We bought a house!

So most of you know, but for those that don't know our current living situation here it is. We live at the beach in San Diego, I LOVE it. One block from the bay and about 6 blocks from the beach. Before we had a kid Marc and I would ride our beach cruisers to the beach, to the bars in Pacific Beach, to Seaworld and to a slew of great restaurants...life was good! Well this home Marc bought ten years ago is a 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom condo and about 1,200 square feet. It really is big enough for our family right now but the only downfall is we don't have a garage. And anyone with a kid knows how much crap you accumulate. We already have 4 bins of clothes he's grown out of along with toys and swings he no longer plays with. Where do we put all this stuff?!?! Seriously, you should see our tiny attic we have...if there was even the smallest of earthquakes everything up there would be in pieces and probably crashing through to the floor below. Our closet's have their own closet's we have so much stuff crammed in them.

Anyway, it's a very bittersweet moment to say that we bought a detached single family house in the 'burbs and are selling Marc's condo at the beach. We closed on our new place a few weeks ago and will be moving Memorial Day weekend. I was trying to hold off for another year (and another child) before we moved, but the time is right and the market out here is going gang busters. We're afraid if we waited another year we'd get a smaller house and have to spend more. I'm sad to be leaving the beach for sure. All the walks on the bay/beach Caiden and I take every day, the people, the restaurants, just everything. Plus we've done a lot of work to this condo to make it our own and have so many memories here. I'll never forget the floor I rolled around on when I was having contractions for 2 days with Caiden, or the time Marc and I re-tiled the fireplace in the master bedroom ourselves...what the hell were we thinking?!?! I have a tear in my eye just writing this. But I know the decision we made is a good one and I'm very excited to have a yard and a garage and a 4 bedroom house! And the location we are moving to is really great considering we have to leave the beach. We are not far inland (2 miles from Torrey Pines State Beach/Golf Course!!!) and it has some of the best public schools in SD.

We are very excited to embark on this next journey and can't wait to move into our new home!