Movin' on Up!

Well, here it is, our very first "Home!" Sorry the picture quality is so horrible, I grabbed it off zillow because I don't have any photos of my own yet [the tenants are still occupying the place.]  Miles and I drove by and stalked the property recently, but then someone looked out the blinds and totally caught us lurking! So we bounced in a hurry and didn't get any good pictures. I will say it definitely needs some work, and lots and lots of paint, but Miles and I are up for the project! We wanted a place we could really customize to be our own. And low and behold, here she is! I can't wait to share with you all the ideas I have in store! I get giddy every time I think about it!

I always joke with Miles about the Drake song "Started at the bottom" and say Luca's version is going to go something like "Started at the top, now I'm here, started ocean front, now my whole fam moved me here" haha. Poor baby started his life on some ocean front property, and now he must move inland. But there are tons of perks to our move, so I know he'll be just fine.

Well I'm off to put the little one down for a nap, and possibly take one of my own. By the way, Luca slept entirely through the night last night! Keeping my fingers crossed that he's back on track with his schedule. 

Thank you so much for all your kind words the other day, they made me feel so much better. The best thing about motherhood is that I'm in great company with all of you! So really, thank you for all the advice and comforting notes, they reminded me why I'm so thankful for the family and friends I've been given. It takes a village to raise a child, and it comforts me to know that we're all in this together! I can't believe it's already Thursday... This daylight savings thing has got me all thrown around and in a daze, but if tomorrow is friday, who cares, right?!

Announcements

 A while back, shortly after Luca was born, we had to last-minute evacuate our old home due to a potential mold infestation. It was a really old home, and our landlord was awful about upkeep and maintenance regarding the property. We later found out that a manhole had flooded the place shortly before we moved in and they never even disclosed this information to us prior to our move in. As much as I loved that home, it had its issues as you can see from this post. After a ton of legal research and many many phone calls later, we decided to leave one month prior to our lease ending.

 It was bittersweet for me. I knew Gardena was a transitional home--a place marker, while we built up our funds, I knew the baby would need space (our old place was a shoebox), and I knew we were outgrowing our home even when it was just Miles and I, but I had such an emotional attachment to our beach bungalow. A lot happened in the short year we lived there, so many memories were formed in those small quarters, and I didn't get a proper goodbye. One moment it was our home, and the next we were told to leave asap, and not to re-enter due to spore exposure hazards. Miles packed up the place in three days, put everything in storage, and we turned in the keys. With absolutely no place to go, my wonderful grandmother offered her Mission Bay vacation home to us until we could find a new place. We currently reside in a beautiful home that sits right on the bay and I can't complain one bit. What I will say though, is I am more than ready to have our own home again. Our little nomadic family is ready to settle down.

Miles travels a lot with his job, and so we recently decided to make the leap and move somewhere more central to where he'd be headed, and somewhere closer to my family so I'd have help while he's away. With that being said, I am happy and excited to announce that we are moving to Riverside! I'm headed back to my hometown, my roots, the motherland. We plan to move back to San Diego when Luca starts school, but in the mean time we will have our own home for the first time ever! A home that doesn't have adjoining walls to neighbors, doesn't reside in a 'complex', and has rooms (plural!),  and a real yard! The closest we've come to having a yard in the past was a planter box. We'll be moving into our new house in January, so for a short time longer we will enjoy our ocean view, the smells of the sea, and all of the things we so love about living in San Diego. 

Happy Monday!