Way Back When-esday

This "Way Back When-esday" photo is a picture of our old house. Our first house. The one that brought us to the Heights. The one that we loved so much that we couldn't leave, so we added on and remodeled to be just what we wanted. The one that we brought all of our babies home to.

The one that became too small when we had those last two babies. The one that we moved from over two years ago. And the one that we finally, today, no longer own!!!

Yes, we finally sold our house. It is bittersweet, definitely, but the fact that we made more in the sale than we paid for the house originally (pre-addition) is pretty awesome. And the fact that we no longer have two mortgages is really awesome.

We loved the house so much, though, that I couldn't stop with just one picture.


This is how the house looked when we bought it. A nice little Heights bungalow.

Then we did this, adding on a huge master suite, family room, carport and storage room, extra bathroom, pantry area, and storage closet. This is the upstairs master being built. We used to go up to the construction in the evenings with a glass of wine and watch the goings-on in the neighborhood below us.

This is where we lived while we did the construction. The dining room, with the dining room furniture pushed against the wall and the living room furniture squeezed into the remaining space. Pre-kids, obviously.

And here is the finished product, showing the addition in back.


This is the sidewalk where we brought all four of our babies home.

And this is our babies' first room. (Our first babies. Our second babies really never had a formally done room in this house, since we had moving plans when they came along.)

This is the new addition from the inside - family room with view to kitchen


And family room with view to stairs leading to master


Kitchen - the big kitchen is what first drew us for a second look at the house before we bought it


Our master bath

We definitely miss this place. Especially when we drop the boys off at school (did I mention that it is right across the street from their elementary school?). But goodness, it's nice to have it sold.