Positive
Not who-does-Number-2-work-for “Number 2″, but baby number 2. It’s official–we’ve got another baby on the way! We wanted to wait until Denise’s first baby doctor appointment before spreading the news, but her first appointment ended up being only a money talk (thanks for nothing, insurance), and she’s already coming along a bit so we wouldn’t be able to keep it under wraps for much longer anyway, so here’s the announcement. Grandparents and other interested parties are already in the know. Don’t worry–they’re not finding out from a blog post.
When we told my mom, she made the astute observation that Denise is always getting pregnant shortly after a trip to D.C. Susie, I don’t think we’ll be back to visit you in D.C. for a while. Visiting D.C. is getting to be very expensive.
Sofia is officially excited about the baby and can’t stop talking about it. She especially loves making a whiny baby crying sound, which we hope is a trend that dies soon.
As with Sofia, this pregnancy was again a surprise. We were already talking about trying for a second child, but I was dragging my feet on looking up pregnancy-related insurance stuff and we hadn’t started seriously trying. God knows when the time is right, that’s for sure. If not for this surprise pregnancy we probably would have put it off for too long. The time really is right. Sofia is 3, and neither of her parents are spring chickens. We needed to get to crackin’. Turns out we didn’t even have to really try.
Our main concern right now is money. We tallied up the costs, and the healthcare will cost around $12,000, give or take a thousand. Hey, what’s another grand when you’re in the 5-digit range, right? But just as God provided the pregnancy, we’re sure He will provide the means to pay the bills. Of course that doesn’t mean we’re sitting on our hands. We’ve already suspended our DirecTV account (No more sports–how will I live???), started watching our eating expenses more carefully, and temporarily reduced student loan payments. It’ll be tight, and thank God for credit cards, but we won’t go to the poor house because of it.
One final note: it’s a really sick violation of the spirit of the law when health insurance can get away with not paying anything for pregnancies because they’re considered “optional”. Health insurance should be there to help you with the cost of having a baby, and it would be in the best interests of the government to make sure that happens. Just ask some of the countries with increasingly older demographics whether babies are optional or a necessity.
YAY!! woohoo! congrats y’all – that is the absolute best news. love y’all
Thanks! Love you too.
I should vist your blog more often, I’m a week behind. Congratulations! Typically, I would say good for Yohan that he now has a designated driver, except, he never (rarely) drinks. Maybe we can change that in celebration of this increased Pamudjiness.
Thanks, Brian! I rarely need a designated driver for inebriation, but I often need a designated driver for distractedness when my teams (Mississippi State and Liverpool) lose, which is quite often these days.