lately

Lately we have been house hunting.

Nosing around other peoples homes...

trying to replace their things with your own.

Squinting our eyes and imagining Theodore screaming down the hall...

Eva reading books in her special corner...

and baby rocking and walking in every single room.

Dreaming of dinners around our table...

Saturday mornings in the kitchen...

and porch sitting in the evening with all the little tucked in bed.

It has been time consuming and energy draining.

Picking the pros and the cons...

Debating and questioning.

An then we found a house.

The house that you can imagine all the little feet pattering and finger prints on the windows.

We have been neck high in negotiations, inspections and lots of waiting.

We are at the tail end of it all.

Back to waiting and hoping that things work out.

Waiting on the seller and knowing there is another offer in the wings.

Please, oh please be the right home for us.

****UPDATE****
House is ours... closing on or before May 31st.
So very happy and excited.

At Home

tennies

putting up

trucks

buckles

stacks

squiggles

babies

boots

more stacks

We have 10 months left in our little house.
Instead of counting down all of the days until we start this big new chapter...
I am counting up.

Counting up all the little things that make this our home.
The little things that I know I will forget, 
and be happy to read this later and be reminded.

When Theo put his shoe on the steps when I asked his sister to put her's there.
Where the bitty kitchen still had plenty of room to can tomatoes.
The vrooooom sound that accompanies a fire truck as its pushed.
How Eva learned to buckle her own shoes - even the hard ones.
When I started reading before I fell asleep again.
How we left the wall art up and considered putting poly over it to keep it safe.
The babies that are always in momma's bed napping.
When rain boots were declared to be magic because they keep piggies dry.
How a mini-me likes her boots stacked close by at bed time too.