Love Thy Neighbor

Four years ago, Chris and I had just moved from Galveston Island, Texas (where Chris had been completing his physical therapy masters degree at UTMB) back to Austin, Texas.  Austin was where we had always decided that we would settle. I couldn't be more thrilled to be back.  Chris was still finishing up his internships around different parts of Southeast Texas, but I set up our apartment and got a job so that we could begin to put down some roots.  Meanwhile, he came across a sports medicine clinic in Tomball, Texas.  He was so excited about this place and I had a feeling that the 6 month lease we took on the apartment in Austin was not going to be extended.  He eagerly accepted a job in Tomball and I was heartbroken.  But seeing him so happy about his career and the fact that the home prices were drastically lower in the Houston area, perked me up a bit that we might be able to be homeowners and the house hunt was on.  

Our Beautiful Rental Home In Historical Galveston

We did all of our house hunting online. We came across our home pretty quickly and I just new it was the one.  I loved that it was small, the paint colors were just our style, it was almost new construction and the neighborhood reminded me a lot of Austin with all of its trails and mature trees.  We saw only one house in person during our house hunt and it's the house we purchased. Pretty crazy, but we didn't need to look at any others, we just knew this was it.

Fast forward a few years to when we found out we were going to be raising quadruplets....in a 1600 sq. ft. house?  Maybe this house wasn't ever supposed to be "the one" after all. But the thought of moving in the midst of this major life change was out of the question for me.  I just couldn't do it.  And praise the Lord we didn't!

Our neighbors are the sweetest, kindest, most fun people to have living nearby!  I truly believe that it's no mistake that our family of 6 is shoved in this little house because it wasn't ever about the walls around us, it was about our neighbors. To be continued...