I couldn't post all week because of the giveaway, but i felt like all the sudden i had lots of things to say. so, i'll catch up.
first with this really cute picture of daphne in an outfit the long girls gave her for her baby shower. i LOVE it! the little boots are still too big but the skirt (not pictured, but she wears it often!) and the sweater (which she wears almost daily) fit her perfect and are some of my favorite clothes she has at the moment. so, thanks girls, i love it!
Yes, it's true. We're moving. On Tuesday to be exact.
I know at least Heather is wondering why... so i'll tell you :)
nic and i have always talked about living in a really small house and living really simply, not having many possessions, not having a bunch of extra space (or ANY extra space!) and just having what we need and nothing more. basically, we want to live like we're in a small san francisco apartment, even while we're not. right now we live in a 1,100 SF 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath house and its really more house than we want. plus, we figured it out and if we moved now we'll save about $3,000 for the next year that we live in Rexburg. At first I was TOTALLY opposed to moving. moving is a pain. but, its actually been a very cleansing process for us and we've kind of enjoyed it thus far. we have gotten rid of SO much stuff that we don't need. it feels so good. i think so many of us get in the trap that having a lot of possessions makes us feel secure. like: look at all this stuff i have.... ok, maybe i'm the only one who thinks like that. but, most of the stuff i didn't like, i didn't use and i didn't need. now, its gone. off to a new home (or where it belongs in some cases, the trash) and I'm feeling very liberated.
We're moving to an apartment that we really love. It is a 1 bedroom + den (daphne gets the den :) its almost as big as her current bedroom- all its missing is the closet. and we have a nice patio and a grassy area for daphne to play in in the summer. it is close (just a walk through the parking lot!) to our friends the hansens and close to the van wagoners too. it is new and clean and comes with internet and cable included, a great gym (with adjoining baby room, so awesome) so we're set. OH, and i can't believe i almost forgot this... A DISHWASHER! I've only had one during our summers in CA selling pest control, so i'm pretty excited about that.
We're kind of sad to leave this apartment but this will be a really good thing for us. Here are some pictures of our current (for the next 2 days) place -- though they were taken about a year ago, when daphne was born.
uhhh... this picture makes me shutter. we had SO much snow last winter. but, we'll miss you carport. 
hahah i just had to throw this one in. (i had no other pics of the hallway) this was thenight before daphne was born. here i am in all my 40 week glory. i only gained 28 pounds, i promise, it just wasn't a pretty 28 :(
3 comments:
Your current place looks cute, but I'm sure you'll have the new one looking even cuter very soon. I can't believe you've lasted this long without a dishwasher. No wonder you hide dishes! I would too! Pretty much my family just wouldn't ever get to eat because I'd refuse to handwash that many dishes!
awww, I'm gonna miss you little house. I did spend at least a couple of night there =). But change is sometimes good. sounds like a good deal that you'll get to save more money now and still like the living situation. We're hoping to move out of our little apt. because it's way too small for us plus baby when he comes. so hopefully for Jan we'll be outta here and into a bigger place. We're still paying as much as we could in a bigger place. So we'll see. Congrats on just having a year left in Rexburg. That's exciting to see the end soon! =)and that little girl of yours just keeps bringing on the cuteness!
First of all, you are awesome for only gaining 28. I gained 28 lbs for each of my pregnancies too! Plus more! A lot more.
I loved your little place and while I fully support you and Nic in this choice you have made, just know I really REALLY loved your little house and I will be sad you don't live there any more. Yes, moving is cathartic. I too enjoyed getting rid of lots of crap (and we had ever so much) with our recent move. But MOVING, the actual process, really is yucky. A lot of work. I find work very disagreeable.
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