Waiting to Exhale

It has been an exhausting couple of weeks. After waiting and waiting to hear if our loan went through, they call us Thursday (day before the close) to tell us its not approved and we will not be closing. I am devasted. We had already given notice at our current dwelling so this posed a huge problem since they had already re-rented for this Saturday move in. Ok, we are not beaten yet. Knowing we would be homeless for who knew how long, we rented a penske truck and yesterday Brian and 1 friend (the moving gods must be mad at us b/c no one else showed up to help) loaded the whole truck. Thank God for Shawn. We then stuffed both our cars as full as they would allow, left the rest in the garage and headed to our pastor's house where we were welcomed with open arms. Thank God for Hal and Sandy. With no news of when we will be closing I am at work unable to concentrate wondering what I am supposed to be learning from all of this...............NEWS FLASH.................as I was typing this the man called and said we just got the go ahead to close tomorrow at 3pm, THANK YOU JESUS!!!!! Please pray for great weather and lots of help. We'll post some pics at a MUCH later date when I have gotten over my nervous breakdown. Love you guys!!

One step closer to Saving Grace

Yesterday Brian, Jared (our oldest), and I went and met with the contractor for the walk thru of our new home. Last I had seen the house there was no carpet or applianaces and things were still pretty messy. It was so exciting to walk in and see the carpet done and the house cleaned up. As we walked around pointing out all the things that needed to be touched up (the joys of buying a brand new house vs. one that is already built) I got really excited thinking about moving in and giving it the Maciaszek touch. Well, the female side anyway. When we talk about bedrooms we have already designated which one will be for Grace and have already decided we will decorate it right away in preparation for her home coming. We also know how far away this feels and have felt so much encouragement from all of you we hope you will stick with us and stay to the end. Anyway, back to the walk thru. We finished and scheduled another one for next Friday at 9am, then we will close at 11am. Talk about a full day. We are thrilled. Once we are in we will give you the grand tour via video and post it on here. I hope wherever you are you will pray for a smooth closing and also celebrate with us as we are now one step closer to bringing our baby home. Thank you for your comments and emails of encouragement, we cannot walk this road without you!