SOLD

SOLD!!!

The last 5 weeks have been a whirl wind of events. It all started about 4 months ago when we found this home listed for sale that we loved but it was out of our price range. We would talk about this home and drive by but we were never really serious about it. Well one day Adam was notified that this home  was now listed as a short sale. We decided to go see it. Upon seeing the house the listing agent said, "just put a low ball offer in and let's see what happens." So we did. Never in a million years expecting anything to come from it. 

We went home and decided we had better get serious about selling our home. We listed the home and the showings began. Remember I am 6 1/2 months pregnant at the time. So a few weeks went by and the we decided to list it with an agency...more and more showings. We had great feed back but no offers that we were happy with. Another month went by...8.5 months pregnant. The showings had slowed down which I was ok with but then we got a phone call from this agent representing the short sale. She told us it was looking like the bank was getting ready to accept our offer and she was wondering if we had sold our home yet. CRAP! 

Two weeks later I am in the hospital drugged by my epidural and I started getting phone calls from relators who wanted to show our home. I explained that I was having a baby at the moment but they were welcome to show it...as long as they could accept less than perfect. I had 3 phone calls while on the delivery bed!  We checked out of the hospital and 3 days later received an offer we couldn't refuse. FANTASTIC! However they wanted us out of the home in 3 weeks. SERIOUSLY?!! 

So the next day we began packing, and packing, and packing. After a few days and no word from the bank regarding the short sale home I began to get a little bit nervous. We will be homeless in 2 weeks, with 4 children AND it's Christmas!

We all started praying. We prayed that this home would come through. We prayed that if this is where Heavenly Father wanted our family that it would all work out in a timely manner. 

The next day we received word that our offer was accepted by the bank and we were ready to finish the process. WOW!!! Never in my wildest dreams did I think it would all work out so well. 

Which brings us to today...

We sold our home a week ago and have been living with my sweet in-laws. We are planning on closing on our new home on thursday. We are praying everything continues to go smoothly for the rest of the week. We are so grateful for the Lord's hand in our life. We are excited for this new adventure!!

Baby Talmage

Our little Talmage has been the most delightful baby. He has been a dream thus far. He sleeps, and sleeps, and sleeps. Just in the past few days has he started to explore his personality by getting to know his parent ins the wee hours of the night. We are trying to work on this!

 Charlotte has been the hardest for me. She just turned 2 a couple days ago and I think she is definitely feeling misplaced by the little brother. She is doing better now. At first I had to hide him in closets so that Charlotte wouldn't mall him to death. She loves him so much...sometimes a little too much!
 Anna has been wonderful. She has been helpful and happy to hold her little brother. Quinn too has been great. Days before Talmage was born he said to me, "I'm so excited for the baby brother to come...I am going to love him so much...as long as he looks like me!" He has been making big plans for Talmage. Just yesterday Quinn asked if we could take "the baby broder" to sizzler when he turns 18yrs. "I think he will love it!" Then he asked me if we could take the baby to St. George when he turns 12yrs. And then there was disney land and the movies. Needles to say I think Q is pretty excited to have a little buddy to play with.

 We are so grateful for this little bundle of BOY! He is absolutely precious.

Talmage Charles

On November 1st we welcomed our 4th little angel into our family. I don't really have a spectacular birth but I would like to remember what happened on that day. My body seems to get ready weeks before the baby actually comes and then just hangs out for the rest of the time; meaning I was dilated to a 4 and 80% effaced when I was 37 weeks. We woke up early Thursday morning to a phone call from the hospital asking us if we could be there in 45 mins to be induced. We quickly got the kids off to school and to the cousin's house and then headed to the hospital to have a baby! A little bit after I arrived I got my IV. The anesthesiologist came by and asked if I was ready for my epidural. I thought it was odd to be totally numb before I even experienced any pain. He assured me it was just fine! It was actually quite nice not to get to that "I think I am going to die" state of the process. So there I am totally numb with an IV dilated to a 4 and 85% effaced (no pitocin yet) and the nurse comes in..."Um, we can't get a hold of your Dr. I'm sure he'll call us right back to give us the order to start you." A little while later they come in, "Um, we really can't find him so we have 2 choices. We can disconnect your epidural and you can come back later or we can have you deliver with the Dr. on call." There was no way in heck I was going home still pregnant so of course I opted to have the on call Dr deliver me. They broke my water and started the Pit and told me they would still try to contact my dr.

Shortly after my water my dr showed up and apologized he had scheduled me on the wrong day in his calendar and was out working in his garden! He said he would be back in an hour to check me. One hour he came back...I was complete. 2 pushes later we had a baby boy! Total time was about 1hr and 15 mins...thank goodness for drugs! 8lbs 8oz 19.5 inches long!

I love the excitement on the kids' face as they meet their little brother for the first time!