Why does nothing ever go smoothly?

Let me start by saying that everything is fine with Erin and the baby.  It seems as if I felt it kick once, but every time Erin announces that the baby is kicking and I should feel her tummy the baby stops moving at once.  Hopefully my amazing powers to calm the child with a touch will continue after she is born. 

No, our problems are regarding the house we have been trying to buy.  I'll shorten part of the drama for you.  We saw this house several months ago and it was pretty over-priced.  We made a bit of a low-ball bid and after some going back and forth we walked away after our final offer we not accepted.  Then, a month or so after that, our final bid was accepted.  We were still interested in the house and the fun dance of house buying began.

Skip ahead to about a month and a half ago.  Our seller had signed papers accepting our offer and we set a date for November 16th to close.  In the mean time we had the place inspected and noticed that they still hadn't packed one box.  But, we still had three weeks before closing and this was an estate sale so nobody was still living in the house.  While we were concerned, we were still optimistic.

Well, the 16th was upon us and we had not really heard from the seller despite the efforts of lots of people.  Finally we found out that the sellers still had not moved anything out of the house.  Now we have some livid people who had expected this to be a done deal -- not only us but our realtor, our lawyer, and her realtor.  Everyone starts getting very serious about contacting the seller on our behalf to get this thing in gear.  We start to panic because the approval of our mortage runs out at the end of the month and nobody will be working on this over the Thanksgiving holiday.  Then word comes from our realtor that the sellers have started to move stuff out of the house and it looks like we might be able to end this drama in the three days prior to Thanksgiving.  It isn't ideal, but we'll take it.

Then yesterday we are contacted by the receptionist of our lawyer who says that the buyer will not be able to close on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (as had been scheduled) because they still have some things to move.  This leaves us one whole day in which to have this thing signed for (the Monday after Thanksgiving) or we have to re-apply for a mortage, which could land us with a higher interest rate amongst other things.

So, the Wilburn's aren't happy right now but there isn't anything we can really do about it.  The thing is, it really isn't about the house.  This is about the fresh start that we want to coincide with the birth of our child.  Many people will get a nursery ready when their baby is coming, but we have set some higher goals.  Maybe we have taken on too much, but it is what we want to do and it really sucks when your plans get smacked around by circumstances beyond your control.  In the mean time we will continue to pack up our apartment and get ready for the big move -- when and if that happens.