Current Dilemma

Okay, so we have one vote for boy - another takers? So far my family thinks it's a boy, mainly because of the predominance of males on my side. I tried to explain that it doesn't really work like that, but they weren't buying. D's family is probably just hoping boy because they have all girl grandkids so far, but haven't expressed any inklings. My two friends think girl.

Anyway - our lastest big decision is to move or not to move.

We live in a 700 square foot place. It's perfect for the two of us but it seemed obvious that for three we'd need to move. We were all ready to sell and then we had some mishaps that delayed things, like the fact that the place next door hired a crappy agent and it's been on the market for ages. They also had trouble showing it as the tenants didn't always get back to the agent and didn't keep it very nicely staged - as a result it's been festering for weeks and once that happens every one assumes there's a problem and doesn't want to look since usually things sell very quickly here. It's normally a very hot market.

Their place being on for so long really affects the value of ours, since the places are virtual mirror images of each other. Also, they've had to keep dropping the price, so we may have trouble demanding what we think this place is worth. So annoying - especially as a few months ago the place above us (also the same as ours) sold in one day at asking price.

Then we had a flood, which further delayed things - the condo is still figuring out what to do to repair it. It's not in our apartment, but it affects the building so we don't want to sell until it's fixed as people may use it as an excuse to lowball us.

Anyway, all this has us looking at the apartment and thinking, well maybe we should just stay! Our teeny tiny den, which is right off the living room, could be converted into a nursery - add some doors to it, and a dresser/change table. Right now we just use the space to watch tv, since we don't like having a tv right in the living room (which is also the kitchen and dining room), but hey, we can make sacrifices.

Some decisions, like whether to have the child in our room or not, are things we'll play be ear. But in any case, we'd fit a crib in the den. Of course, the apartment is very small, so having people over (or even just clanging around) could be a challenge if the baby is a light sleeper. But maybe the baby just gets used to things like that.

We'd also have to do some rearranging of the living space so we had enough floor space for things like baby toys, but it could be done if we traded in our medium-sized dining table for a small one.

So I'm just torn - staying here another year would be fine, and easier in the short-term, but then part of me would like to begin life as a family in a place we know we're staying for a few years at least. In this case, we're just delaying the inevitable. Then again, we'd have another year to save up a bit of cash. Or maybe we wouldn't - maybe housing prices will continue to rise. Anyway, I'm completely baffled about what to do, but if you have suggestions or thoughts, I welcome them.