Baby Plan
Okay, so after lots of talking, Jonah and I came up with a Baby Plan.
We want two kids and I want to be done with pregnancies by the time I'm 30. I also want our kids to be three years apart, just like my brother and I were and Jonah and his sister were.
I did a lot of research and everything I read said that having kids before you are 30 is the best way to go. The older you get, the harder it will be to get pregnant and if you do get pregnant, there are greater chances that the baby will have chromosomal abnormalities and get Downe Syndrome (sp?). It is just so scary and I am really paranoid about things like that.
So we're going to try to have our first baby when I'm 26. That means we'd have to get pregnant somewhere between August 2008 (Honeymoon!) and March 2009. And then we'd try to have our second baby when I'm 29. The End (unless we have an "accident").
I know some people will say that 26 is too young, that Jonah and I should be married for longer than that before we have a baby, or that Jonah and I should just enjoy being young. But really, 26 isn't that young. By the time we'd have our first baby, we would have been together for about eight years and we would have already lived together for about three years. And Jonah and I aren't normal 20-something year olds. We don't go out to bars or clubs. We never throw parties. We don't even drink. Instead of doing all of that "normal" young stuff, we're usually at home watching a movie on our Saturday nights, or cleaning the house, or talking about how we can build our financial pyramid.
I mean, Jonah and I still have a lot to learn, but who doesn't? We're responsible and I know that we would take unbelievably good care of our children. Anyway, all of this baby talk is getting me excited! :)
We want two kids and I want to be done with pregnancies by the time I'm 30. I also want our kids to be three years apart, just like my brother and I were and Jonah and his sister were.
I did a lot of research and everything I read said that having kids before you are 30 is the best way to go. The older you get, the harder it will be to get pregnant and if you do get pregnant, there are greater chances that the baby will have chromosomal abnormalities and get Downe Syndrome (sp?). It is just so scary and I am really paranoid about things like that.
So we're going to try to have our first baby when I'm 26. That means we'd have to get pregnant somewhere between August 2008 (Honeymoon!) and March 2009. And then we'd try to have our second baby when I'm 29. The End (unless we have an "accident").
I know some people will say that 26 is too young, that Jonah and I should be married for longer than that before we have a baby, or that Jonah and I should just enjoy being young. But really, 26 isn't that young. By the time we'd have our first baby, we would have been together for about eight years and we would have already lived together for about three years. And Jonah and I aren't normal 20-something year olds. We don't go out to bars or clubs. We never throw parties. We don't even drink. Instead of doing all of that "normal" young stuff, we're usually at home watching a movie on our Saturday nights, or cleaning the house, or talking about how we can build our financial pyramid.
I mean, Jonah and I still have a lot to learn, but who doesn't? We're responsible and I know that we would take unbelievably good care of our children. Anyway, all of this baby talk is getting me excited! :)