Sunday, September 15, 2013

Finally Updating!

Wow! It has been almost 2 months since my last blog. On one hand I can't believe it, but on the other it is not surprising at all. My life has been SO HECTIC since going back to work at the end of July- plus add in all the other things life has been throwing me lately and you have one very busy, and very tired mommy! I also have a hard time blogging when I am keeping a secret. I never want to lie to my readers. You heard me correctly... I had a secret for the last few months and now I can finally talk about it- so here we are!

Where to start? Going back to work and pumping. It is hard. It is REALLY hard. I don't know how I get through each day with all my pumping sessions and milk to bring home for my daughter each day, but I do... so I start all over again the next day and then give myself a pat on the back for another hard day down. It's also really tough to be away from Averie for long periods of time, but I know why I'm there and I know what I need to do to provide for my daughter (and my baby-clothes shopping addiction). I feel like I have learned enough to write a blog about, but that may have to wait until I have the time to actually sit and put all my findings into a comprehensible thought.

A few weeks ago I thought I was pregnant. I still haven't gotten my period since having my daughter (I'm told my breast feeding and frequent pumping sessions are the cause- yay!) and I know that while I may not get my period, that doesn't mean I am not ovulating. My husband and I have not gotten back to the 'alone time' quota we once had (did I mention working and having a baby is hard?) but we do alright. Well, a few days after one of our date nights I started to feel some cramping.. but it didn't go away. Then I started to feel sick pretty regularly. I had to re-research when you can take a test (because there is literally no room in my brain for old information) and saw that I still had to wait a few days. Have you met me?

Those days were complete torture! Again, we weren't planning on having another baby but we also weren't taking any precautionary measures. When it finally came time, I took the test and it was negative. I felt sad but I had so much going on in my personal life at the time I was ok with a negative test. BUT... the symptoms didn't go away so I thought maybe I had taken the test too early. So I waited. Again. Torture. One week later I took another test and it came back negative again. I am still confused as to why I am currently feeling the aches and pains of pregnancy that I have come to (not)love but hopefully I can make an appointment and check with my doctor to see why I am feeling nauseous and achy constantly.

Let's get in to the big secret... WE BOUGHT A HOUSE! We are finally moving!!! 1.to be closer to my in-laws side of the family 2. I can eventually stay home with the baby (we still need to get out of some debt) and 3. the cost of living is WAY lower than the expensive bay area! So, hopefully by the middle of next month we will be all moved in! Here we are in front of our new house!

The coolest thing about our house is that our neighbors are my husband's parents! The lot is about 3 acres and there are 3 houses on the lot. Our in-laws house has the largest square footage of 2100sq/ft but is 1br/2ba our house is 1900sq/ft and is 3br/2ba There is also a bungalow on the back of the property that grandma will be moving into eventually. I'll post more pics once we get a chance to take them. When we initially toured the house it still had all of the old tenant's things in it- we are still waiting on the current residents to move out and then we will go and take tons of pics and plan out the renovations and redecorating. It's a bit of a fixer-upper but not too bad- there are mainly layout issues.

I cannot even begin to explain how excited I am to move in and make this house our own. It will be the last time we move for a very long time! This will be our 6th move in 5 years... we are ready to stay in one spot! We had been looking for months while simultaneously getting my in-laws house ready to sell. It was a lot of work- my husband even had to spend his 'CA baby bonding time' getting their house ready- so it was more like "grandma bonding time while daddy worked like a mad man time" but in the end their house sold on the first weekend of showings and we got the 1st house we had looked at and fallen for. All is right with the world on our end.

I have loved blogging about our life on the road to becoming parents, and the struggles we have shared have taught me so much about myself, and about the kindness of others. I'm sure I will continue to write about my amazing daughter- who turned 6 MONTHS the other day!!! But, this blog has always been about the post happily ever after life I lead and all the things that accompany that, and we are standing at the beginning of a new journey in our lives so it seems appropriate to warn all my readers that my blog may take on a different theme: home ownership and home renovation! All of our family and friends are interested in the work we are going to be putting into our new home so it may get a little Young House Love-ly around here, but I know I won't be able to stop myself from writing about our daughter and my quest to be a stay at home mom.

Speaking of, we really need to get our budget set and pay off some of our medical expenses (Before insurance- Averie and my stay at the hospital combined reached 81K!!! Thank God we only owe around 6K!!!) if anyone has any tips on family budgeting please send them my way! Hopefully I'll be back soon with pics of the new house and our wish list to fix it up ;)