somewhere along the way, we grew up

i'm not sure when it happens. you wake up one morning and you have a life partner, a mortgage and two feline "children." your cars are paid off, you have two steady salaries coming in, there's a ring on your finger and you're discussing the matte and weight of invitation papers. 

wait. a mortgage? when did we get a mortgage? when we bought our first home. did you catch that in the original list? let me say it again: WE. BOUGHT. OUR. FIRST. HOME.

and you're like, "THAT'S why your wedding registry is so crazy." yes, observant sir, it is. 

here it is, in all it's fairly empty glory before we loaded our consolidated households in:

yes, texas is supposed to be super sunny. but it was about to rain. can you imagine? rain.

the view from the entryway

a view of the entryway

we're really excited about the two-person kitchen

and excited about the rain shower

matt gets his own study

there's also a detached garage with an efficiency apartment income suite. that we'll rent out. 

but first we have to have the tub resurfaced and fix all the divots in the walls and repaint. 

so we'll end up with our very own designated cat sitter in the near future. (read: obligated)

so yeah. one day, you wake up and you're like AN ADULT. not sure i ever saw this one coming.