As mateo continues to grow, I can’t help but keep on thinking about pushing through with buying a house of our own. Sometimes I even tell andrea that I am almost willing to take on mortgage lenders If only we weren’t treading on uncharted territories with mateo.

You see, we spend a considerable fraction of our salaries on three major things: the rent for the house, mateo’s groceries, and mateo’s monthly vaccinations.

The house is pretty much a given. No surprises there. Mateo’s needs, on ther hand, are a little erratic. Sometimes his vaccinations cost a lot, sometimes they don’t. There are seasons when he eats voraciously while there are times when his appetite is just low. You can never really expect a constant amount when it comes to his expenses, but I guess that’s normal.

I just hope the time comes (soon) when we’d be getting enough to not worry about the spikes in expenses. Because sooner or later, the house we’re living in would be too small for our growing family.