From house to home

I have to begin this post by expressing my love for my quiet time. Being able to curl up in my chair and watch my daughter sleep is an addiction. I should seek help, but I don't want to stop staring. Will I ever stop being so amazed by this human? 

The moments I get to lounge here to write down my feelings, coupon, and drink a hot cup of coffee (and finish it) are the best. 

So what's on the agenda for today's quiet time? Besides staring at my sleeping beauty, I am able to catch up on blogging and dishes. Teen mom is breaking the silent breathing in the living room and I am at peace. 

Our house is becoming our home. 

My brain hasn't fully processed being a mom/home owner/married adult. 

We bought my childhood home and Lily gets to grow up in the exact same room as her mother did years before her. I hope she has just as many sleepovers as I did. And when she is old enough, I hope she paints her room some terrible color in the middle of the night just because she can.

Our walls are a smidge bare but I have big plans for this home. No matter where I moved in life, I always knew I would end up here. Sometimes we just have to stick to our roots. People want to experience life before they settle down and have a family. I want to travel with my family. We may be traveling via travel channel for a good couple of years but that is just fine by me. When the time is right and the construction dust has settled, we will take a trip. 

I am still getting the routine of working down. Wake up, drop of baby with sitter, work, pick up baby, repeat. You will never know the feeling of missing someone until you are missing your heart. Pictures help pass the day but seeing her smiling face at the end of my workday melts my heart.

And then there is quiet time. The time when I am supposed to catch up on sleep and everything else that has been put off in the day just so the little one stays happy. The time when I enjoy a full cup of coffee and sit in my comfy chair to plan the future with my daughter. The time that I am able to do this and travel in my thoughts.

Because once the quiet ends, the reality begins.