Patience required

After posting two days in a row this week, my husband came home on Wednesday, and said, "What, no post today?" I hate to disappoint, so I figured I would go ahead and write a little bit today.
We made the decision last year for me to be a stay at home mommy. I've been able to do that since last June, and I absolutely do not regret the decision.
This year has been HARD. We moved across country to live with my parents, thinking we'd only be here a few months while we waited for our house to sell. Little did we know that it would take a year (from the time we put it on the market) for it to finally sell. Then, we thought, we can go get our own house.Ha! Not so simple. We have to get a loan based on Matt's job, which he's only had now for two months. This brings up a bunch of red flags to the loan agencies, so they are very timid in giving us financing. We've put an offer on a house, only to find out through the inspection that the previous owner thought of himself as quite the handyman and ruined more things than he fixed. We canceled that offer, and found another house. A short sale, so there are even more hoops. That's where we sit now, waiting to hear back from the bank on whether or not they are going to accept our offer we put in nearly 2 weeks ago.
All that to say that even though I've been a stay at home mom, it hasn't felt that way, since I'm still living with my mom. Sometimes the lines get blurred for Charis as to who she is actually supposed to listen to. The first few months we were here, she regularly called my mom and dad, Mom and Dad.
I keep thinking, This is not how life is supposed to be. Matt and I are supposed to be a family, with Charis. Just the three of us.
(Side note: don't get me wrong, I love my parents, and am SO thankful they are allowing us to stay here and save money! We are forever grateful for their help.)
So for now, we sit and wait. Which is definitely not one of my strengths...patience...ugh. I really don't remember asking for patience. Even if I did, I totally recant it now!!!