FYI

Both my parents and Shawn's parents should by now be aware of this decision. The great wide internet is not the first to know.

Most people that know me well know that I have been desperately wanting to have a baby for a while now, but due to life circumstances we just haven't tried yet. We always said that after we were married for two years we would try, but then Shawn was unemployed for almost 6 months and we became very strapped financially. There have been times, as recent as Feb, that we have only gotten by because family members gave us money for gas, groceries, and even prescription medications. Now that we've gotten our tax refund we are not as bad off, but knowing our income is not going to increase, and will likely get smaller due to furloughs at both our jobs and budget cuts at Shawn's job I know things will continue to be stressful. However, we also know that if we wait much longer it will just be physically harder for us to not only get pregnant, but to actually deal with birth and parenting. The point in which we will be out of debt for the most part is 4 years away. That would make Shawn 40 by the time we would be more financially able to have babies. So, because I know family will be there to help out, we are taking the plunge.

Due to me getting weepy any time I see a baby and the fact that we aren't getting any younger, we will probably start trying to get pregnant in the next couple of months. I am waiting to go back to my doctor because one, I'll get a check up and see if I am healthy and stuff, and two, because I have several medications I take that I will have to stop taking once I start trying to get pregnant. My next appointment is for May, so that is only about a month and a half away.

Stay tuned for probably some very emotional posts in what is sure to be a long year.

PS - Hopefully all those well-meaning people out there that ask me when we will have a baby will stop asking (because for one thing I get so emotional just when they ask that I can barely speak to get my answer out - I embarrass myself).