Personal | A Life Update

Things seem to be going full steam these days… and crawling all at the same time.

House:

Three days after listing our home for sale, we were under contract. We’ve been holding our breath waiting for the appraisal and inspection… both were completed earlier this week, and while we don’t have the final report, we have been told everything looks good and there are only minor things to fix! Now… the breath holding continues until we actually close on June 29.

So, now the question we keep getting asked… Where are you going?!

We don’t know.

Before we actually listed our home (just days before) we looked at a house we LOVED. We were planing to make an offer once reviewing recent sales in the neighborhood. The next morning we learned the house was under contract, and actually had been when we looked at it… but of course that agent didn’t bother to tell anyone with an appointment to see it. So, while we’ve secretly waited for that house to fall out of contract… we’ve also been scouring any resource possible to find something else. MLS is nearly dry in the specific areas we want, so I’ve combed foreclosures lists, craigslist, FSBO.com and ForSaleByOwner.com for other listings…. very little has turned up. We are seeing 2 homes tonight… one isn’t even on the market yet (it’s being flipped by an investor) and the other is a for sale by owner, that’s not advertised more than just a sign in the yard…. but both are in the neighborhood we love. We did see a house we liked on Monday, but I’m just not sure it’s the right fit for us.

If you’re interested…. we want an older home, that likely needs a little work (or even an addition) in the older part of Huntersville (in the area between Gilead, 115, 21 & Mt. Holly Huntersville) OR Cornelius between Catawba Ave & downtown Davidson. There  is a house I love in this area, but it’s way overpriced… we may submit an offer anyway… but we need to meet a contractor out there to decide how much an addition and renovation would cost. In the mean time, I play imaginary home renovation.

Baby:

Nope, not pregnant. We’ve taken a break on treatments because our schedule conflicted with when we would have to go in for our last IUI. This coming cycle is going to be filled with moving, and hopefully all the things that go with buying a new home (inspections, loans, appraisals, etc.) so I’m just not sure we want to juggle 170000 medications and Dr. appointments on top of that…. so it might be August before we attempt our last IUI (if the stars don’t align on their own!) Then if things don’t work out by the end of the year, we may go for IVF next spring.

We finally had the opportunity to visit bestie, Karen, her hubby, Paul and their new squishy 8 week old, Porter in Waco last weekend! Last time I saw Karen in January, she was about 30 weeks pregnant…. and fun fact… the photo below is in the same spot we shot some of their engagement photos!  It was a welcome distraction from all the chaos back here…..  just a note about friends having babies… I’ve definitely had moments of serious jealousy but thankfully I’ve passed that point for the most part. I am genuinely thrilled for those of you pregnant or with new babies. I know you probably wanted it just as much as we do, and the fact your dream is realized makes me so happy.  If you’re interested in supporting couples trying to expand their families, I encourage you to check out the Give Grace campaign with the Scarlet & Gold Shop. You can read all about it here!

I’ll be doing very little photography this summer… personal life is taking over in the shape of packing, vacation and day-job work. If you intend to have photos done with me between now and August, get on my calendar asap!