I must have blinked at some point over the last year because the time has just flown by.
I have heard people say that time seems to speed up as we age, and I am finally experiencing it, firsthand.
It was one year ago, now, that we were celebrating Ryan's 30th birthday with some great friends in Vegas. And on that same day I was pacing impatiently waiting to hear how the closing of our house went.
And here we are one full year later. Ryan is now an older, wiser, 31! We have been homeowners for one full year and in two weeks, we will celebrate the one year anniversary of our actual move to Indiana!
The past year has gone better than I expected it to, to be honest! We definitely love it here and I know that we made the right choice in our big move!
There are definitely moments of homesickness....for those we've moved away from, not really for California, itself. It's been hard missing out on birthday and holiday celebrations. I miss lunches and playdates with friends. Ryan misses his partners in crime! We miss the security and comfort of having our families and wonderful friends so close. I miss Wahoo's, Del Taco and Las Barcas. Ryan misses In N Out! There have been one or two days that I thought "this would be a good beach day" or a great afternoon to walk around Fashion Island. I have definitely missed my Target trips with Steph and Delainey is having severe withdrawls from Shae!!! It has been hard being away when our loved ones have been under the weather and was very hard this week to be so far away for the birth of our niece, Makenzie Correne Tierney. It's been rough to watch our friends "virtual pregnancies" since we can't watch those tummies grow in person....or rub the little budha bellies!
We do find comfort in knowing everyone is just a phone call, facebook and Skype away, and I do not know what we would do without technology!
Nothing can replace all of those things and people that we miss from "back home" but we are very fortunate to have gained so much here in our new home!
We have great friends and neighbors, amazing activites and places to go and seasons....4 real seasons!!! Now that we have officially experienced them all, I cannot wait for fall to come and Delainey has already been asking for snow!
It has been a blast making our house our own and although we still aren't close to exactly how we want it, it's ours and it feels like home. By the way, by we....Ryan would say I mean...me! He thinks I have too many projects that I want to do....but oh well....I am having fun!!!
I really cannot believe that it has been a year! One amazing year!
