Well, it has only been just slightly over a year since I left this little ol' blog of mine.
So many things have happened. My life just got really busy and kind of stressful. The break was really longer than I intended but I suppose that's life! I actually started a new blog on a squarespace platform that I was planning on debuting but alas, that never happened either. I will be remodeling or moving this blog sometime in the future but nobody got time for that right now!
So let's catch up! (the really really fast version)
I decided about a year and a half ago that it was time for me to make a change career wise. I loved what I was doing before (and do miss it actually) but I really just wasn't making the money that I knew I needed to make to help my little family meet our future goals. So, early last summer I accepted a position with Mesquite ISD to be a special education teacher.
It has been quite the journey. The beginning was HORRIBLE. I was super stressed and lost like 10 pounds in two weeks because that's what happens when I am that stressed. Luckily, after some maneuvering, things got straightened out and I really enjoy what I'm doing right now. I also ate back that weight in cookies and all is well.
I was just getting in to the swing of things at school when we got a SURPRISE!!
I was off for the week of Thanksgiving and was pretty sick. I had a low fever and the general respiratory crud. I was accepting that this was my life now, with it being my first year in the giant germ incubator. I was feeling a little nauseous but I usually do when I have congestion, so I thought no big deal. By the end of the week, I was feeling much better. However, I was noticing that I was still feeling a little nauseous when I got too hungry. I've never really had that before so I was curious but still shrugged it off for a few more days.
The next week started and I was still thinking about that suspicious symptom. This is going to be TMI but oh well (Boys you can click out of this now) .... I hadn't actually had a period in like four years because I had been on the pill for so long ( I had horrible periods as a teenager). My doctor said that it's pretty normal and shouldn't effect my body long term. She said that when we wanted to try to have children, I could just get off the pill and my body would build that lining back up. All of that to say, I had no period to realize that I had missed.
Since I didn't have periods and I had that strange symptom, I decided to take a test randomly on a Tuesday afternoon before Kyle got home ( thinking that there was no way it would be positive and that would be that). I took the test and right away there was a plus sign. I immediately grabbed the box and checked the expiration date, thinking there must be something wrong with the test. I even googled the chance of false positives, knowing logically that that doesn't really happen. Kyle wasn't home yet and I didn't know what to do...So I did nothing and went to get my haircut. It was a very strange feeling just carrying around that secret! Kyle got home before I did and so when I arrived, I could barely contain myself.
I think I just started crying and showed him the test. He hugged me, we briefly talked about it and then just sat around in shock for a couple of hours. It was about a year ahead of what we were planning, but I really believe that things happen the way they are supposed to!
I went to the doctor a couple of weeks later and sure enough!
Although we were in shock at first, we are SO EXCITED now. Our families are so excited too and could not be more supportive.
We were originally planning on buying a house this year and already had some money saved. After the baby news set in, we began to rethink it. We knew we were going to have a lot of expenses with the baby and just didn't know if it was the right thing to do to move at the same time. We really wanted to stay in the same part of Dallas that we are in right now because we love it so much but house prices are just really skyrocketing. With our budget, we could maybe get something super small that needed a lot of updating. That's if we could even get our foot in the door because they are selling like hotcakes with limited inventory.
We then started looking at apartments nearby because we knew we were at least going to need a bigger bathroom. After looking at the cost of renting an apartment, we started thinking about maybe just giving up our dream of living in east Dallas and look at other areas to buy. With the price range that we wanted to be in ( now, slightly lower due to baby expenses), we were going to pay the same monthly for a house and an apartment. It seemed silly not to start looking to buy!
I think we decided on a Saturday to start looking seriously ( thinking that it would be quite awhile before we found anything). Inventory is low right now, so it's definitely a seller's market. Houses are getting sold before you can even look at them right now! We saw a few houses that we liked but all were getting contracts so quickly. On Friday of that same week, we saw a house that was previously under contract go back on the market. We saw it on Saturday (exactly one week later!) and decided to make an offer. We were one of five contracts, but they chose us!!
After looking at the inspection, we noticed that there were some foundation issues. We sent some foundation people out to look and sure enough, it needed some major work done. Kyle and I decided that we did not want to put any more money into the house ( our offer was already above asking price) and asked the sellers to make the repairs. They initially refused and we came to terms with the fact that we were moving on. After some tough negotiating that week though, the sellers finally relented and agreed to pay for the repairs.
As it stands right now, the repairs will be taking place this week and we are set to close Friday afternoon!
There is some updating and repairs that we would like to do right away, so we will not be moving in immediately. Hopefully within the next month or so though.
So there you have it..a really quick update. Honestly, these last parts have happened recently and so quickly that my head is still spinning a bit. I am now 18 weeks and six days ( 19 weeks tomorrow). I can't believe I'm almost halfway already!
I decided to bring the blog back mostly for our families and for myself. I know that this will be something that I enjoy looking back on someday.
Kudos to you if you read the whole thing! In case you are interested, I'll be writing my first baby update tomorrow!
