New Baby, New House, New Nanny

We have lots of news! First, we are expecting baby no. 2 in July. This one was a little bit of a shock to us. As some of you know, Matt has been going through a medical issue. As a side effect of both that issue and the treatment of that issue, we were told that our fertility had been impacted (i.e. wasn't possible) and that we would have to take some extra steps to get pregnant when we got ready to have baby no. 2. Well, life had different plans. After being in a state of shock for a few weeks, we are so ridiculously excited for our little miracle baby. Of course, that excitement was followed by the realization that we had to find a nanny and a new house (we were out of room with David - there is literally no room for baby 2 here). By the grace of God, my best friend, Hayley, was considering making a career change and had been considering a nanny position while she figured out her next career move. After a few light hearted jokes about her being our nanny, it all just came together. She is moving back to Dallas in June and is going to watch David for the summer and then new baby when I go back to work.  It is literally the best possible nanny situation for us. The hardest part of having David was going back to work and worrying about leaving him (which, in all fairness, was made a lot easier because Isabel was so wonderful). I am sure that is still going to be hard, but I will now be leaving him in the loving hands of someone that might as well be his adoptive mother. Hayley loves David as much as we do and has been the best "aunt" a kid could ask for - I am sure new baby will be the same. Since she moved to Austin, she has driven to Dallas at least once at month (even though she only gets one weekend a month off work) to see David (and, us, but really David). Seriously, there are no words to describe how excited I am to have her back in Dallas!!

We also signed a contract to buy a new house this past weekend. Assuming all of the inspections go well, we plan to close on March 28th (just in time for my B-day).  The house is perfect for us and is in a great elementary school district - which will come in handy in just a few years. Now, we just have to sell our house. Hopefully, we will not be the owners of two homes for very long!!

Final bit of news - we had our sono today and the doctor is pretty sure we are having another boy. We will get the genetic testing results back this week and will know the gender for sure - but, the sono tech seemed pretty sure (although they always give the necessary disclaimers since it is still early). The good news is that we already have all the boy gear. But I have to say that I am a little surprised. For some reason, I just felt like this was a girl. It is probably because I have been so sick the past few months (and I didn't have much morning sickness with David). Either way, it was so great to see that the baby is doing great and all the measurements are good.