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I just feel compelled to say how amazing my little

I just feel compelled to say how amazing my little Griffy dude has grown to be.

Our first two years were hard, but the game really started changing for us when he started talking just after his second birthday.

It’s so so so so SO hard to believe he’s going to be 4 in a couple months. He is soooooo silly, so curious, and so sweet.

The other week I got a message from a parent of another boy in Griffin’s class. She said her son has struggled making friends, but Griffin told the boy he loved him and played with him, and it made the boy’s day. My mommy heart is just so proud of him 😭😭😭

Of course, he still has his 3-year-old moments, but my heart just explodes for him. He is such a good big brother and I can’t wait to see the person he grows to be. 🥺🥰🥰🥰🥰

When did my baby become a toddler?! #sendhelp #slo

When did my baby become a toddler?! #sendhelp #slowdown 🥺😭🥰

Yearly PSL pic from 2014 to 2021! Got my little bu

Yearly PSL pic from 2014 to 2021! Got my little buddy with me this year 😍

I remember the past two years feeling pretty anxious, but this year I’m feeling good and super excited for the big move to Illinois with my little family! 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🥰

Drum roll please… I’m escaping Arizona and we’re moving back to the Midwest!!!

When I moved to Arizona in 2014, it was the most logical decision because my brother was here and my parents had decided to move here, too. I said, "Hey, I guess I'll give it a try?!?" I wasn't really sure what to expect because I knew that I was a Midwesterner at heart. While Arizona seemed like a "fun adventure" at first, it's been hard for me to ever identify as an Arizonan (or love living here). My heart has always been in the Midwest.

About 5 months after moving, I met Andrew. We got married, had two kids, and 7 years later, we are still here! 😂 It's been hard for me to ever consider the THOUGHT of leaving Arizona because most of my family is now here, but about a year ago, a seed was planted in my heart that my time in Arizona was coming to an end.

It's taken a lot of processing for me to come to terms with the fact that I don't want to stay in Arizona. There is a big part of me that feels incredibly guilty and selfish for leaving my family that's here, but there's a slightly bigger part of me that deeply misses my Midwest roots and I want my kids to grow up in the Midwest like I did. It's my home.

Phase one was for Andrew to find a new job, and he just started his new job this week with a company based out of Chicago! He gets to work from home until at least January, and continue to be part-time from home after that, too!

Phase two was selling our house. We put our house on the market last week, had over 85 showings last weekend, 19 offers, and we're now under contract with an all cash offer that's $50,000 over asking price. We basically won the home-selling lottery!! 😂

Annndddd as of today, we had an offer accepted on a house in the north suburbs of Chicago!!! Chicago is the only place in the Midwest that I still have family, it's one of the few cities that I actually like, and there are lots of career opportunities for Andrew!

The past year has been A LOT. But I’m excited to finally feel settled in a home we love, in my “home.” Stay tuned for lots of exciting chronicles over the next month!! 😂😍

What’s different?! 🙊

What’s different?! 🙊

Finally got some front door decor, 5 years later.

Finally got some front door decor, 5 years later. 😂😍

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