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For so long I have been holding onto a certain dream. Sometimes it felt like it was within my grasp, other times I felt it slipping through my fingers. Still other times, I had to forcefully forget about it so that I could be grateful for what I have. When I pictured my life, I pictured it in this dream. When I pictured my family, it was always here, in this dream.

A house. A home.

Since very early on in my pregnancy with Cameron, we have been living in a 800 square foot, 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment. In the past four years, it has welcomed two babies along with all of the stuff that goes along with being a family of four. It has been, to put it lightly, tight.

There have been days – many days – where I have absolutely hated living here.

A few months ago we decided to start the mortgage acquiring process to see where it would lead us. It led us to our home.

Waiting for us is a house in a family-friendly neighbourhood with double the bedrooms, double the bathrooms, and more than double the square footage of our current dwelling. With a fenced-in backyard, a neighbourhood park right behind our house, and a larger one down the street, we know that our family finally has a place to put down roots.

Our home.

Newly purchased house

With a move date of July 27th, we have less than two weeks to finish packing (for a little apartment, we have a lot of stuff), and I feel like we have barely even scratched the surface. In order to save this blog from either my seriously stressed-out tirades or else complete abandonment altogether, I have some friends who will be sharing their stories of house and home with you. I am excited to bring these bloggers here for this series, and I am sure you as my readers will welcome them with open arms. And when the series is over, I’ll be (mostly) settled in our new place, with lots more stories to share with you.

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  6. I am SO happy for you and your beautiful family!
    Cannot wait to see all the gorgeous photos of it, your stories of memories to be created there, AND of your boys growing up in it.
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    • Thank you Alison! I can’t wait to start doing more home-posts too! ..although, let’s be real. Moving into a bigger home doesn’t give me more time unfortunately. I’m afraid my big dreams of a beautiful homemaking blog is a little far-fetched.
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    • Thank you Heather! I think the kids will adjust perfectly, especially once they realize all their stuff is coming with us. That has been the hardest thing for Cameron to grasp. When we were looking at homes, he wanted the ones with the good toys.
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    • SERIOUSLY! I never thought I’d be most excited for a backyard but it is big and green and fenced and has a tree right in the middle of it, and my kids will be able to run around and play safely outside – if they don’t die from the sheer delight of it first.

      Gavin learned to walk JUST THIS MONTH so that he’ll be ready for it.
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