It’s officially time to move. Although we have been in Charlotte for the
last 2 months all of our things have still been here at our Apex home. In Charlotte we have spent the last few weeks
letting Brandon settle into his new position with Duke Energy, enjoying the lake,
and changing a few things at our new home so we have it just the way we want it
before we move in this week. In this
process I have still thought of our Apex house as “our home” so coming back
seems normal to me. With all the work we
have been doing at the new house it still just feels like a place that I work
and will have to leave when all the work is done.
Last Saturday we picked up our new puppy, Charlie. He is a Golden Doodle. The girls have been talking about him for
weeks and were so excited to finally meet him.
He is a sweet dog and so great with the girls already. He’s been interfering with my sleep since we
are crate training him and is terrible at walking on a lease (he loves to just
lay down and let you drag him), but other than that he is the perfect addition
to our family. I can’t wait to see the
girls playing with him in our new fenced yard.
At the moment the girls are in Greensboro with my
sister-in-law, Brandon is in Charlotte working before the move and Charlie and
I are back in Apex with the movers. My
house will be completely packed up tomorrow and everything will be on its way
to Charlotte. I’m the only one here
to see the house we have owned since before Caroline was 1 completely empty.
I’m so excited to be in our new home, but this one holds a
lot of special memories. We brought
Summer and Bella home from the hospital to this house, and all 3 girls had
their 1st birthdays here. We
taught our girls to ride their bikes in this driveway, and planted almost every
tree and bush in the yard. For years we
put a lot of long weekends and late nights into making it our home and I think
it’s safe to say that we are leaving it better than we found it.
We are leaving every doctor and school we have learned to
love and trust. A neighbor that is willing
to watch my kids at a moment’s notice, and so many wonderful friends that we
have collected along the way. I have to
admit I’m a little sad, but I know the people we met and the things we did have
lead us to be the people that we are.
Charlotte, I hope you’re ready for the Herndons, because
here we come!
