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We’re home :) (+ happy birthday mama!)

Dear Js, Buying a house felt like a scam. You sign papers that say you’re buying a house. But no house. You wire money into a stranger’s bank account. Still no house. It’s a lot of waiting, punctuated by “urgent! time sensitive!” demands from the

“I don’t want to go to bed” (+ goodbye old home, hello new home)

Dear j, Here we go again. J’s got the bedtime routine down now. But now that you’re two you are starting the “I don’t want to go to bed” thing. To make matters worse, mama’s weaning you off bedtime nursing. That was how you went

How we bought our first home

Dear Js, Buying a house has been a mystery to me. My parents didn’t let us in on the gritty details, and I hadn’t bought one before. All I knew was it was going to cost a lot of money in this town. And with