Uprooting

So, it's official (ok, well almost official) . . . we are going to put our house on the market. I wasn't sure it would ever happen because Clint and I can be all talk and not a lot of game sometimes, but the realtor came today and he will be giving us his input on pricing on Monday morning. The house could be on the market as early as Tuesday if all goes well. I just hope that everything times out well with finding another (bigger) house.

With moving on the horizon, I am feeling a little nostalgic about the home we currently live in. We have experienced a lot of firsts in this house and it makes me a little teary-eyed to think of leaving it. It has been a really good house and I can truly say that it is a HOME! Clint and I picked out the house together in January of 2004 even though we were not engaged yet (we had talked about marriage and knew it was coming, so Clint wanted me to have a part in picking out the house he was buying). At the time, Clint was only one year out of PT school and I was in my first year of PT school. I remember telling a friend of mine that it would be really nice if Clint proposed to me when he moved into the house so I would feel like it was mine too, not just his and I would one day move in. I never expressed this to him though, and guess what, that is exactly what he did. It's a long drawn out story that I won't bore you with, but I almost ruined the proposal several times. The day he was moving in happened to be Valentine's Day (just a coincidence) and after going to dinner that night, he proposed to me in the entry way of this house.

So, this house is where we were engaged, where we came home to together after our August 14, 2004 wedding. Where we brought our first born child home to and where we brought our 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th born children home to. Almost seven years now since the proposal and so much in our lives and in our house have changed, but those changes have us busting at the seams now with love, happiness, toys and baby gear! So, now I am officially crying as I think of leaving this small, but very happy home. However, I also know that wherever we end up next, it will continue to happy and we will fill up that home with memories too! I look forward to the future, but will always fondly reminisce on our past and first happy home as a couple and as a family! Wish us luck in the selling and hunting of houses! (Now to begin a child free weekend tomorrow to get this house in proper selling form)