No no, probably not what you're thinking BUT!!!!! Mike and I officially talked about having a baby. No joke. Like we are talking real plans here people. I'm beyond stoked. I mean, I've wanted a baby since I was like, shoot, 15! Haha but we are doing it the right way for us. We need to make a plan and set up goals and look at options and the like. The funny and awesome thing is that Mike is the one who brought it up! HE was the one who pondered on these things and asked ME the questions. I talked with HR today at work and found out about coverage for pregnancy and maternity leave and such and so now I have that info. We are going to start a savings asap and get something set up so that I can take off about 3 months from work. Now, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to be a stay at home mommy but that might not be in the cards at least right away. We will see what God's official plan is but here is what we are thinking. I take maternity leave for about 3 months and then come back to work but only part time. I'm literally thinking like 20 hours a week or so. But during that time, Mike has to be home and vice versa. I don't want daycare and I don't want his mom to raise our babies. He agreed to that so I am really glad because that was a huge thing on my mind. Basically we want to do the following before having a mini-me...or mini-Mike lol:
1. TRAVEL. We have a trip to Romania planned next fall, a CO trip planned for my bff's 21st and a TX trip planned the end of this year and the beginning of next year. I am so ready to travel. I've always loved it.
2. Save money. We want to have as much as we can in savings so that when we do have a baby, we won't be suffering for money during those 3 months and after. Once my debt is paid off (March 2011 baby!!!), I am going to be putting huge chunks of money into savings for that exact thing.
3. We'd LIKE to get a down payment on a house but that isn't a requirement for us. We are not sure we're 100% ready to settle down in one certain area yet so we are going to take our time and look :) If we have a baby in the mean time, then that's that.
4. Go back to school. I have a degree but I miss college. So I want to just take some independent classes and so does Mike. This too is not a requirement but just something we'd like to do. Mike wants to go for his degree and so we are thinking fall of next year.
So if we happen to get pregnant the end of next year, that would be great timing in my book! So I'm very stoked and like SHOCKED that Mike was even thinking about it without me bringing it up! I wanted to just share my cool news even though I'm not sure who really reads my blog haha. I don't post much, I know :-P Maybe now I will have something to post about!
Lots of love,
Lizzy
Hey! I just stumbled upon your blog and thought I'd say hi. Hi =) I'm recently married too. I love this post that you're talking babies! My husband and I would both love love to have babies, but we need to accomplish a few things before that happens. He needs to finish school, I want to go back to school, and we definitely need to SAVE SAVE SAVE. Sounds like we're in a similar boat!
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