Happy 2nd Birthday Carter

Lately August 2014

4th of July Fun!

This year we had a fun 4th of July. Carter is now starting to be old enough to be excited about different fun things. So this year we had a full day of fun planned for the 4th of July. That morning we went to the Cedar Park 4th of July parade. Carter loves trucks and cars, so he enjoyed watching them go by!

Afterwards we hit up the Brushy Creek splash pad for the first time and man did Carter have fun with dad!! Only problem is he slipped and fell and hit his head, so Kevin made him hold his hand the rest of the time and he wasn't happy!!

Then that evening we decided to try and keep Carter up and we went to the Cedar Park 4th of July fireworks. They had a lot of activities there at the park. We walked around and Carter got to see a firetruck and was super excited. We eventually set up camp with chairs and a blanket and waited for the fireworks to begin. We kept telling Carter about the fireworks, but I think he confused fireworks with firetruck. He was a little scared at first and kept saying "NO, truck." But then a bunch of people started clapping during parts of the show so he got excited and clapped with them.

He was a trooper and we are excited about finally getting to do fun things with him that he enjoys!! Look forward to many more years.

We are Having.....

Kevin and I are happy to announce....

We are having another boy!!!! Carter will be excited SOMEDAY to have a little brother to play with!! I'm prepared that I will have messy, dirty boys, something I know nothing about having only had a sister. But I'm excited, it will be an adventure for sure!! Lots of fun sporting events to watch our boys thrive!! And in about 10-12 years I'm sure I'll never be able to keep the pantry stocked with enough food!!

And we finally came up with a NAME!! Blake is a random name we both liked. Porter is my Grandpa's (Dad's dad) middle name.

So excited to expand this family to FOUR!!

God is Good

God is good!! We listed our house on Friday and by end of day we were  not only under contract, but it was a cash offer over asking price!! AND we close in less than 2 weeks. WOW!!! God is definitely answering our prayers.

So we'll be closing on our current house and then leasing it back a couple of weeks until we can close on our new house!!

SOOOO the HARWOODS are moving in less than a MONTH!! AHHH!!

Continued prayers that things go smoothly and all work out!!!

Lots of Changes for the Harwoods Lately

Lots of changes are in store for the Harwoods this year. Obviously, first of all we are expanding our family to 4!!! We were very excited when we found out, but knew we needed to get a bigger house for our growing family before this little one makes it's arrival. Obviously finding houses is what I do for a living, but it has been an interesting process for us this time. The Austin market is a bit crazy that there are many people looking to buy, but not as many people looking to sell. The inventory is really low right now, which is leading to good properties going within days of being listed and usually multiple offers are involved and over asking prices. So for the last couple of months we have been watching the areas we are interested. We have checked out several much nothing really of interest was out there.

Well last week we finally found one worth pursuing. We put in an offer on Saturday and by Sunday were under contract!! Very exciting! BUT, that meant we need to get our house ready to sell and FAST! Needless to say this has been a very stressful week. We needed to do a few things to the house and we wanted to declutterize and make it in more of a "showing" mood. Well, we finally did it!! So very soon a photographer is coming over today to take pictures and as soon as we get them back, our current house is getting LISTED!!! Looks like we'll be spending our weekend at other friend's houses to avoid messing up the house with a toddler.

So be praying for us! We have the inspection for the property we are buying today. Pray that it goes well. Pray that we get our current house listed and get it under contract this weekend!!! Pray that all goes smoothly and we can close on both properties over the next 6 weeks. As I well know in this business, nothing is for sure until all parties have signed the dotted line and all funds complete, so I am cautiously excited right now for our new house.

Here is hopefully the future Harwood House!

This is an old picture from when we bought the house, but here is our current house we are hoping to sell fast!!! :)

SURPRISE!

SURPRISE!! Carter is going to be a BIG BROTHER!!! Baby Harwood #2 due in November 2014!!