New House

It's officially ours today. We spent a lot of time simultaneously preparing for a new series, as Zena, Madison and the grandparents spent a lot of time preparing the new house. Madison had fun running around again, and traveled around with everyone - pretty much wearing us all out! She has a bundle of energy that we wish we could bottle.

It's time to start looking back on this home now. It has been a blessing for nine years now, and at one point it too seemed big. But we've been bumping into each other as of late and things have been crowded. It has been so familiar to us for so long, but it is time to say goodbye. This is an unusual home - that's what drew us to it in the first place. It's where Madison spent half of her life, if you think about it. Two years she's been with us. This was her first home here in America, where we've had many happy memories. We'll make many new memories in our new home, of course. But this old house we live in now will forever be linked with those first precious years we've spent with our daughter.