Making the next steps!

Lots of things have been going on in our little world. Evelynn is doing great. She smiles, laughs, scoots around in a circle, and she is trying really hard to roll over. She is just a little joy to me. :-)




We filed our taxes and we are getting around 3,200 in federal back and 700 in state. We are also getting Stephen's sign up bonus which is over 5,000. This is really exciting because there are some things we are needing to do.

When we moved we had to borrow money from our vacation fund and use the credit card because it was way more expensive than we planned. We plan to pay both of those back. We are also going to go ahead and get Evelynn some of the things she will be needing like a high chair, toddler bed, excersaucer, etc.

We are going to try and be healthier so we plan to get a juicer and do a juice fast. We are watching our portions for now and starting that in March. I would like to lose 20-40 lbs if possible.

Then we are putting the rest towards our down payment on a house. That is the most exciting part. We are going to be able to put 20% down, and with the housing market the way it currently is things are looking great!

We got pre-approved for a loan. At the very top of our budget with property tax and insurance included we will be paying less than we pay in rent now!!! That is so awesome. And there are no penalties for paying off early which we would plan to put as much extra as we could towards it and hopefully pay it off before Evelynn gets out of high school. :-)

And we decided that we do want to try for a baby soon, but not now. I dont want to be 8 months pregnant when we move. So we are thinking we will try this summer. That will make them 1.5-2 years apart depending on how long it takes. <3