Baby #2

It's almost that time!

No, I'm not pregnant. Well, atleast not yet that is! Jaime and I have begun to talk quite a bit about when we want to start trying for baby #2. Like I've said before, our original plan was to start trying again when Maddie turns 1, which happens to be next Friday. Since that discussion, I've started working and have been really afraid that the fact that I have a job now, might somehow alter my plans. I want to be fair to the people I work with and want to make sure that my job is secure. However, just because I work, doesn't mean that I am anywhere close to being finished with having children.

I took the liberty this past Friday to go and speak with a lady at work about my insurance. I'm currently on Jaime's plan at school, but once mine kicks in on May 1st, our whole family will switch over. My insurance is great and it's significantly cheaper than Jaime's. So I want to make sure that this next pregnancy is covered through my job so we can save a great deal of money by getting Jaime's FULL paycheck now. So I went and spoke to the lady and she answered my questions. I think we are ok on the medical insurance and short-term disability end of things. The only thing she told me was that the "family leave act" doesn't kick in for me until I've been at the job for a year(which would be in January). Once that kicks in, I can have my maternity leave and they are required by law to hold my job for me. Before that point, I suppose they could technically find a way to let me go, though she did assure me that they probably wouldn't. And I believe her. There are people at my work that don't do their job very well; yet still have one, so I'm not worried about getting fired. I still just want to pick the best time for everyone involved.

I said all that to say this: we are probably going to start trying soon. I'm thinking April-May. I ask that you pray for us as we make the decision once again to attempt at another baby. I need a sense of peace that God's in control, that His timing with this will be perfect, that my job will work out, and that when this baby is born-I can spend as much time with him or her as possible before I head back to work. I have so many things on my mind right now in regards to this. Please keep us in your prayers!