Option C

Option C was discovered when we realized that the farm house will be ours at some point in the future AND my inlaws have always assumed they would build a house one day.
So option C became: we will live with my inlaws while they build a house and then continue to live in that house until the farmhouse becomes available.
I'm excited about cohousing as I feel that bringing the child rearing village in closer proximity can only be a good thing. My inlaws have been very accomodating as we have difficult conversations (can we move the silverware? Who gets what bedroom? What about when my sister in law is home from college over the summer? etc.) about logistics.
And I'm disapointed to not get to use the knowledge we've gathered while intensely researching house building.
But I was disapointed when we thought we weren't going to get the farmhouse and would have to build instead.
So now we're back to our original plan (before there was a plan A or B or even C) and that's exciting.
We're both so ready to GO but know there are several compelling reasons to wait until spring. We're excited as we reconnect with old friends who are in the same area we will be in starting complementary ventures. For now we're focusing on the day-to-day and in any spare moments (not many this time of year!) we're dreaming, planning, researching ... everything farm.