House Hunting Trip to Kansas

We flew out to Kansas on Monday, February 23 to spend some time getting to know the area and to look for a place to live. We figured with the market like it is, it is a good time to be home owners again.

We had quite an interesting week that certainly did not start the way we expected. On Tuesday morning, Feb 24, Bryant had to rush me to St. John Hospital in Leavenworth, KS. You see, we had a little secret -- I was about 10 weeks pregnant. Unfortunately, I had a miscarriage. While we were devastated by this loss, the experience lead us to learn a lot about the community we are about to call "home". The ER doctor and nurses were so amazing -- caring and encouraging at first and comforting and compassionate when we all realized what had happened. They held our hands, provided hugs of support and even cried with us. When I had to go back for a follow up test, they all remembered us and were offering more hugs and encouragement. I was refered to a local ob/gyn who was wonderful as well! Truly everyone we met while in Kansas treated us like we were "home" from the doctors and nurses, to the pharmacist at CVS, to the waitresses at restaurants, to the staff at the hotel. Everyone was so wonderful!

On a more positive note, the realtor we worked with was amazing -- Sally Estes! She did a lot of leg work before hand and during my recovery time. She even took Bryant out and about to look at homes and areas when I needed some quiet time. When I was ready, I joined in on the 'fun'. I'm very happy to report that we found a new house to buy! We put in an offer and it was accepted the next morning -- no haggling -- yahoo! I'll put more details about the house later along with some pictures.

So we'll be heading to Kansas in less than 2 months. I will go out earlier than Bryant so I can start getting the house settled and ready for the next stage of the adoption process in Kansas.

Stay tuned for more updates later this week!