We have now been in our home in Shadow Lake nearly 3 months. We are slowly growing accustomed to Papillion and the services around us as well as our home. We now have a new favorite pizza place that is nearby (so important for us!), Addison got into preschool at the Catholic Church and will be attending there in the fall so finally less car time for us, and we are getting used to the neighborhood with runs and walks with Asher.
It is no secret, the move has been rough on all of us. Selling our home was a lot of work and just a change of schedule for all of us. The move was even more of a challenge. Now, the new school, new church, new surroundings. Addison and Asher adjusted the best (With that said, however, Asher would only sleep if he slept with us for 6 weeks and Addison just recently stopped bedwetting - something she only started after the move). Alivia is still getting used to her school and is trying to make friends. Chris and I have been making changes, or putting on our own touches, in the house to help us make it our own. The fan replacement really helped, so we look forward to getting them all switched out. We are still waiting on the closet/drop zone - and I think that will help us. Cramming coats into a couple shelves is not very user friendly. The shutters are on order (cha ching!) and other window treatments for the garage and basement are being shipped, too. It will be nice to have some privacy again with the area growing and changing around us every day. I did go and introduce myself to the new neighbors across the street and was happily surprised! They are nice!
Chris and I did ponder moving again back to northwest Omaha, but just for a second. After rates started going up, we nixed the idea. Addditionally, we really do not know where Chris will end up working. Right now, he is still working right down the street, the job sounds secure, and he loves what he is now doing at work. So, who knows, maybe he will be there for a while. making this house and location a good fit. Besides, this house may just be growing on us as we update it.
I think if we would have stayed at our old address, we would have stayed for a number of reasons. For one, Chris may or may not be employed in this area next year. Alivia would have been in school for a year and we loved Standing Bear. Her friends from Standing Bear lived right down the street from our old address. We also have learned that one should live on less. We really did not need all of this space - we just wanted it. That is silly really. Additionally, interest rates are creeping up. We were able to get more house for our money because of getting a rate well below 5%. And, hindsight is always 20/20. If we know now what we did not know then, we would have made it work. Now that we are here - we are making this home our home. The kids love our home now. And really, we think we will have minimal work to do after a year of getting it the way we want it. Really, all we have left is paint, hang artwork, landscape, install the swingset (which will be a major challenge) and put in a fence. That's it (note the sarcasm. :) ). We have future plans for the kids to stay with Grandma and Grandpa on the farm while we paint the girls' bedrooms. They are so excited about that. Chris and I are starting to enjoy making the changes to make our home really ours. Give us a few more months, the old homeowner (who lives right down the street) will not recognize it if he came to visit. Until then...we have work to do.
Maybe, we are inching closer to that rainbow at the end of the storm. Now, we are off to make memories in our new crib.
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