You know the saying..."Home is where the heart is." Well, I can't help but feel like a part of my heart will always remain here on Dagmar. I can't tell you how much I have LOVED living here. Mitch and I both said when we bought this house, it was just the type of home we always envisioned raising our family in. And that still holds true today...and the YARD. I will be so sad to leave this yard. It's as green as a yard can be full of mature trees in the front and back. Leaving the yard is probably what makes this the most difficult. Leah turned 3 about 6 weeks after we moved here so this is really where she learned what it meant to play outside. With that being said it is clearly the only yard that Kiersten and Hattie have ever known. I know it's just a house, but it's also so much more!
The house on Dagmar is where we came when we started our new adventure, back from New Jersey, to be closer to family. Dagmar is where we decided to have a third and last baby to complete our family...and it's where our family bonded and became whole. It's where we said good-bye to our faithful friend Neo. Can you tell I'm struggling with this? As much as I LOVE this house (and LOVE is probably and understatment) we outgrew this space. Mitch wanted a finished basement and a third bathroom...soon enough we will have three pre-teen/teen girls so can you really blame him? And I knew he was right. With ADM preparing to move their global department to Chicago we knew that Decatur's housing market would soon be flooded with homes. We also knew that looking for an ADM relocation house would provide some great financial benefits to us. So that was the plan.
We listed our home on Feb. 28th...just in time for optimal home buying time. And March, April and most of May went by with barely a showing. The last week of May we had a third showing...and it went well. On Sunday June 1st they called at 6:30 wanting to see the house that night. We said we could be out by 7:30...so we cleaned up a bit and hit the road. At 9pm they were still at our house and we could see them through the front door sitting at our table.
The offer came the next day, and on Tuesday June 3rd, my birthday we signed the contract. So we high tailed it into house hunters mode. It didn't take us long to find one...we love it. I'm trying to be optimistic that I will love it as much as our current home. It's on a great lot, in a GREAT neighborhood. It has a newly remodeled Kitchen, a great mudroom feature, AND a perfect finished basement. And did I mention a third FULL bathroom. We took the girls over the other day during inspections so they could see their new home and they were so excited. They said the basement was their favorite...shocker. But I don't think they realize the toys that are there won't be staying, ha! So cheers to our next great adventure and all the memories we are going to make!
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