How a house changes..

Some of Molly's favorite things

Molly loves her swing. I love her swing. It is turquoise and brown and has little owls on the mobile. Molly loves her car seat. She could sleep it in at night if we let her. I love her car seat. It is gender neutral and I like that it fits the color scheme of my car and Allen's car.

Our house was empty when we moved in almost a year ago. It did not have one piece of furniture. We added a lot to that empty home. A few new things (like bath mats and  rugs) but mostly belongings that we already had. That empty house became less empty. It took awhile for our house to feel more like a "home" to me. Sometimes it can still feel like just a house for a moment to me.  Since our first night in our house we have

- painted the kitchen and middle room

-changed bedrooms

-bought a guest bed

- made our dining room a sitting room

- created a nursery

- had a baby.

All of those things helped this house look and feel more like our home. Our house has changed a lot since last March. We no longer have a coffee table in our living room. We have burp cloths and pacifiers lying around the end tables. We keep the swing in our sitting room and Molly's bouncer is usually on one end of the couch. Those are just material changes though. Instead of just two people living in our house we now have three. We have a lot more laughter and a lot more crying (Molly's crying). We have a lot more love inside our house.

There are some changes like more laundry and less time to clean that I am struggling to get through without complaining, but all in all I love the way our little house has changed.