With Madelyn here, we have thought less and less about our condo woes. But that doesn’t make them go away. We have been trying to sell our condo for about a year now and it’s not going well. So we talked with our realtor and came up with a few options. None of them are especially good but at least we have options.

1. We keep doing what we are doing. It’s obviously not working but doing nothing is an option.
2. We take the condo off the market for a while. We are a little mentally exhausted from selling for so long. Plus, it’s not like we can’t afford our place and we could get rid of some stuff to make some more room. But Madelyn is going to keep getting bigger and this place is going to keep getting smaller, so I’m not sure this option helps us in the long run.
3. We rent out the condo and then rent our own place somewhere else. This would get us into a bigger place and we could save up for a house down payment faster. However, I don’t know how I feel about being a landlord and it seems like we are just putting off the problem for a year or two.
4. We rent this place out and buy a house. This option has the same benefits and problems as number three, and then some. We would be in a house but we would have to find a bank that would allow us to have two mortgages, something I think is pretty rare lately. Plus, if our renters left, we would be stuck with two mortgages.
5. We drop the price a lot and short sale our condo. Short sale means we sell for less then we owe. We would have to work with the bank on this option, to see if they will let us do this, and it might mean we have to get a new loan for what is left after the sale.

So, there we are. We would like to get out of here before Madelyn becomes mobile but we’ll see if that’s possible.

Madelyn is almost two months! She’s got adorable chubby cheeks and chubby legs which makes it hard to believe we had trouble breastfeeding the first two weeks. Our measurements at home show she is about 24 inches long and weighs about 13 pounds. Her newborn clothes are too small and the 3 month clothes mostly fit. Our favorite time of the day is when she wakes up. She is super smiley and wiggly, and makes lots of fun noises such as clicks and ahs. Madelyn has a very sweet personality, no attitude at all, and enjoys being around people. Our only struggles so far are she doesn’t like to nap during the day unless it’s on Mommy or Daddy, and she get’s cranky when she gets sleep. But I’ll take it.

I only have four weeks left of maternity leave. It’s hard to believe I go back to work already. We met with our daycare center last week and we are really happy with them, but I have mixed feelings about going back to work. I really like my job and I think I’m good at it, plus I’m excited to have adult conversations again and me working is better for us financially. However, it’s hard to think of someone else spending so much time with Madelyn and I’m afraid of what we’ll miss out on. Plus, I have this unrealistic fear of her forgetting that we are Mommy and Daddy. Luckily, our daycare center is understanding and since it’s so close to my office, I can stop by over lunch if I want. I’m sure I will the first week or two. 🙂