h-o-u-s-e.

as some of you may know, we have been searching for a house for the past several weeks due to our rent being increased significantly as of April. {stupid apartment complex}, and by we, i mean me, because i love looking at houses. well, i'm more stalking them on craigslist and then google maps, but it's basically the same thing. 

this is what i would look at every single day. look at how many 3 bedrooms are posted in one day on the peninsula. it's insane. oh, all those prices are per month too, do you like the $19,500 one? who has that much money to spend on rent??! california.... 

my conditions for our house were: 

1. a garage

2. backyard to kick the kid into. 

3. washer and dryer. 

levi's conditions for the house were: 

1. cheaper than what we're paying now.

 {he's a hard one to please obviously}

after much searching, we looked at this one house, who's pictures were very deceiving online. no where did they show that the insides of their house were bright yellow and orange. barf. we looked at another, which was right on the beach, had an amazing living area, but the master bedroom barely fit a queen sized bed. 

and then we found it. our third house we looked at. i had emailed the craiglist guy about maybe allowing a cat, because it said very clearly "NO PETS" on his ad, and when he asked for more information about us, he said we could discuss a pet deposit while we come look at it. 

don't deny it. you totally love it. the green. the wrought iron gate. it's sexy. 

we pulled up to this house and were like  "ohhh boy, this is going to be another one of those-- it looks awesome online and like crap in real life-- houses" 

but we were wrong. yes, the outside leaves a lot to be desired, but the inside.... oh my goodness. 

it has a two car garage, gated front courtyard, a backyard, living room, play room, dining room, laundry room and kitchen downstairs. oh, and a half bath. 

upstairs has two bedrooms and a bathroom, and the master suite, complete with two closets, and a bathroom.  

tile and wood floor downstairs, carpet upstairs. vaulted ceilings, a adult fridge {the kind with the freezer on one side and the fridge on the other}, aaahhhhh. 

now of course, you're saying, how can this awesome house be cheaper than your apartment? well it was. not only was it cheaper, but $450 cheaper a month than ours. and $800 cheaper than ours will be next month. 

i was in heaven. this is what i was waiting for. the perfect house. now to swoon the man leasing it. 

which turned out to be a lot easier than we thought it would be. we'll blame that on our adorable child, who literally did swoon him. 

we were the second people he showed the place to, and the last. we looked at it on sunday, filled out applications, and on monday he emailed us to say we got the house. 

we get to move in March 24th, during levi's break, when he can actually help me pack this time.

pure joy. i cannot believe we got it. how can finding a house be that easy? but wait, it gets better. 

our lease here is up April 15th, we informed our leasing agent that we will be moving out early, and she said if they find someone to rent the apartment to before our lease is up, we no longer have to pay the rest of our lease. and she's already had people interested in it. {crossing our fingers} 

we have been so blessed to find this place. probably because we prayed really hard to find a place that was suitable for our needs, and this very much exceeded our expectations. 

success.