My SO and I recently had a house fire. The fire damage was contained to the kitchen but the smoke damage was significant. We lost a lot of our belongings and will have to replace them once the insurance is done with the claim. The house could take at minimum 3-4 months to clean and repair. I am due with our son September 26th. 😞

I was really looking forward to having the house all ready for the new baby. We bought new curtains and we were going to paint and get new furniture this week but that all is now on hold. When our 18 mo daughter was born we didn’t live together so it was a lot of back and forth and we didn’t have one place to call home.

We were finally starting to feel settled and we were both excited to be a family in this house. We currently rent but had plans with the landlord to buy the house. Now we have to decide if it is worth it to wait or if we want to look for something else 😕 we both love that house and we love the neighborhood.

We are currently staying with my parents, they have made a place for us in their finished basement so we have some space for just us but I know it is stressful for my SO to stay somewhere he isn’t familiar with. Everyone gets along and I am so grateful to my parents for everything they are doing but it just isn’t how I saw everything going.

I am grateful that no one was hurt and all the material things can be replaced (thank god for insurance) We just feel so lost and it really sucks not knowing what is going to happen. I feel like we can’t plan or prepare.

I am trying to not stress since this pregnancy has been difficult on me but the closer I get to my due date the harder it gets. Just needed to vent 🙁