nostalgic

I’m just missin this place. We built it from the ground up. We picked out everything on the inside. We painted the walls. We started our family here.

Would I move back?

No. Not unless it was clear from God that we were supposed to be back in the East Valley. But I don’t ever see us living in this house again, unless that happens.

So why am I being so nostalgic? I’m not sure. I just really did love this home. And while we have great renters who are making their own memories there, I find myself missing this house. I think you can be perfectly happy where you are but still miss certain aspects of where you come from.

And I just miss our house.

And I miss playing outside.

And watching Audio run around the cul-de-sac.

It was such a great place to live. A great place to start our little family. I kind of wish we could have picked it up and moved it with us.

And that’s the end of my sappy, emotional moment. Wow.

finally

Ok, I’d first like to start this post with- MY SISTER GOT ENGAGED LAST NIGHT!! It was the sweetest thing ever and I have so many pictures that I am still going through. So, this post does not have those pictures or their story quite yet, cuz I’m not done with them. But I did want to acknowledge her and her news because it’s huge and I would hate to talk about my redecorating like that never happened. Ha! So, a HUGE congrats to Dani and Cameron!! We are all so excited for them to finally be engaged and start this new journey together. Ah! I can’t wait to tell you their story! Stay tuned for that!

But this post is actually about redecorating. Haha!

Seriously though, I must have gotten all my energy back yesterday. I woke up, motivated to run errands and clean the entire house. And that’s exactly what I did. Our baby sitter was coming at 3:30 to watch Cruz while went to celebrate Dani’s engagement so I frantically wanted everything done before I left.

And I’m happy to say, I FINALLY got new slip covers for my couches! Yes, now I can breathe a sigh of relief because my living room is finally starting to look the way I want it to. And we had to save pennies to make it happen, but I am so thrilled to finally have them. They immediately brightened the entire room, and that is exactly what I was wanting. I love the shades of browns we have in our house, but too much brown can make things feel dull. And I was super bored with it. And we don’t have the cash to get brand new couches, so slipcovers were the answer. And it is exactly what I wanted in order to make our living room feel a little more grown up, but still kid friendly. So yes, they are white, but I can always rip them off and throw them in the wash and they’ll be good as new!

I snapped a few pics. Let me know what you think! And please excuse the wrinkles in the slip covers still. I didn’t have the patience to smooth it out until I was for sure I loved it. Why go to all the work if you might return them? But I’m not returning them, but you’ll still have to deal with the wrinkles.

And now I’m off to eat onion rings. Oh, the joys of being pregnant!