This post was originally supposed to happen before we moved, but packing and life got in the way.
In my months of blogging absence we looked for a new house and at the perfect time, we found a home that was a great fit for us and got ready to move! Then, on Saturday, after a week of packing, we moved to our new house.
The new house in almost exactly 1 mile from our townhouse, so we know we like the area already and can easily find all of the shopping, plus the people we have met so far have been very nice! We have renters moving into the townhouse on Friday and I guess we're going to get a dose of what it's like to be landlords, cross your fingers for us!
Why did we move you might ask? Well, the new house is a rambler (something we have wanted~and even something that at times I have really needed~ since my run in with bi-lateral femoral neuropathy). Everything being on the main floor has been super awesome for the 5 whole days we've lived there, even better than I thought!
It was funny talking with McKinley about the move beforehand. We had to explain that she got to take everything with her, even her bike and her bed. She was super disappointed when she found out it was not next door to my sister Jenni (because she adores her cousin Chase to a level I can't even being to explain) which was pretty funny. She has only been upset and wanted to go to the "old home" twice; once because we don't have stairs that go upstairs and then because she thought a celing fan was ugly! Man, that girl cracks me up!
I don't often find myself feeling sentimental, but as we were leaving the townhouse, it was empty and that felt weird. I could see the stair that Molly loved to sit on, the window sill she climbed into and the windows she peeked out of on her tiptoes; I saw the closet McKinley loved to hid in during hide and seek, the counter spot that she sat on to help bake and the bedroom she read and played in. I was glad to have those sweet memories ~and many more~ and to have lived next to all of my wonderful neighbors, who I will miss seeing as we played in front of the house or rode bikes down the alley! I'm so happy we had the chance to make those memories and here's to the new ones to come!
4 comments:
I am SO excited for you!! Next time I am around I want to see your new place! :)
Glad the move went okay! I will sincerely miss seeing you at church!
Thanks Katie, I will miss seeing you at church too!
Glad that the move went well. Sorry we didn't make it, Jack had his first T-ball game that morning. Can't wait to see your new place!
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