morning, set the counter offer, and they accepted within 2 hours of getting our counter! So, it looks like we've sold our house! I'm really hoping it all goes through smoothly and that they don't decide to back out. If they do, though, we'll be okay.

Now, we have to try to find something. We're not going to be in a huge hurry, but I'm not good at transitions....especially unstable transitions....like having to rent for a little while and then moving somewhere. If we have to do that, we will, but gosh....moving twice....with a newborn....and 3 pets....and a husband who just got his first head football coaching position so a lot of his time goes to that.....it's just A LOT.

Thank you all for your prayers and well wishes for the selling of our house. It's a huge relief, but it's also very bittersweet. Almost all of our memories with Ayden are in this house, and they will remain in this house. I hate the thought of walking away from the house we brought him home to...gave him his first bath in....where we heard him laugh for the first time....so many sweet memories. I can look at spots in the house and so fondly recall our time with Ayden. While it's sad, it's also nice that our memories with Ayden are contained to this house. Memories with Ayden won't be confused with memories with Collen or future children. They will have a new house for new memories with them. Does that make sense? We will treasure every memory we have with all of our children (however many we have!), but with the situation being what it is, I'm glad Ayden's memories will be contained to a place that was solely his.

I had to make a hard decision and resign my position from the Writing Project I was going to do at ECU. I hated to have to do that because I was excited about it. I had already read the books and had gotten started on ideas for various projects and teaching demonstrations, but I knew that with such a strict timeline for closing, packing, Jeremy starting a new job - where his school year will start on August 4th - and attempting to find somewhere to live, AND being quite pregnant, it was one of the stressors out of the many that could be let go. I went back and forth on it trying to figure out how I could do it all, but I knew that although I would be at ECU until 4 every day, I would still have work to do/projects to work on when I got home. So, I had to let it go. :( I hate having to back out on something I had already committed myself to, especially when there were limited spots to begin with.

Well, please keep us in prayer about the next step of this journey - finding a house! Luckily, we've had time to look around and decide general areas we are interested in. Now, we just have to figure out what we can afford and get things in motion. Oh the joys....

God will lead us in the right direction - of that, I'm sure.


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  1. Congrats on selling your house! Good luck in your search for a new one.

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  2. Congrats! What a blessing! :O) I hope all goes through smoothly! :O)

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  3. YAY!!!!!!!!!! Iknow you are so happy and understand that it is also bittersweet too.
    That is awesome news about Jeremy and his new job/coach! Is he still @ SC? I left the year he started, I think? I still have lots of friends there and that is how I know my "surrogate"daughter Karen Harker! Don't you just love her?
    Congrats on selling your home and the new job!

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  4. Lindsay,I've commented on your blog previously - my mother had a baby die of SIDS before I was born. I had sleep apnea, as did my sister, so we were on apnea monitors. Now that I have kids, both of them have had to be on apnea monitors (even though they've had no apparent problem yet) for their first 6 mos. of life - it's a little belt with leads that connect to a monitor. The monitor alarms if her heartbeat goes too high or low, and if she stops breathing for more than 20 seconds. They don't know if sleep apnea or SIDS is genetic, so we've gone with better safe than sorry. I was thinking you may want to know about it, since you have another little one on the way. If anything, it'll help you to sleep soundly. We put our baby on her monitor anytime she's sleeping and we can't watch her the whole time. Our insurance pays for the rental and our dr. only had to order it for our babies. Just thought I'd share! You remain in my prayers! - Jessica

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  5. That's great news! I'm so happy for you! I know you've been waiting & praying for this. Hope all goes well with the process!

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  6. Girl, It all will workout! Hard to say sometimes... with all that we've been through, but seems like God is leading you guys in a direction you've been praying for. I'm so happy for both of you! Please continue to keep us in your thoughts..... Hopefully our house will get rolling here soon! If not, I'm gonna list it myself and GET IT DONE! Can you tell I coach, I'm impatient and want things done. If someone else can't do it, then they better be prepared to move over because I'll take care of it! hehehe

    Tell Jeremy congrats on his new position too! Thank it so exciting.

    Keep us posted! Hugs!

    Kellie Brumble

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  7. Congratulations! I'm so glad to hear this. I know you've been praying about it for quite a while. Looking forward to seeing how His plan plays out for you all. :)

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  8. Congratulations!! We sold our house when I was 8 months pregnant with my 2nd baby (whose big brother was only 13 months old)! When I brought her home from the hospital, my husband and his friends were literally moving our stuff (that wasn't already in storage) into a little 2 bedroom apartment. I had to stay with my parents until my husband had us all settled! Talk about crazy! But we ended up finding and buying a new, perfect house about 4 months later. It wasn't an ideal situation, but it all worked out, and we have cute little memories of being so cramped with only the minimum of things in that little apartment! And the house we're in now was totally worth the wait. I am so happy you sold your house and that you won't have to do any showings with a newborn! I will continue to pray for you!!

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  9. Congratulations!! I'm so glad you've gotten to this step. I'll be praying all the other steps on this sell/move go smoothly for you.

    Lindsay, before you start packing anything, take several pictures from different angles of those areas in the house that say "Ayden" to you. That way, once you've moved, you can always look at those pictures and those memories will be as clear as if you were in the house. And once Collen and your other future children are old enough, you can reminisce with them about why those places in the old house make you smile and cry when you look at the pictures. It's another way to share with your future children all about their big brother.

    Best wishes!

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  10. Great news! Your story makes me recall my past. All w/in just a couple months, I got married, both myself and my husband started new jobs, we ended up getting 2 new cars and a house. WHEW! I look back at it now and wonder how in the world we did it. Lots of prayers certainly didn't hurt, I"m sure of this. This too shall pass.....But congrats on the sell!

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  11. Congrats on selling the house. I hope there are more good things to come for you and your family with the search of your next home.

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  12. congratulations!

    and i soooo get what you mean about keeping that house special for memories:)

    praying for smooth sailing !

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  13. Hi Lindsay! My name is Jenny and I've been reading your blog since I found you through Patrice's blog when Ayden went to be with Jesus. God has given you such strength, even while vulerable to all of the emotions you've gone through with losing Ayden and then being pregnant with Collen. I pray for you, cry with you as I'm reading the rawness of your broken heart and rejoice with you as you discover more about little Collen as he grows inside of you! I've been hoping and praying that your house would sell so that you and Jeremy could begin a new journey of your life in a new place. I'm sure God will work everything out for yall and He will give you peace as you go through such an uncertain, unnerving time. Yay for selling your house!!

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  14. I've been following your blog since finding you through Patrice and don't think I've commented before. I've been checking your blog constantly for the last several days because I had been praying for your house situation and got the clearest answer last week that your house would sell before July. Giving thanks for answered prayers for you and continuing to pray for this time of transition.

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  15. How my heart is full of joy for you. When I read this post today, I said Thank you God! I know it was something that has been on your heart to sell soon,God is good! Congrats!!!

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  16. How wonderful for an accepted offer and new paths!!! I'm sure backing out of the Writing Project was hard, but probably a good idea with all you've got going on!!!

    What you wrote about the house and Ayden's memories makes total sense...I like the idea another comment had about taking pictures of different angles for those days when you want to just remember fondly and recall special moments.

    Praying you will find the perfect place in the country and WON'T have to move twice!! YUCK!

    Congrats to Jeremy for the new job too! That's wonderful!

    xoxoxo

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  17. Congrats on on selling your house!

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  18. What a huge relief for you guys. Congratulations!

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  19. I was checking in hoping to hear you sold your house...congratulations! Hope everything goes smoothly and you find a nice place to move to.

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