Thank you so far for all your comments. If I didn’t directly reply or quote you, please note that I did read and appreciate your thoughts.
It is a great help because even though we are home owners right now. It is quite different going from a condo for two working professionals to looking at a potential forever home for a growing family. Plus “gulp” to save for so long and to put this in my mind so much money to spend for a residence compare to most anywhere else in the US this amount would be considered insane.
So, listening/reading your thoughts and your experience do help alleviate some of our worries. Plus it is nice to see there are quite a few of you out there that went through the same process and thoughts.
Your experiences and insights are greatly appreciated from this expected mom!