Saying goodbye to our first home. The last few weeks have been bittersweet as we are going through the process of selling our first home together and finding our new homestead.
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I hate change.
Even good change has a bittersweet feel about it.
I like things to stay steady. To stay the same.
But nothing can ever stay the same.
I have been on a roller coaster of emotion as I think about leaving our first home together.
Yes, I want so badly to move out of town onto some acreage. But man, this house holds so many memories.
When we first moved in this little farmhouse we were very early pregnant with our first. Now three years later as we are getting ready to leave, we are pregnant with our third. So much has happened in those three years.
Can you believe I was only 19 when we bought this house? I learned how to be a wife here. I learned how to be a mother.
Saying goodbye to our first home
Our babies were born here
Our two children were born right here in this house.
I can still point out the spots on the floor where each one entered this world. Sofia was born in the living room right in front of the couch. Dimi was born in the kitchen near the entrance to the living room.
We became parents in this home. Our babies took their first breaths here. The first time they slept through the night. Or their first words.
Dimitrius 
Dimitrius 
Sofia 
Sofia
I, being a very emotional and sentimental person, am having a difficult time letting go of that. It feels insecure leaving the house my kids were born in. And also knowing that the baby I am currently pregnant with will be born in a totally different place than they were. Even though I know that we will fill our next home with loving memories, I don’t like leaving this one behind.
A Long Renovation Process
It took us a full exhausting 3 years to renovate this old treasure of a home.
We did a complete bathroom renovation, full living room remodel, and kitchen renovation top to bottom. We also remodeled all three bedrooms, replaced all the plumbing and electrical, repaired the exterior, painted everything. Plus, we refinished the original hardwood floors that were left, put in shiplap walls, planked ceilings, put in stained wood open shelving, and added built-ins in the upstairs.
And that is just a general overview.
I can honestly say that there is not a spot in this house that was not touched by a hammer, sander, or paint brush. You cannot see a single spot left how it was from when we moved in 3 years ago.
But nothing lasts forever
We knew the time would come to sell and move out of this home that we had created for ourselves. When we originally bought it 3 years ago it was the only home we could afford (which is why it needed so much work), and the plan was to fix it up and sell it. So I’ve known this time would come.
With almost three kids now, we are really craving more space. More land to raise animals on. Another old farmhouse to fix up (but this time to stay in permanently Lord willing). We would love a place with more privacy, that is safer for the kids to go play outside. More quiet and simplicity.
So now I’m saying goodbye to our first home. It is bittersweet, but we have exciting times ahead of us as a growing family! Time to embark on a new adventure.
And blessings.
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