New adventures... full of worries

Now that the hubby got the job offer of his dreams, we know we are on the fast track to living our life dream; suburban nirvana if you will. The only problem is that we will be taking a pay cut the first year, and he got offered the job position in one of the most expensive places in the country, San Francisco.

We knew we'd have to make sacrifices during that first year, but the daunting task of finding a new home in the area, although i'm VERY familiar with it, since we've been living here already for 4+ years, is taking it's toll on me. We currently live in a 1500 sq. ft. 3bed 2 bath townhouse. We are going to make 10THOUSAND dollars less a year, and that's BEFORE taxes are taken out!!!!

EVERYTHING i'm seeing is in the range of 900-1050 sq.ft.!! so we're cutting over 500 square feet! and not to mention, all of this for just 100-150 dollars less a month than what we currently pay!

We know that we can NOT keep our current place, and we know things will be tight that first year, but it's a very scary thing to think about... we will be bursting at the seams in whatever new place we end up in, and paying not much less. Ok, I'm off to continue my search, it's like trying to find a needle in a haystack. :(

LadyBug is growing up!!!

I have realized LOOONG ago that she is no longer a baby. I've gotten over that part. The thing that has me realizing just how FAST she is growing is what we are doing now. She is learning to write letters and numbers. Yesterday, as she was chatting with my parents via webcam (as they do on an almost daily basis) she decided to show them with her easel the letters she knew. It sunk in to me when I saw her doing her A, B, C, D, E, F and number 1, 2, 3!!!!!

For the record, I've only taught her A, B, C and 1, 2. She learned the rest on her own by using her practice books!!!!!!!!

Such a proud moment for me, yet sad to see that she is so close to being school age, and that we are about to embark on a totally different phase of childhood so soon scares me; but I know we will rock it! just like we've done with babyhood and toddler phase.

Monkey is sick :(

So, we went to a playdate on friday, and he was being very clingy so I kept him in the Beco carrier. He felt warm, but everyone was saying it was a bit warm in the house so I thought nothing of it. We went to Old Navy after that, and that's when I realized that he was warm and running a bit of a fever. Fast forward to today, SUNDAY, and he's still got this fever going on!

We tried to have some family time on saturday by swimming at the pool and ordering pizza, and he seemed a tad better, still clingy, but not too warm. Well, today, we did an oral temp. reading (we were doing armpit since friday, he won't hold it in his mouth long enough for the reading) and it was 103!!! I called the doctor and he will be seen tomorrow. The nurse thinks it might be an ear infection.

Whatever it is, I'm ready for it to be all OVEr and have my healthy Monkey back to normal!