exciting news!

This may not be exciting news for everyone, and some might not understand it, or my excitement about it, but here goes.

When we were home last week with Mr. Skinny's family talking about all the things that Pop Pop won't be able to see, something hit me. It was like a direct hit from God, telling me that it's time to start our family. I shared this with Mr. Skinny that night when we went to bed, and I think he just thought that I was making it up so that I had more "reason" to start our family.

Mr. Skinny wants to move back to PA, we have a lot (given to us by his grandparents) and we've starting clearing it. All Pop Pop wanted was for us to move back. There aren't any jobs in my field that I could do up there without driving a long distance, and this works out for us because I want to be a stay at home mom anyways, and most likely homeschool my kids. With that said, the only way that I would move back to PA right now would be if I had a baby, and once Mr. Skinny finds a job up there.

If you remember, we're emotionally ready to have kids now. The only problem is our finances. So we started talking about what we could do. Mr. Skinny is working 6 days a week now, upwards of 60 hours each week. That means overtime, and lots of it. Our credit card debt is killing us. If Mr. Skinny brings home that much overtime each week, and we put everything that we possibly can toward our credit card debt, we could pay off our credit cards in about 1 year. 1 year! That's it! That would cut our monthly bills by about $400/month, and we'd have the money to put toward our other debt, ie paying off my car, and our student loans.

Another good thing is that I'll be finished with college in May, and will be able to start working full time, whether that means staying at my job now, or finding a new, better paying job. I'm not going to be really picky about where I'll be working, as long as I'm working somewhere. That will go towards our debt, too.

So, if we put all the money we possibly can toward our debt, we should be able to start TTC (trying to conceive) this summer or fall! I know that we *should* keep saving our money and paying off more debt. We're young and we have a lot of time to start our family. We *should* enjoy ourselves just as the 2 of us, and go on vacations. We *should* save money for the kids, and buy/build a house before we have kids.

I feel like if we had a baby, it would help the Mr. Skinny's family heal from the loss of Pop Pop. Yes, I know that having children should be a personal, individual choice, and this is, but I also have my in-laws on my mind. I feel like this is the right choice, and the right time. So we'll wait until summer, and I'll keep on trucking along with my weigh loss, but when I go to the doctor for my checkup this summer, I will be telling her that we'll be TTC this year.

Our parents made it, our grandparents made it. Yes, it's going to be hard, but as long as a family has love, and God to lead them, they can make it through anything. We have our families, both of which won't let us go homeless or hungry, and God told me to start our family. I'm not going to argue with Him, would you?