We're "Under Contract"

Hey, Jason here. That's right, I'm actually posting a blog... Can't help it - too excited.

I just wanted to get on here and spin a bit of good news in light of this "dreary" economy. Diana & I are happy to announce that as of May 27th, we will be the proud owners (okay, "co-owners" - thanks to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage) of the beautiful home you see above! Last weekend we were fortunate enough to receive an offer that was in the general vicinity of our asking price so we countered, and they accepted our counter! Most of you already knew that we had a contingency contract on the home above, and to make matters more interesting, the owners of that home also received a non-contingent offer the same weekend we did, but did a great job of stalling for us to see how ours turned out. As the Good Lord would have it, things turned out extremely well. So here we are, a little over a week later, and all inspections have been performed and the mortgage applications sent in and signed. We are officially "Under Contract", and everything looks great on both sides of the table in terms of seeing this thing through to the closing.

Instead of writing out everything about our soon-to-be new home, just take a look for yourself. Diana & I hope you like it, and if you don't... we don't care, we're moving into it anyway - we're really going to need the room with daughter #2 coming in August! If you are good, we may even invite you over for dinner sometime! (But you have to help us move in first) :-)

By the way, if you ever need a realtor, Lynn Horne with ReMax Southern Homes is your girl.

IT'S A GIRL!!

I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it!

We are happy to announce that we will be having another girl and a little sister for Tate. We are not really sure if Tate does understand that she will be having a little sister but hopefully she will warm up to the idea by August. Everything looked great on the ultrasound and we are measuring right with my due date at 19 weeks 3 days. We were so excited to share our big news with our families today and now with our friends!

What a beautiful day!

Like most families, we enjoyed some playtime in the snow this morning. With all of the trees and ground covered it was a beautiful sight to wake up to. It was a lot of fun to watch Tate experience the snowfall and tasting the snow off the ground....she wouldnt stop eating it!

We also celebrated today with Jeremy and Michelle as they dedicated Emily to the Lord this morning. They had a lot of family in town to share in this wonderful day including Jason and Jeremy's grandparents below...Nanny and Paw Paw.

Michelle and her sweet girl Emily

Playtime with my cousins

Reid and Tate have their own special way of learning their letters!

Tate wanted to hold her baby cousin's hand....so sweet!

Emily Jane Long 4 1/2 weeks old

We had a wonderful visit with Emily and Aunt Chelle as usual.

Emily is getting so big and opening her beautiful eyes more and more.

We have a Niece!

Jeremy giving us all the exciting news that they were the new parents to a Baby Girl!!!
Doesn't Michelle look great?

Miss Emily Jane Long

Sweet kisses from Daddy

We are so proud to announce that Emily Jane Long arrived Saturday, January 24th at 1:32 p.m. She weighed 7lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She has a beautiful head full of long, brown hair. Jeremy and Michelle are doing great and adjusting to parenthood so naturally. Emily is so blessed to have such loving parents who are so thankful to the Lord for such a wonderful gift. We are very excited as well to be an Aunt and Uncle again and for the first time to a precious little girl, our first niece.