We recently purchased a used, but bigger dining room table. Nico went today to pick it up... It was bittersweet for me to take the legs off of our 4-seater dining room table. Silly right? It's JUST a table. I bought it from k-mart about 7 years ago when it was just me and Stevie living in a 1 bedroom apartment in Shreveport, LA. Funny thing is, we never even used it! I just bought it cause a house was supposed to have a table.
When I met Nicolas, he insisted that dining happened at the table. It was so weird for me, to be sitting face to face with people at a table... almost intimidating! I was so used to Happy Meals at the coffee table in front of whatever good show was playing that night. Eating at the dining room table took a lot of getting used to. Once it was a habit though, it just felt right. Saved on staining the carpet as well!
Soon, 3 seats were used at the table... then 4. I smiled as that old dining room table filled up with people that belonged to my loving family. So maybe you can see why it was bittersweet to take it apart today so it could be stored in the basement until I can find a buyer.
Nico brought the bigger table home, a 6-seater. After everything was put together, he took the girls to the store with him and I stayed home to do a little more cleaning. Several times, I stopped in the doorway of my dining room and smiled at the new table. Why did we need bigger? Well because Victoria is coming to be with us of course! I smiled at the thought that we will actually USE this table... I smiled at all the burps that will happen, all the lectures to "EAT YOUR FOOD!" and all the smiles that our children will bring us over the next few years... all sitting at this table. I smiled inside as my heart swelled, knowing that since the purchase of my very first dining room table, I'd gained a family... and I'd made a home. Oh, how I love home.
how sweet...I recently had a conversation with someone about how I knew that we were finished having babies and felt complete as a family. I heard someone say that it's when you look around your dining room table and you think, "yup, everyone is here". I had that feeling once Lainey got here so thank heaven our 4-seater breakfast table is all we'll need (at least for now until the kids start bringing friends over for meals!! :) Congratulations...your room is so cute...can't wait to meet baby Victoria!
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