accepted

we stepped into the car after having a delicious dinner at tamaen when we received a text message from our realtor:

"seller agrees to original offer..."

i had to read it twice before i said anything to mike. i'm so ecstatic! the last few days have been quite stressful...

we found a home we both fell in love with. put in our offer 9 days ago. scrambled to get the documents the seller requested within the first 4 days. then had to extend our offer deadline so the seller can work out some personal matters they were dealing with regarding the sell of their house. 2 days ago they countered asking for $5k more than our offer. after mulling it over for 2 days, we came to a conclusion this morning that we'd stick to our guns... b'coz it's really our best offer and what we can afford. this morning... i was certain we lost our chance for the house and we had already started perusing redfin and zip realty for more prospects.

but tonight... that text message our realtor sent changed everything. i haven't felt this accomplished since my daughter was born. for the first time in my life... i will own a house. no... not just a house. a home. a home that my daughter will grow up in... a home that will be ours... a home our kids will grow up in. a home that i can be happy to finally call 'my home'.

i know this is barely just the beginning and i really hope i'm not jinxing us right now. i'm just so excited and anxious to talk about it... that i just had to blog it. escrow will open soon and we still need to get inspection done. i really really truly hope and pray that everything goes well from here on out.

a new journey awaits us....