Dear Dusk Way, Thank you for the last three incredible years inside your walls. You will never know how much you meant to us. You were our first home, you were our first try at figuring out this adult stuff all on our own. Prior to you we had only lived in apartments with handy men there to fix anything that broke, prior to you there was fear of the unknown. You were the answers to our prayers, you were given to us in perfect timing. We closed on you April 6th, 2016 a mere seven days after finding out we were pregnant with our sweet Eloise Jeanne. I had pleaded with the lord to let us bring our baby home to a home, and his timing was perfect as we found you just days after our second failed cycle. Dusk Way, I remember walking your walls when we first toured you envisioning our children running through you. I remember seeing our neighbors play street hockey out the kitchen window knowing that I wanted to see our family playing out there too. I remember so vividly praying o
Those first few days in the hospital were honestly a dream. From having family in the waiting room patiently awaiting the arrival of our angel, to watching as our sweet little family grew to a family of four. They were spent with laughter and joy, as well as lots of Ellie snacks. They were spent with grandparent cuddles as well as great grandma dare I say kisses. Those first few days were our first few days of us learning each other, though I had done this once before you my little had no idea what the big world held for you. We spent time practicing how to eat, and how to wake you to eat. We spent time learning that you hate being cold, five weeks later it still holds true. We spent time learning that our hearts could grow a thousand times over with the welcoming of you. Though a lot of families I’m sure are ready to leave the hospital and jump right back into life, I was happy to stay. I was grateful for the extra night in the hospital and the extra time with just you. I was grat