Well,
we don’t know when it happened but the time has come and we are East Coast
bound!
Many
of you know that Chicago was not an easy start for this family and although we
are excited for our new adventure, it is indisputable the amazing and life
changing events that have happened during our time as Chicago residents!
Shannon
and I moved here at the end of November 2011. It was his new job with UBS that
allowed us the opportunity to finally live in the same place and take our
relationship to the next level. We got our very own downtown apartment!
That
following May, on the second anniversary of us meeting, Shannon got down on one
knee under the Navy Pier fireworks and proposed!
We
got Tilly here in Illinois. We flew home 2 days after our wedding and
immediately drove to get her and make her the newest member of the newly
established Crawford Family.
I
got my first real teaching job, post grad school at FXW. It was such an amazing
positions and my colleagues, students and their parents were fabulous. I
learned so much about myself as a teacher and made so many good friends, I
could not have asked for anything more from a job.
We
applied for, interviewed and got Shannon’s green card which was such an
accomplishment! It made us feel so good knowing he had that for our family!
And
finally and most importantly, it was here in Chicago that we made the decisions
to have a baby! On our third anniversary, over dinner at Petterino’s, Shannon
and I made the decision to start trying for a family in the fall. Little did we
know how quickly that would happen and Jack Francis would be conceived immediately!
41 week and 1 day later, on July 6, 2014 the most wonderful gift came to us
here in Chicago, our sweet baby boy, Jack!
Chicago,
it has been a wild ride. You have truly put this family to the test in more
ways than one but you have also given so many of our most important memories to
date and for that, WE THANK YOU!
And
now, it is on to our new great adventure. A new chapter for The Crawford Family
is right around the corner and we cannot wait to see all that it has in store!
All
Our Love,
Katie,
Shannon, Jack & Tilly
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