Caleb is getting very excited to have a baby sister. He regularly comes up to me and pats my belly, says "Baby!" and tells me that she is going to come out and sleep in the crib in his room.
We are getting ready for baby girl, as much as we can be, and are excited for this new transition in our family. Besides adding another member to our family, we also made the decision a few months ago that I would be staying home with our children after this baby comes and General Mills has been very supportive of that decision. I have 6 more days at work - two weeks on my part-time schedule. My last day will be June 14th.
It's been a very busy several months between Eric's classes & work, my work, and family events - in March we traveled to Chicago to visit my Grandma and Grandpa (who has Alzheimers) and Eric presented for his research project at the Structures Congress in downtown Chicago, in April my Grandma on the other side passed away and my cousin got married, and in May we visited Eric's family and Grandma! All this in the midst of 3 major project startups between March - May for my job as well as wrapping up everything I've been working on for 3 1/2 years at the plant. Whew!
We are getting ready to close this chapter and see what this new season of our lives will bring. Two children and one career + school is significantly different than 1 child and 2 careers + school! We have no delusions of the ease of being a stay-at-home mom or balancing finances on 1 income, but we are definitely excited about the possibilities of the additional home time that we will gain with the change.
Here are some pictures from our family photo shoot a few weeks ago.
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| Maternity 5-2012 Photo Shoot |
We'll keep updating here over the next few weeks through when the baby comes!
And in other news, Amanda & Spencer had their baby last night! Whoohoo another baby boy in the family - grandbaby #9 for my parents. And the oldest one isn't even 4 years old yet. Wow. :)
