What were we thinking?

It's the natural progression of things, I guess. You get married, get good jobs, buy a modern urban loft, do a little traveling, and enjoy a lot of happy hours and nice dinners out. Then, for some reason, you decide to turn your sweet life upside-down and have a baby. And that baby literally forces you to slow down and reflect on everything. You start to long for green space and good schools and the small-town upbringing you had. And amid the sleep-deprivation and chaos of having a newborn, you decide buy a house in the country. So that's what we did. And to get Max ready for this wonderful new life we plan to impose upon him, we've become quite fond of singing him the opening line of a song by the Presidents of the United States of America: Movin' to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches. I'm movin' to the country, gonna eat me a lot of peaches. Hence the name of our blog.

We closed on our new home on October 19. It's a 1913 Craftsman-style home located in Lathrop, a small town in Northern Missouri. So now--thanks to the dismal real estate market--we still own our loft in the city (we'll call it our urban highrise) along with our new small-town abode (we'll call that the country estate). It's just as well for now, because although the house is in decent shape, there are several things we want to do to make it our home, many of which need to be done before we move in. As we complete the transition, we'll use this space to update friends and family--and the world, I suppose--on the progress we make. Welcome to our blog!