Now it feels real!

My husband and I started looking for homes in October.  At first it was just for fun to see what we might want come August when our lease was up.  As we began looking it became clear that now was the time to buy because of the super low interest rates and prices on homes.  We found a super realtor who showed us many homes and gave us a lot of information and advice to consider while choosing our first home.  The house I fell in love with was on the high end of our budget and sold shortly after we saw it.  We also decided that we wanted to move to a different city than we were currently living that had a better school district for when we have babies:-)  When we first started looking we met with another builder but thought building was out of our price range.  After looking in other cities we found that building with Ryan was our best bet financially as well as for getting all of the extras that we wanted.  We looked at the floor plans and decided that the Sienna was the best layout for what we want and was a great size for our starter home.  Our sales rep was awesome and picked out all kinds of extras she thought we would want while keeping us under our budget. (She did this just from a paper that my husband filled out)  She was dead on.  Got my soaking tub! Morning Room, stainless appliances, upgrades carpet and floors, upgraded lighting, gorgeous elevation, etc.  We walked lots and found the perfect one.  there is a part of a mound behind us then a lightly traveled road and a walking trail...no one directly behind us! Ever!  We had our meeting with our project manager on Monday and he said they will start digging next week (Wednesday or Thursday)!  It finally feels real now that the loan stuff is finished and the building is about to begin!  As long as we don't have any extreme weather we are looking at getting the keys April 8th!  However in Ohio the weather can be 60 one day and a blizzard the next!  I will go without snow days( I teach kindergarten) this year if it means my house is finished on time!!