Day 22: Our first house

Our daughter was just shy of 2 years old when we bought our first house.  It wasn’t perfect.  The backyard was slanted, there was pink everywhere (boy did these previous owners love pink), and the siding was blue (no offense but I hate blue siding).  We figured we would be here for about 5 years and then move on.  We changed the pink in our bedroom pretty quickly.  It was quite obnoxious.  Next was the kitchen.  I just couldn’t stand it anymore.  Then the updates slowed for a bit.  We had our second child, and then found out we were going to have our third.  Our family was growing and the house seemed to be getting smaller.  So, we had a decision to make.  Would we be moving on from our first house?  It had only been 3 years.  We liked our neighbors.  My oldest would be starting kindergarten.  But, the house was getting small.  We decided to add on a bedroom and stay.  Bayley loved her kindergarten class, Courtney laughed in the backyard as she played with the neighbors, and Payton was in his crib.  We made the right choice.  Twenty years later and Bayley is still in class, Courtney is taking care of the neighbor’s cats, and Payton is in bed.  Maybe it’s about time we change that pink in our bathroom.