Itchy Feet

The Boy and I returned home to Canberra after many years in the big smoke almost 2 years ago now, with the hope of soon starting a family - unbeknown to us, Little Miss was already on the way, the best ever Boxing Day surprise, and confirmation our choice to relocate was the right one.

Ever since we have been dedicated to hard-core penny pinching, desperately trying to get together the deposit to purchase a Home - quite a feat on one salary, and what has seemed like an excruciatingly long wait as the bank balance slowly climbed.

We are oh so close now to reaching our goal, and have been scanning the For Sale listings twice daily of late - just waiting for that perfect nest to pop up and snatch for ourselves.

While we have been home-owners before, it is funny how much stronger the longing and need has been felt this time around...The desire to provide a secure, warm and safe environment for our baby girl has magnified our impatience, but also motivated us to watch every dollar we spend all the more.  Not to mention those unwavering nesting impulses, when all I want to do is wallpaper and hammer nails in to walls for pretty pictures to hang!

We've been shacked up in a quaint little weatherboard to date, with creaky floorboards, rattling windows and a wild, jungle-like yard.  Although she's got her flaws and we can't wait to move on, this wonky cottage has been good to us - a place of many firsts for our family.

This is the place I experienced those first exhilarating hours of labour in, and the first and only home our baby Matilda has known in her short life.  All those cherished baby milestones were achieved under this roof - the first smiles, words, meals and crawls - no doubt her first steps will be across these battered floorboards before our time here is up! 
We shared our first Christmas as a family of three here, will celebrate Matilda's first Birthday here next week...It seems sad that Matilda will have no recollection of her time in this little abode, when for her Daddy and I it will always remain a place of so many cherished memories.

I will remind myself of this when those feet start itching - remember that this place is special for SO many reasons...Our next home is out there waiting for us somewhere, and when the time is right we will move on - for now, we'll be content to snuggle in and enjoy her rickety quirks a little longer.

**as fate would have it, since drafting this post a couple of days ago, a nifty 80's bungalow has come up for sale, with our names written all over it!! stay tuned to see if she will be OURS!!!  eep!!!

Here goes...

This is it.  The first post.  The moment I have been plucking up the courage for, then bowing out for many months now.  And even though realistically a grand total of three people will most likely read these first few words, there is something quite terrifying about sending my thoughts out in to the universe for anyone to see...terrifying, exciting, liberating, all at once.

I didn't really 'get' the whole blog thing in the beginning.  Sure I agree it seemed fun and intriguing to pop in and shuffle around someone else's pages every now and then, getting a glimpse in to another's life and loves - but that's all it seemed, a little snoop while procrastinating online.  But here I am, 12 months later, and all of a sudden I feel like I know these people - these blogs and bloggers inspire, comfort, motivate, challenge, educate and entertain me on a daily basis.  In fact, during quiet pockets of time during the day, there is nothing more I like to do than settle in with a cuppa, and visit some of my favourites.
I now understand and appreciate the community this blogging world has created, and I want in.  I am ready now to share myself and my journeys with anyone interested, and am excited for what this new adventure may bring...

So within these pages I will record moments from my humble little life - the miraculous and magic experiences of mothering my baby girl, Matilda, the ongoing quest my husband and I are battling in the search for a real Home for our family, as well as any snippets of fancy in between.

I hope you enjoy.  All three of you x