a place to call home

so before i get to week 14, let me share with you why week 13 and 14 have been the most stressful, exciting, sleepless, and blessed weeks of our lives - all at the same time. as many of you know, we've been casually house hunting for the last year or so... maybe longer. we've thought about location, price... size, proximity to our future partner for child care (mama fongo or now "grandmama fongo"), commute, schools, the plan for our condo in oakland, and everything in between. i'll spare you the details of it all and just let you know that God blessed paul and i with the tremendous opportunity to buy our first home together. we had an incredible amount of help along the way (you know who you are :)!!!), and we followed the signs and signals as God opened the doors for us.

we closed in record timing. and we can't wait to open our doors and share our new home with you. of course, we need a few weeks to pack, move, settle in, and get the rest of our lives in order; but the time will come sooner than later and we're very excited. here's a couple of pictures of us, in front of the house... one of us going through the front door for the very first time as the new owners, and the other with the car parked in the garage, and plans for the house in hand (paul's hands).

it's a miracle really, and we look forward to sharing it with you. see you soon!

p.s. we are looking to rent out our condo (we'll miss it terribly), so if you know if anyone who might be interested in a luxury high-rise building on lake merritt... info is posted here: http://www.postlets.com/rts/1449465