I haven't been around to post much here on BP lately because I've been a bit preoccupied with being pregnant (yay!).  My husband and I are expecting our first child, a boy, in late March.

I've been working as an engineer for almost 10 years, since I graduated from college.  We got married and bought our home here in Orange County CA in 2008, and since then, we've bought a triplex here in CA, 2 fourplexes in AZ, and a fourplex in CO.  It's been a big sacrifice obviously; while friends and family were off having nice vacations and buying lots of material items, we used vacation time to go work on rentals and saved our extra cash for down payments on rentals.  However, the reward is huge, as we will now be able to afford for me to be a stay at home mom in a high cost of living area due to the net profits we make from our rentals (plus my husband's salary).

So, I'll be taking the last 4 weeks of my pregnancy off, making today my last day at work.  I like the people I work with (well, most of them), and this will be a huge transition, but I'm excited!  And nervous, and happy, and sad, and lots of other mixed emotions.  Looking forward to this next stage in my life!