Our House

We have so many wonderful memories of living in this house. Over the last 5 years we have lived here our house has changed dramatically. I remember moving in 9 weeks pregnant with Emma and feeling very sick. I remember feeling like the house was huge will more wall space than I knew what to do with. I wasn't quite sure how to handle such a big house. It took us a year to finally start decorating. Being the picky people we are we updated a lot of things. We bought all new solid white doors, installed new white molding, chair rail and crown molding, painted many walls (the living room 3 times), put in hard wood floors in the kitchen, put in window ceils and window frames in every window in the house, installed new thick wood blinds in all of the major windows, installed AC, fenced in the yard, filled in the slope with dirt to bring the back of the yard level, cleaned up both the front, side, and backyards, bought a trampoline and playhouse for the kids, built a raised garden bed where we planted flowers and vegetable, and adorned the many walls of our home with pictures of our kids and family adventures. Our house became more than a house full of stuff but a place of haven for all of us. Over the years we encountered many happy moments as well as some rough times. At the end of the day it was nice to have a clean and inviting place to gather to draw closer together as a family. I sat on the stairs the other day and my emotions came over me as I realized that we were leaving this house in such a short time. Of course I will miss the amount of space we have had to spread out here but more than that I will miss the many good times we have had together in this amazing house. Both of our girls were born here. Both of our boys started school here and have done their homework at our kitchen table overlooking the beautiful green forest behind our home. There were many days where the kids played in the water fountain in our backyard, caught frogs, and jumped endlessly on the trampoline. Both the boys learned to ride bikes on our street riding up and down our sidewalk. This was the place where I grew to appreciate the everyday events and started learning how to better capture them through photographs. I could go on and on. I will miss this place we call home. I know that when we finally find our tiny little house in Japan we will fill that house with many wonderful memories as well.

So where does that leave our plans for this house? We listed our house on the market two months ago. We were pretty confident that we would have no problems selling our house. It is a great house with many nice upgrades in an excellent location on a greenbelt in probably one of the best streets in Dupont (I am a little biased but so is everyone else on my street. They have all said the same thing.) As time went on with a few real possiblities along the way we sat waiting for an offer...but nothing. The idea of renting was starting to become a reality. We didn't give up hope and tried to maintain a clean and presentable house JUST IN CASE. Then we got a call from an agent who just happened to be the agent who sold us this house 5 years ago. Her clients who had inquired earlier and with whom I actually spoke with on the phone were finally ready to make an offer. After a couple of days of counter-offering we finally agreed on a price. Reasonable price? A big maybe for the market (who really knows) but less than we had thought we would get 5 years ago when we bought this house. So our house is finally under CONTRACT and hopefully everything will continue to work out smoothly. I am happy to know that this house will be in the hands of what seems to be a great family. They will fit in well in this neighborhood. So GOODBYE Dupont House. We will miss you and all of your splendor!