We are Officially Homeowners (God Help Us All!)

Well, we bought a house. I know, I can't believe somebody let us buy a house either.

Although our plans for Missouri are short-term (relatively speaking - at the most 3 years), with the baby on the way, we knew our 2-bedroom condo in the bar district of downtown Kansas City was not going to cut it any longer.

Considering that when I left the house for Mass this morning, there was fresh vomit on the sidewalk from somebody's inebriated walk home the night before, I'm thinking it would be a bad idea to tour the area with a stroller.

AND, the market is really good. Reallllly good. Houses are selling for peanuts. Literally, we're paying in Circus Peanuts - 563,000,000 bags of them.

AND, the people who were selling the house were pretty desperate to leave the state (they told our buyers agent that they're moving for a new job and are on a strict timeline, but I still have a theory that involves the witness protection program, a drug deal gone bad, and a bunch of code names)

So ALL of that, plus the fact that they accepted every single condition outlined in our contract (they're leaving us every single major appliance in the house - jackpot!) makes David and I pretty freaking excited first-time home owners!!

Check it out:
http://portal.heartlandmls.com/Matrix/Public/PhotoPopup.aspx?tid=1&key=18492391&n=16&mtid=1&L=1

FYI if you're reading this, that means you have an exclusive invitation to stay with us November 13-15th (by staying with us, I mean help us move and we'll supply you with an air mattress.) *First come first serve on the air mattresses.