House and Home

Brett & I looked at houses a couple of years ago, but we decided it wasn't the right time for us and so we found a great apartment in an awesome area of town where we've been living for the last 2 years. It's where we lived during my pregnancy with Corinne, it's where we lived during her first year of life. This place is where we went from being a couple to being a family, we've grown so much here and I will always have special memories of our time together in this place.

Our original plan was to stay here until Corinne got closer to school-age. We've always known we would move because we're not currently living in a place that would allow her to attend the schools we want for her. But, when the government extended the tax credit for first-time home buyers we decided to take a look at what was available on the market in the areas we were interested.

We scoured online postings and set up a meeting with our real estate agent to look at seven houses; the third house was 'it' for me. I was hooked and every other house paled in comparison. We made an offer, countered twice and decided to walk away when we couldn't settle on a price. We set up another meeting to look at more houses the next weekend...nothing was clicking for me. We went to an open house...still nothing. With some encouragement and support from our parents we decided to make one last offer on the house that was stuck in my mind. They accepted our offer!

Brett & I officially became homeowners yesterday! Our house is a 3-bedroom cape cod with a partially finished basement, 2-car detached garage and fenced backyard with a paver patio. We are looking forward to moving in and making this house our home.