These Two...

Last Friday night we made meatballs

(at Mila's request) 

and Pecorino mashed potatoes. 

We all watched a little 

Strawberry Shortcake on Netflix.

We laughed at the same lines from the

same Shel Silverstein poem we've been reading

Mila before bed for two weeks running

(also at her request). 

We were dead tired by 9pm, 

but we put away

 the brightly colored plastic dishes,

 and marveled at how we got here... 

full-blown, in the thick of it,

Parenthood. 

All I can say is I try to remember
a phrase I've heard from

so many parents:

The days are long,

 but the years are short.

These years ARE pretty awesome,

and so were those mashed potatoes.

Moving On

Our growing family needed more space,

so a few weeks ago,

we said goodbye to the beloved condo 

we bought in 2005.

I thought it would be really hard 

to let go of a place 

where we shared so many memories,

but when the time came, we were just 

super excited for the new place. 

It's a townhouse next to Smith Park,

just 3 blocks from our old home.

Thankfully Grandpa Bill & Grandma Rita

took the girls to Kuipers Family Farm 

for the day so we could 

work without them around. 

The townhouse was pretty move-in ready.

The following 4 pics of the main floor

 are from the listing, 

before we painted and finished many other projects 

that made the place feel more like "us":

These are "after" pictures from the same floor:

We settled in really quickly, 

it already feels like home

and we are so happy to be here. 

I'll share pictures of the other floors

(there are four! Our legs get a work out...)

soon. I hope.