So close!!

Well, my friends, we are so close to getting our new home. We have been in Edmonton for the past 8 days, and are really glad to be home in our own space right now, except that we had to leave Dan behind, as he is now employed there! What a weird feeling leaving him behind. So Maya, Natty, Isaac and I drove home all shoved into the little Echo. Such a good car, that little Echo. Anyway. On to more important things. While we had a wonderful time in Edmonton (even more wonderful when we moved out of Uncle Bill's bachelor pad home [read: trinkets/breakables, exposed wall outlets without plates, things to DON'T TOUCH! in every square inch) and took over Karen and Dave's home for the weekend (they were away in Regina and so kindly opened their home to us!) our trip got a lot better. : ) It was clean, safe, baby/toddler proof, had a functioning nursery that Isaac took over, had the modern conviences we were accustomed to... things like that. Heaven. (I can't thank you guys enough, Karen, Dave and Lucas!!) We even got to have India and Angela over for dinner and a play outside in the sunny backyard. Ah, good friends. : ) I'm SO looking forward to these get togethers once we move up there--complete with Dave and Karen and Lucas too!

So, on with the story. We conditionally bought a house! It's not the exact perfect house we've always dreamed of, but it's the exact, perfect neighbourhood (Highlands: It's close to a really nice kiddie park with a splash pond, the library, the big public pool, Dan's work...) and street, and we'll get the house there bit by bit. We're getting pretty good at doing that. Also, it's a HUGE step up from what we're presently living in, so we also have to take that into consideration. We're pretty excited about the deed being done, especially when our realtor called back home and told us that we have an offer coming in on Tuesday after the long weekend (they would have done it Friday, but their mortgage broker didn't want to do the work going in to the long weekend, so they had to wait to see what they were pre-approved for, so they'd know what to offer us). At least, we hope they will still be wanting to put in an offer after the weekend's done! It would sure make life a bit easier. Just putting in time and packing I can handle. All this waiting and unknown is what I'm having a hard time with. I know it will all work out as it's supposed to. I know, I know...

Here's some pictures of our potentially new place: