I played at Swistle’s place and here’s my answer. Wanna play?

A year ago, I was ~3 months pregnant with my daughter, my second and potentially last child (but probably not) and had a 16 month old son that was, and still is, a holy terror full of love. I was on summer vacation from school after having only taught 1 month since my son was born and was about to move into our new house with room for the new babe.

A year from now, I’d better not be pregnant! I’ll be preparing to return to work and preparing my children for their dayhome. I’ll have a 3 1/3 year old son and a 1 1/2 year old daughter and will be contemplating the potential 3rd & final baby. I will have had no income for a long time and will likely be in debt from staying home with my kids longer than we could afford but it will totally be worth it. I’ll be looking forward to that first paycheck to help pay off things like the groceries we’ll probably have to charge.

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Yes, I revealed the decision in this post. How’s that for slipping it in randomly? Sorry for the suspense, but I have a lot of lurkers who I didn’t want to blab their big fat mouths. We’re 95% sure I’ll be taking an additional 9 months off to be home with the kids after my actual mat leave is over and won’t be returning to work until September 2009. Yay me! Boo bank account! I haven’t actually signed anything committing yet, but I’ve told them I’m pretty sure we’re going to do it. They’ve hired a temp to cover me from this September to December with the potential to extend until June if I choose. I would love to stay home until they’re both in school, but it’s just not possible unless we want to sell our house and move into a box. Plus, that imaginary 3rd baby needs a mat leave too.