Home Sweet Home

This month will mark the 4th anniversary of our home! In such a short period of time so much has happened there. I really love my home and all that it stands for because.........

• Our Home represents our hard work; we worked hard to earn each and every one of the 2250 square feet in there.
• I love remembering when it was getting built and Tyler, not even 1 yet, would crawl around on the fresh carpet. I loved seeing the progress, Ty in tow, and Gen tucked away in my belly.
• I cherish the pics of us unpacking with Ty in boxes, under furniture, and my cute belly in my T-Shirt and shorts. Great, great times.
• I loved having my first daughter and bringing her to her very first home after the hospital stay.
• This home has housed 2 nurseries and a big boy room, and even a big girl/little girl room!
• I have gone through lessons learned, births, a miscarriage, heart ache, and even some pain in this home. Just being there made me feel better EVERY time.
• I love that my walls are my canvas. We redo, rework, repaint, and never tire of it.
• I adore that my fridge holds food as well as fine art. I cant explain the joy it brings me to look at my kids artwork and pics on the fridge. Yes, I was one of those people that thought I would never do that to my fridge! Just goes to show, never say never. Kids change everything and I love it.
• This house hosts rocking date nights I tell you. Getting a sitter isn't easy with two toddlers and a new baby, but John and I are lucky, we do more than make do! This weekend we decided on making a portion of the garage a sort of lounge, bachelor pad-esque, hang out spot. You know the kind of thing us wives would never allow in the actual house!! No worries, although it is in the garage, the area is in a quite small "corner".
• We got to bring our second daughter to her first home too a few months ago. Awesome. The yard birth announcement looks so perfect in front of our home.
• Nice family get together's have taken place here. The memories will last a life time.
• I love that our family room can be converted into a campground, a dungeon filled with forts, or even the ocean in mere seconds by the kids.
• I love the fact that we spent our savings on these awesome ceiling to floor custom built in shelves on two entire walls in the bonus room that we cant even appreciate because they are now filled with toys galore!
• I love how we got a king sized bed in our room that allows for awesome cuddle sessions with the entire Lara clan!!
• After much frustration I have come to terms with the fact that the kids bathroom looks like a model home bathroom and mine is still bare and boring after 4 years!
• It gets me that even though that bathroom isn't done, we are currently shopping for a wooden play set for outside. Lucky little kids!!
• I love what my house sounds like. ...kids laughter....kids screaming and fighting.....baby crying....baby cooing.......i love you's.......screams of "mommmmmyyyy", "dadddddyyyyy".......kid movies......noggin on full blast.......all genres of music........little feet running up and down the halls.....little butts sliding down the stairs(gees!)...pure madness you say, well, you are right. Me you ask, I wouldn't have it any other way.
• Most of all this home represents the future. I often think about Tyler staying out past his curfew, parking in front if the house with the lights off so we wouldn't see him pull in, slowly opening the door, quietly going up the steps thinking he is home free about now since I haven't come out of the room screaming, .............. until.........he reaches that top step that has always creaked since day 1, and his Dad hears it. I think John will say, go to bed we will talk in the morning. Ouch.

I look forward to more parties, get together's, painting, boo boos, laughter, and tears in this house. When the day comes to part with it and move on to what should be a so called better thing, I know it will be bitter sweet. I will never ever forget 208 Talley Ridge Drive, I love calling that my home!!