A big, strong Lukas made his way into the world with our Doula by our side and healthy Jenni after a long labor!
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In the links below, you’ll find our monthly and annual FIRE budget updates that reveal our personal finance decisions through our income and expenses. We hope they offer you guidance and inspiration on your FIRE journey.
You’ll see how we manage our money, travel the world, and live a meaningful life on a reasonable budget.
You’ll also learn from our mistakes, challenges, and tips along the way.
You’ll find all of our posts tagged as Budget Updates in the listing on this page.
Our budget updates before the start of 2022 tended to break down every single monthly expense category. That’s helpful if you’re looking for details about things that tend to repeat for us (utilities, insurance, mortgage, and so on).
Whether you’re new to FIRE or already living it, we invite you to explore our budget updates!
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Last Month Before Baby (Apr. 2026)
Our latest monthly FIRE budget: A $250K net worth swing, motherhood charities, and our last month as a family of two!
See how we earned a whopping $11K+ in bank bonuses, read how our baby prep continues, and come vote for a nature conservation charity we’ll donate to!
Our heat pump project costs cut by nearly 90%, an induction stove for 66% off, and our ongoing baby project took over February. See our budget and tricks!
We discovered our gas stove has cost about $3K in utility fees since we moved in, started on our baby buying spree, and got lucky with a huge capital gain!
December came with the loss of Chris’s grandfather—so, off to Phoenix for us plus a trip to Mexico, Christmas festivities, and $28K in dividends.
November opened with a yawn for us—but by the end, the holiday season kicked off with joyous gatherings, and, we’ll escape south in December for warmth!
Our October had us racing between apple orchards, a proper race track (!), and some social experiments in trick or treating.
Back home in Virginia for a wonderful lull of a month—September was our chance to relax, catchup with friends, and…fight some housing repairs!
After making our largest investment sale yet to fund our FIRE life, we spent a week in Vienna and Brno before falling into autumn in Virginia.