We Moved!!

I'm catching up on my blog posts because we've been just a tad bit busy. ;)  In the midst of the "Lost Summer" we managed to bid on a beautiful home in Wheaton.  While I was totally against moving to the Western Suburbs and actually not to keen on the idea of moving to the suburbs in general, this house truly found us and we know we had to take advantage...and quickly.  After eight months of back and forth, bidding wars and more, we closed on our gorgeous new home in Wheaton one week before Thanksgiving. 

At first the move was bitter sweet for me.  We had over five amazing years at our home in Chicago (Wellington Park).  It's where Bill and I started our family, made great friends and just enjoyed life.  Every corner of the WP house has a memory that makes me smile.  My baby Anna grew up there...learned to crawl, walk, talk and become the beautiful little girl she is today.  But, it wasn't just the house.  The most "bitter" part to me was realizing that I was leaving Chicago...the only place, town, home, I'd ever really known in my adult life.  I loved our neigborhood.  We walked everywhere...school, grocery stores, parks, restaurants and friends.  I love my Chicago and I was so sad to be leaving. 

There is a but. 

But, I also knew that Bill and I never planned to stay in the city forever and our move to the burbs was to create a wonderful life for our TWO kids.  So, as a team and a family, we made the leap to the suburbs and moved our family and our life to Wheaton. 

We've started over and continued on at the same time.  While there are still little things that I miss (and I'm sure that list may grow or decrease as time goes on), I can honestly say we're all very happy.  Anna is in two wonderful pre-schools (St. Michael's and Toddler's Campus), we have our lovely nanny, Ms. Diana (Anna's former CBECC teacher) and an amazing home that give everyone room to run and grow (and me to decorate!!).  The neighbors are great...lots of kids, and I'm slowly discovering the many advantages and benefits of living in a beautiful town that has so much to offer. 

I've included some photos of our move, our old home and the new one.