Oh DEER!

This morning my alarm went off at 7:45. Yes it's early for someone who doesn't have kids on a Saturday but my kickboxing class is at 8:30 and I rarely miss it. I got up, washed my face, looked outside and saw two deer sauntering around the wooded area behind our house. I did a double take and then called to Nick to make sure he saw them too. He did. I even took a picture to prove it.

For those of you who have never been to our house, we live in a little cul de sac of about 40 town homes in the heart of Alexandria. We're talking inside the DC beltway and no where close to where deer should be wandering around. That being said, I feel like I'm in the country half the time with this apparent wildlife habitat we live in. In the two years we've lived in our house (and that alone is scary!) we've seen two deer, a buck, hawks, an owl, two foxes, countless birds, stupid squirrels, and a chipmunk that enjoys our back patio more than we do. Our community also just put bat houses up so we can add that to the list too. That may not seem like a lot to our friends back home but that's some serious variety for Northern Virginia!

Right now I'm sitting in our kitchen with the windows open sipping tea and listening to the birds. This is why we love our house. Even though I have to deal with traffic and plenty of people five days a week, the weekends get to be spent in our quiet neighborhood. I love that we have trees behind our house. I love the fact that so many people comment on how quiet it is here. And I love the fact that even though we live so close to DC we found a place that we can have a little escape.

We definitely won't live here forever but right now, we sure are enjoying the view.