Oh, how I like to see the little word "option" appear

As some of you have heard, and many of you haven't, Ryan and I began looking at houses this past weekend. As luck would have it, we fell in love with the third house we saw on our outing.
As potential non-luck would have it, there was an offer being made on the house so we had to move very quickly. And for first-time homebuyers - this was a little traumatic. Thankfully we had most of our ducks in a row so we were able to make an offer.

This morning we received written confirmation that our offer (counter-offer, whatever) has been accepted. So... pending inspections, appraisals and all the other things that could go wrong - we're going to be homeowners very soon!

We're very excited because the house is just so much more than we thought we were going to find. It's in our current neighborhood (which is especially nice because we already have friends here and know the lay of the land), it has more space than we were expecting, it has awesome perks (like new appliances and systems, a double lot fenced yard, three car garage, etc) and it's (in my opinion) a very nice, homey place.

Of course I realize much could still go wrong with the deal, but it's closer than we've ever been, so we're excited!

We'll try to keep everyone posted on our progress through the blog, but here are a few pictures to whet your appetite.