Life Right Now

Two weeks ago, we moved out of our starter home and into our family home. It's bittersweet. On two separate occasions I burst into tears over the loss of our little house on Whitewater Road.

Some things we will miss:

• It is totally updated
• We were so proud of the backyard and all our hard work out there
• The garage is connected to the house and gave us easy access off of the kitchen
• It was our first home - Brian proposed to me in that house, we came home from our honeymoon to that house, found out we were going to be parents in that house, held countless get-togethers and made tons of memories there

While we will always love our first home, we had to say goodbye and embrace the next step in our lives.

We have officially moved into our new home. We had help from both our families who loaded up a U-haul and moved us just a few miles away. We really can't thank them enough for helping us move and clean the place up. We also can't thank some of our friends enough for the meals! That has been awesome to not have to cook :)

Unfortunately, when we got the keys to our house, we were a little overwhelmed over the amount of work our new house needs. Every room needs paint... not just on the wall, but also the mustard-colored trim that seems to cover every square inch of the house and the yellow-y ceilings and closets. Of course, we knew this going in, but on moving day, the work became a reality. To paint most of the rooms, we will have to remove roll after roll of wallpaper. And I won't even get into the amount of work in the kitchen. We know it has loads of potential, but in the beginning it's hard to accept the fact that it will take years to get to that point. We look forward to the day when our friends and family want to drop by and we do not have to preface with "Please excuse the boxes... the ugly wallpaper... the half painted room...."

Currently, we are living amongst boxes, drop cloths, paint cans, and cleaning products. There is constantly something to do. Not a lot of relaxing going on over here. The first week in our new home we were sore, tired, cranky, and overall, just exhausted. We FINALLY moved into our master bedroom this past week, and we love it. It really helped us to have some feeling of accomplishment with our new house, and one room out of the way. Speaking of which, I am so proud of Brian. He has remained patient and always encourages me to rest, drink water and take breaks from unpacking. He constantly is watching out for me and I appreciate that more than he knows.

The next house post, I'll show you before and after pics of our master bedroom and bathroom and a break down of what we did. Let's just say it is turning into my DREAM bedroom!!! I love it so much and love having a grown up retreat at the end of the day :)