Nope

I really don't want to talk about it because I'm so sick of talking about it, but thought I should let everyone know that we backed out on the house. Almost as soon as our offer was accepted, things got crazy and SOOO stressed. People were calling us left and right trying to sell us their mortgages and insurances and we just started to feel that this wasn't the right choice. We weren't excited about it anymore and honestly we just felt that it wasn't meant to be. We also decided that we want to move back home when he gets out in 3 years so we are just going to wait until then. On the contrast, we also felt we would really miss San Diego, too. I really like being in a military town and neighborhood. I think no matter when we move, I will miss that feeling of being around people who go through the same as us, who are young and just trying to raise their families with military pay and often without their spouse's.

And it made us appreciate the home we have now. It's only 2 beds/1 bath but it's big enough for what we need right now and really does offer us a lot. Plus, the location is the best. So we both just realized fast that we are happy here and want to stay. :) We have decided however that this place needs a total re-do. We have a little family room that we don't use because Sean has a bunch of his crap in it that we never touch. So we are going to go through it and thinking about turning it into Max's play room. We want to buy a bedroom set! The one we have now is unmatching and OLD. So King size bed and new bedroom set, here we come! We are also considering painting. I'm SICK SICK SICK of white walls. Makes a room feel so dead. So really considering it.

So, we are glad it's done with and feel a lot more at home here now after such a horrible experience trying to buy a house.  

We......

GOT THE HOUSE!!!! :D :D

We're so excited!!! We close in roughly 30 days, don't have the official day yet. I can't believe it...We still have to go through with the appraisal and home inspection to make sure nothing is wrong with the house. But it looks in tip top shape so we are hopeful everything checks out ok.

On a side note, I'm also feeling very nervous and anxious. This is SUCH a big commitment. And we are moving to a new town. And Sean will be underway during the move! Not only that, but he will most likely be gone the first 2-3 weeks we live there so I will be all alone :( Oh well, I'll live and Max will keep me busy. Plus we will be closer to our families so I can go home often. And we will be in our very own home that I love!!

So, here we go. Once we get the official closing date, we will give our housing office our 30 day notice and hire a moving company. And get the home inspection done. And then wait to get our keys!

Home??

We may be getting our dream home! We went house hunting again today and saw a whole bunch of houses. We were getting discouraged though because the first 4-5 we really didn't like. Then we saw one we finally liked a lot, but it's just slightly farther away than what we're comfortable with. So then we had just one house left to visit but I wasn't feeling it at all because it didn't have any pictures or anything since it was just listed today. But it sounded nice. But I totally didn't expect it to be the one...Well, it is THE ONE! I knew it after just a few moments in the house. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1800 sq ft, the backyard has a view of a park with a playground! And that playground is a super short walk away! I LOVVVE the kitchen. I felt so comfortable in it. One of the bedrooms is downstairs so it's perfect for guests (or a office, but I doubt we'd use it as one) and the other two share a jack and jill bathroom which I think is awesome! The master has everything you could want in one plus a great view. Not to mention the whole thing has so much character and the layout is so different and fun!

So we fell in love...but then I got so scared of not getting it. There is so much competition right now, it's horrible. So we put a offer in for over the asking price. Well, to my surprise, they gave us a counter offer!! Which was the same price we offered but just asked for a certain way they want closing to go. So we accepted that and sent it back and now just waiting to hear if it is officially accepted!! We are standing on freakin pins and needles here waiting to find out if we got it or not....please, please, please say we got it! I want this house!!!!

Happy Spring!

I think it's amazing that today is the first day of Spring and the flowers on our bush's bloomed TODAY and new leaf buds showed up on our tree in the backyard TODAY. What perfect timing, mother nature. I have to say that I am pretty sure that Spring is my new favorite season. I never had a favorite before. Just liked them all. But for some reason this time I am really seeing the beauty in it. I love seeing all the freshly bloomed wild flowers and the warm, bright sun just puts me in the best mood. Life just feels so fresh. I love it!

Today was so great. It was a perfect 78 degree's so we decided that today is the perfect day to go to the beach! I have been looking forward to this day since last summer. Max was too young during the summer to enjoy (or even notice) the beach. And I couldn't expose him to the sun like at all because of how young he was. So every time we went to the beach I'd just have him covered and usually asleep. So I couldn't wait until next summer so he would be a little older and able to actually have fun. Let me tell you, it was everything I hoped for and more! Max LOVES the beach! It took him some getting used to at first because he's never been exposed to sand or that much water before so he was definitely scared at first. Well, of the water. Not the sand. He was so intrigued by the sand and then ended up absolutely loving it. I'll get to that later, though. Sean took him to the shore and introduced his feet to the water. I was worried the water would still be too cold to go in, but was surprised to see it really wasn't. At least not to Max. When the little waves came up Max would fuss from just not knowing what the hell they were lol.

So then Sean put him down on the damp - but no waves - part and all of a sudden a switch went off and it's as if he just realized how open and free it was. He smiled big and took off crawling! lol it was so funny! Then he all of a sudden wasn't scared of the water anymore and took off towards the waves! So Sean watched over him while I snapped away with my camera (duh) and it was just such a blast. He got pretty pissed if Sean tried to pick him up, haha!

Then after a while of playing in the shallow water, he got drenched and had mud all over him. So we took him to get rinsed off and attempted drying him when he realized we were back on dry beach sand so he began kicking and whining so bad and we didn't know why at first. So we let him go and off he went onto the sand, lol! He loved crawling in the sand so much so we just let him be, though he constantly wanted to go visit other people on the beach so we had to keep dragging him away, lol. Then Sean took him down to make a sand castle...that was a no-go since every time Sean would start anything Max would just trample over it! lol! It was hilarious. So after playing some more I saw Max start to rub his eyes so I knew it was nap time even though he was for sure going to put up a fight. But me being super mommy now I would able to get the job done and he just knocked out. So he and I laid together on the sheet we put down on the sand while Sean went body-surfing. Max and I took a nice nap together. It. was. lovely. I love napping on the beach!

So that was our first family beach trip. I can't wait to go again! Here are a few pics from today -

Love this pic of us. He looks a lot like me!

Checkin' out the sand

Nervous

Looking at the Ocean.

Then freedom!

Going to the water!

Ooooohhh....

splish splash!

Having too much fun!

yay!

I love him

Best buds

He's my best bug too!

This is when he just took off!

 

And this is Max destroying Sean's castle, haha!

And bonus - Video of Max walking! Kinda....haha.

It's gettin' hot in herrrrre

Yes, I totally just said that. Ha! Max is napping and I'm hungry...He and I will be feasting on lasagna tonight, mmm. I should get started cooking soon.

I LOVE that he is eating table foods so well now. He's gotten better and better at it very quickly. I can give him whole sized animal crackers and he eats it without any issues. And he had some Ritz crackers today and he actually took bites out of them with his top teeth!! It was so exciting, lol. He will eat anything!! I haven't fed him any baby food in the last few days which makes me happy. We are moving on! I feel accomplished too because his Ped said to have him on table foods by 9 months (along with formula) so yay!!

Speaking of eating, This morning while I was changing his diaper on the changing table I noticed all his new top teeth came out a lot more over night and they are so clear as day there now. He smiled and from that angled I saw all his teeth in that smile and it made him look like a toddler for a few seconds...I got that painful feeling of bittersweetness. He looked so handsome, yet my stomach dropped. He's growing so, so, sooo fast. Ah, I just want to freeze time for a bit! I want to enjoy him as a baby for longer than what we are given...

I've actually been experiencing baby fever in the last 2 days. I just can't wait to do all this over again with another little lover muffin. But we definitely want to wait another 6-9 months before starting to TTC our next. We want to get into a bigger home and relish and give Max his quality time as a baby. And to me, a baby is a baby longer than their 1st birthday even though they technically become a toddler then. So...here's to holding off the baby fever! Is it odd that I feel like it's kinda not fair to Max that I want another baby?

Oh, and yeah, it's HOT today! I am loving this heat wave we're experiencing. Max and I took the dogs to the dog park earlier and I put Max in a light short sleeve shirt and shorts with no shoes or socks and I was in shorts and a tank top! It feels like forever since I've been able to wear a tank. I love tanks.

Oh, and here's two cute videos from this morning of Sean and Max rockin out!

Back in SD

Well, we had a nice trip up to Sac visiting Sean's mom and siblings. I can't believe after me and Cindy's history we are now at a place where I can safely and comfortably go visit her without Sean. We have a very rough passed, she and I. So this trip being such a success feels like such a milestone! I enjoyed spending time with Sean's sister and brothers so much, I love them! We are planning on them coming to visit this summer. I want to take them to Disneyland so bad!

It was so nice coming home to my hubby though. It was only 5 days, but for some reason when I saw him it felt like so much longer. And he was all over Max. He missed him a lot. He had to work tonight but he really wanted to take us out to eat so we quickly stopped for some Wnedy's and Max got his own chicken nuggets :) That was fun. Max also had his own kids meal when we went to a restaurant while in Sac. He got his own 5 sand dollars pancakes and scrambled eggs and he ate it all!! I was so shocked I thought he would only eat 2-3 but he ate it all. So I'm pretty excited to start ordering him his own food when we go out now :D

My baby boy is getting so big...I'm now buying 18m size clothes! He fits 12m perfectly right now. And in the passed week all 4 of his top teeth came in! Aside from 30 minutes of serious fussing and crying, teething those teeth were easy. They came quick, thank God. Soon his pictures are going to be full of toofers!! Ahh, he's growing up so fast....He turned 9 months on the 11th. Less than 3 months and he will be a year....crazinessss.

Oh, and we didn't get that house, obviously. There is a ton of competition right now. There was over 10 other offers on it within 3 days. Blah...But our Realtor said not to get discouraged and we'll keep trying so weds we are going out to look at more houses.

I am craving a good love story...a movie or book or manga. I want to be swooned by an amazing story!

In Sac

Max and I got into Sacramento yesterday. The surprising Cindy thing went GREAT. Sean's sister Shelby picked us up and when we got to her house Sean's brother Paul pretended like we were the UPS guy with a package for her and she needed to sign for it so she came to the door and when she saw us her face just went blank like she couldn't even comprehend what she was looking at! The poor thing was right in the middle of eating a english muffin lol. After she was able to wrap her head around it she had this shocked face saying "I can't believe it!" and stepping back with this blown away face. It was SO funny and just perfect. She grabbed Max and started sobbing and went right for the kitchen and fed him a cream pie snack lol yes, she's THAT Grandma. She is still shocked and keeps talking about it. Oh, and she hasn't let Max go since lol. He is soooooo pampered here!!

Why am I up?

Because I have an almost 9 month old baby boy, that's why. He's not up, he went to sleep a couple hours ago. I was so worn out today that when Max took his afternoon nap at 4 I decided to take a nap too expecting him to wake up in an hour - hour 1/2...He slept until 8!! He slept 4 hours so I slept for 4 hours. He hasn't napped that long in God knows how long. So we both woke up completely refreshed when on a normal night it would be time for him to wind down with a bath and getting ready for bed. Greeeeat.

Anyway, I finally got around to packing. Max and I are flying up to Sacramento tomorrow to visit Sean's mom and siblings. Sean isn't going because we're saving his leave (vacation) hours, but it's ok because all Cindy (his mom) cares about is seeing Max, lol. Her birthday was the 8th so we are surprising her tomorrow for her birthday! She is going to DIE. Just flip out. She's an emotional person, so I know she will cry. She cries just when we are on the phone with her and she talks about missing Max and wondering if he will remember her. She's only seen him twice. So I am really excited to surprise her tomorrow XD

I'm going try and get some sleep now, even though I'm still not feeling very tired. I have to finish packing in the morning though so I have to get some sleep so I'm not drowsy and forget stuff. Oh, we'll be there until Monday.

Cake, anyone?

A couple recent cakes I've done-

I'm worn out. I just finished making a chocolate cake from scratch. I totally forgot I had cake decorating class in the morning so at 8pm tonight I started making the cake I needed to take in. Including tomorrow I only have 4 class' left. I've learned so much in the short 8 weeks I've been going and hope to soak up more knowledge before the next 4 go by.

Max cut his top-right tooth over the weekend!! They've been pushing through for a few weeks now and the right one was soooo close to cutting when my dad and Max were playing chase. We were home for the weekend and my dad was on his hands and knees chasing Max and Max was having so much fun crawling away from him. Well, they were on tile and Max got ahead of himself and tripped with his head flinging to the floor, and his top gums just so happen to land on the tile, cutting his tooth through! lol. I just think it's so ironic that it happened like that. Max cried for a short minute then was back to crawling away from my dad. Now that beautiful tip of the tooth is shining there. I see the one to the left of it coming too, but I see the one to the right of it coming even sooner! So he may have an odd set of teeth for awhile lol.

Max had chicken nuggets for the first time tonight :) He really liked them. Chicken nuggets and broccoli. He loved it all. I really love cooking for my little man. Now if only his daddy didn't works nights so we could have family dinners :(

Oh, and Max has begun acting shy around strangers. It is TO DIE FOR cuteness!!! He gives this shy smile as he snugs his head into my shoulder/neck area or whatever body-part he's by of mine. Often times he will stick his tongue out a little bit when he does it, too and it only makes me die that much more. Actually, lately he's all about the tongue. He sticks it out like a panting dog as he crawls and just at random times and that, too, is so stinkin cute. My little lover muffin is just getting cuter and cuter by the day, I swear. I just can't get enough of his little ham self. I love being his Mommy ♥

On the hunt!

Sean and I have been on the hunt for our first home! We really love the city of Temecula. It's so new and family oriented and only 45-hour away from San Diego so it's still fairly close to all the fun things San Diego has to offer, and it's about an hour-hour 1/2 away from our home town. Sean is up for the commute he will have to San Diego, so everything is working out. We went to look at our first houses last thursday and they were all nice, but they were all foreclosures so some were just in horrible condition. We found one we really liked and put an offer on it...but after coming home and thinking about it, I realized that it wasn't the one. It was very nice, but it was TOO big. It was over 2400 sq feet. It had a huge formal living room, then huge family room, then huge loft upstairs. I became so intimidated by all the space and had no idea what I was going to do with it. We may have grown into it eventually, but I don't see that happening for a while so I just wanted something else. We pulled our offer the next day but it wouldn't have mattered because we found out there were higher offers on the house so we wouldn't have gotten it anyway.  

So this morning we went back to Temecula to look at 2 more houses. The first one I LOVE! It seriously felt like the one. It was 1700 sq feet which I was sooo much more comfortable with. It was in amazing- move in ready condition. So we went to see the next house still, and I fell in love with that one too! Well, when I say "I" I mean Sean and I. He loved both houses too. So we went back to the office to write up offers for both. Well, once there we found out the first one had accepted an offer already :( I was heart broken...but then she saw that there was another house for sale that was the exact same model and cheaper! So we went to look at it really quick and discovered quickly that it's so much cheaper because it needs work...Just needs a real good cleaning of the walls/doors and needs new carpet completely. But it has potential to be so beautiful and just needs a few cosmetic fix's, which for that price is totally worth the work. But, we haven't decided yet if we are willing to do the work yet so no offer yet. Still thinking about it. But the other house we loved has our offer in and we are just waiting to hear their response...hopefully tomorrow!!

I only have one picture and it's of the outside of the second house we saw. It's SO CUTE!!!

full, full, full...

I just ate a ton of chicken fried rice. It was delicious and I ate way too much of it. Max enjoyed it too.

Max and I went grocery shopping today. You know your a stay at home mom when grocery shopping excites you, lol. I get Max all dressed up in a cute outfit and he loves the attention he gets while there. He's SO good, too. He totally enjoys sitting in the baby seat on the shopping cart. He can see everything and swing his legs and take food out of the cart and drop it on the floor lol yes, he did that twice today, brat. Actually, lately he's been doing that a lot. He's in "that phase" where he will drop things from his high chair, etc. just to see someone get it for him.

Sean has officially begun the father-son wrestling match's...oy! I knew they were coming. He used to wrestle with his little brother ALL THE TIME. So now that Max isn't so fragile anymore, Sean will grab him and throw him around on the bed. I know it sounds bad, but our bed is really soft and bouncy and Max just loves it. He busts up laughing. Sean even pretends that Max is kicking his ass, haha. THIS is why I was so excited to have a boy first. I was so excited to see Sean and his son be 'men' together and do all the fun guy stuff. 

Oh, I wanted to post some pictures.

I love this one. It's so damn cute!!!! But maybe it's only that cute to me because that's my little booty boy :p

 

Spaghetti night!

And then fell asleep during his messy dinner, aww.

 

I love him ♥