Sounds in the Wall

Are you ready to hear a funny story?

2 nights ago, Jeremy and I drove to meet our realtor at a house that Jeremy put an offer on earlier that morning.

He really wanted me to see the house to make sure I liked it.

We get to the house and look around.

I won't go into much detail on the house, but to sum it up "I'm in love"!

The house is huge and has so much character to it, I also need to mention, it has a little room above the garage that would be PERFECT for a craft room!

Anyways, while we looked around the house, Jeremy was carrying around the car seat with Mazie sleeping inside.

While we explored the house, room after room, our last stop was the basement.

We explored down their for a few minutes trying to find the washer and dryer hookups.

It was pretty creepy down their. The basement was not finished and it was really cold.

There was an old mattress in one of the rooms with a pillow on it.

Scary!

Before we headed up the stairs we checked out the storage room.

It was dark and cold in their.

While all 4 of us looked around, Jeremy instantly stopped moving and said "Do you hear that"?

We all stood quietly trying to listen.

I then heard a sound coming from inside the walls.

At first it sounded like someone was moaning.

My heart started to race.

We all stood there staring at each other with concerned looks on our faces.

The sound got even louder.
Then, the sound started to echo.
Jeremy said in a frantic tone "It's a dog. There's a dog stuck in the walls".
WHAT!
I then started to laugh.
Jeremy, my realtor and her husband stared at me.
I said "It's Mazie. She's snoring!
Sure enough, it was our little daughter dreaming and snoring, making the sounds of what we all thought was a dog stuck in the basement walls.

I hope you laughed. We all sure did!

Love,
Kristin

The 1st Day Back

I started back to work on Thursday December 1st.

It was my 1st day back from maternity leave for 3 and a half months.

It was fun to see all of my work friends and catch up on things.

I start to miss Mazie around 3:00 p.m. which is a good thing because I get off of work at around 5:00 p.m.

In other news, Jeremy and I put an offer on a house in PG that was sitting on half of an acre and had a cool little white shed in the backyard and a HUGE living room. We put the offer a few weeks before Mazie was born. We found out a few days ago that the homeowners decided to stay in the house.

Ugh... really?

We waited 2 months to get that news. Not good. But, I know God has another house in store for us.

We just need to be patient for a little bit longer.

Love,

Kristin

"The House of......No"

Jeremy and I have been searching for a house for about a month and a half now. After making a few offers and looking at over 10 homes we finally found the "perfect house". I was in California for my baby shower when Jeremy found the house and placed an offer on it. They accepted our offer! The house was gorgeous and everything we wanted. It was built in the 1800's and was sitting on an acre and a half of property in beautiful Mapleton surrounded by mountains and tree's. When I got back from California we scheduled the inspection as soon as we could. The inspection was on Thursday and it ended as a big disappointment. There were so many issues with the house it was just not worth buying. We were pretty sad but knew God did this for a reason, the house was not meant to be ours. We ended up backing out of the deal and now we are back to searching. The main reason why I am sad we did not get this house is because it was perfect to us, it was out of the city, on the countryside and had a cute park down the street. I completely day dreamed of taking Mazie to the park and raising her in a rural area, not the city area. But I know we will find our home soon and I can't wait to share.

Love,

Kristin

Feeling the Pressure

I am finally feeling a little stressed out. I woke up this morning from several thoughts brewing inside my head:

* Getting a house

* Signing up for birthing classes

* Setting up my 2nd baby shower in Utah

* Finding a good pediatrician for Mazie

* Finding a great day care for Mazie when I go back to work

My head hurts and I can't sleep. To top it off, this might be "TMI" for some people but I am glued to the toilet 24/7, this bladder of mine does not know when to stop.

The perks of being pregnant.

Love,

Kristin

Spur of the Moment

Jeremy and I have been looking at homes for sale recently. We feel it is time to take that big leap and buy a home, now that Jeremy has a steady income job and little Mazie will be here in about 2 1/2 months!

We found a home located in Lindon, UT, it's about 5 minutes from where we are renting now. We viewed the home and fell in love with it. The house was sitting on half an acre and was zoned for farm animals. Now, I was never raised on or near a farm but I love animals and all I could think of was owning a few ducks, and a fox. Jeremy laughed at me. Anyways, we loved the house so much, it encouraged us to see how much we would be approved for a loan. We set up a meeting with a loan processor and we were approved for a substantial amount. We were so excited, we went to the owner and gave them an offer. To our surprise, the home had a few more offers on it. So we had to put our thinking caps on and try to bring a final offer to the owner, he called us last night and told us we were out bid. It was kind of sad because I really could see us in that specific home. But I know God is watching over us and he will lead us in the right path, I believe this home was not for us. I think this home came into our lives at this moment to make us not afraid and finally get a loan, which we did. So now, it's house hunting time and I know God will be on this journey with us.

Baby News: Mazie is moving all the time, last night was very uncomfortable, I started to get lower back pain and I just could not find a comfortable position. The leg cramps are getting worse! I have them everynight and my lower legs are so sore by morning, it's hard to walk. I can feel the knotts in my legs. Oi!

Love,

Kristin