Happy birthday house!! One year later…

It’s hard to believe that just a  year ago today we closed on our house and one of my dreams came true. I became one of the very fortunate people to live in a house. Not a postage stamp size apartment, not a townhouse, not a condo but a house with a back yard, multiple bathrooms and lots of room for my children to run and play. Our journey of building a house was exciting and fun. We definitely had lots of exciting life events going on at the same time. The day we signed our loan contract I found out I was pregnant! So as the house grew in size, so did my belly.

Baby S at 9 weeks

Ground Breaking

12 weeks

First wall goes up

13 weeks

and as more walls go up mommy gets more and more pregnant..

Hello second floor

and the house continues to expand..

Brick completed!

once the dry wall was up changes occurred at a rapid rate, while my belly grew much more slowly (thankfully!)

Week 14

Dry wall is complete

Week 17

Checking out the steps to our front door

19 weeks

and just two days before closing we found out the nursery would be decorated in BOY colors..

20 week ultrasound

Final walk through

Closing day was snowy and cold.

I will always remember the first time I unlocked the door...

..and then the military packed up our townhouse and moved it all into our new house.

Wrapping presents and packing boxes

We unpacked the kitchen on Christmas eve….along with bought a new tree and decorated it. Seriously, what were we thinking??

Organized chaos of sorts

It was totally worth it to see the smile on his face as we put up the tree and built new memories in our own home.

Our little Xmas elf

One year later we have two little boys filling the house with laughter and mess. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Noah like's the granite counters

I have many hopes and dreams for our future as a family in this house. Birthday celebrations, first steps, welcoming a third child, large dinners with friends and family and endless conversation. It’s exciting to think what the future will bring.

You never know what he's going to do next

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