Home Is Where The Heart Is

I have been thinking a lot about houses recently and since I have only lived in three places since I graduated from college, I thought I would write down what milestones have happened in each...then I can plan accordingly for our next place, and the next step on our life.

The summer after college I moved into my oldest sister's stable apartment till August. Here is what went down...

·         I took the entire summer off to relax, lay in the sun, and play with my oldest (and only) niece, who was about 2

·         We got Preston, our first dog!

·         My hubby had to go back to Canada to play hockey

·         I was super sad :(

·         My first nephew was born in Canada

·         I spent some quality time with my oldest sister (who is 7 years older than me)

In August I moved into my grandfather's apartment (don't worry, he was not living there anymore). Here is what went down there...

·         I started my first teaching job...and LOVED it.

·         My hubby came back in the Fall and decided to stay in the States :)

·         We got engaged

·         I threw Preston a ridiculous 1st birthday party, complete with the pink, plastic "I'm 1" yard sign

·         I first waxed myself...ouch!

·         My grandfather passed away :(

·         I got a new car

·         I lived with my best friend from HS

·         We decided living together was not good for our friendship, so she moved out

·         My middle sister got married and moved back home!

·         I got married

·         I started grad school

·         We bought our first house

A few years of living in the apartment and we moved into our first house. We also made a few big steps in life...

·         We got to live together as husband and wife

·         We became really close with two of our best friend-couples, who are now A's godparents

·         I finished grad school

·         My hubby got his green card!

·         We found out we were having a baby!

·         We had a beautiful, healthy, baby girl!

·         We learned a lot about taking care of a house and a baby

·         A celebrated her baptism and 1st birthday here

·         A took her first steps

·         A learned how to run her parents' show :)

·         Preston started calming down a wee, little bit

·         I quit teaching elementary school and became a stay at home mom

·         I decided I need to work a little and got a job teaching grad school

·         I realized how lucky I am to be home with A all day and still get to teach

·         I fell in love with our little family

·         We grew our first pumpkin, tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries, and herbs

·         We decided to only grow herbs

Here are my goals for our next home

·         To give A a sibling or two

·         To have a lazy dog who snores in the kitchen

·         To grow old (okay, fine older)

·         To buy a playset

·         To walk A to her first day of Kindergarten

·         To cry a lot at the fact that I have a Kindergartener

·         To raise a family with love, respect, kindness, and good values

·         To be on the PTA

·         To be the mom who brings in cupcakes, just because

·         To pick my kids up from school each afternoon and find out every detail about their day

·         To have family dinners

·         To spend quality time with friends

·         To go on special trips with just my husband

·         To teach at the college level once my kids are all in school

·         To make breakfast each morning and dinner each night

·         To leave little notes in my kids' lunches every day

·         To wake up each morning as happy as I am now

I know each house, and each stage in our lives, will hold special memories and I could not be more grateful for where we are today and what we have to look forward to tomorrow.

xoxo

Daily Mom