Well, you can't undo every mistake in life, but we are very fortunate that we are able to undo the mistake we made over 2 years ago when we left Colorado! We knew, from literally days after we left, that we should have stayed. We have tried to make it work in the midwest but this is not the place for us to call our permanent home. We miss our outdoorsy lifestyle and the Colorado sunshine. We miss being in a place that is populated with more like-minded, holistically-thinking people. A fantastic job offer for Andy in Colorado combined with the fact that my business, OHCO, truly calls Colorado home, sealed the deal for us!
We will put our adorable bungalow on the market next week and head west on Reid's birthday, January 25. We will most likely live in Lafayette, in Boulder County but haven't bought a house yet. We are heading out to house-shop in two weeks. We already know that we love Colorado, it is our home. When we were determined to leave during the years between Harper's birth until we moved, we had this image of living close to family, having our kids grow up with their cousins and grandparents playing a very steady role in their lives. Chicago is closer to family but it's not close enough in to make any significant difference in the role family plays in our life. A flight is a flight, whether it be a 2 hour one or a 4 hour one. As the girls grow, flights will not have the same stress as they did when I was juggling a newborn and a 2 year old.
We are very excited about this next stage in our lives and are happy to be able to fully settle down in a place that we know we will want to call home for a very long time, perhaps forever.
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