Daycare Found!

As soon as we started to tell people that we were expecting, we received the response... "have you found a daycare yet?"  Well of course not!  This had not even crossed my mind.  We had so many other obstacles to tackle first.  I remember several of my working mama friends going through their daycare searches and being stressed to the max, but at the time I was completely unable to empathize.  There are so many considerations when finding daycare... but mostly it is the fine balance between cost and comfort.  Ron and I visited a handful of daycares, at all of which we had the same experience of walking in and touring the facility without so much as a greeting from the staff.  Ummm... yeah... that's not going to work for me.  A home daycare sounds wonderful, as Kyle and I had the most amazing experience being raised in one by our Memaw and Papa... a relationship that was more like that of having an extra set of grandparents than a babysitter, but what is the likelihood of finding a spot like that... in addition, with home daycare you have to worry about when the provider is sick, or going on vacation etc. etc. do Ron and I have the ability to stay home for those circumstances?

Just about the time when I began to start feeling a bit stressed about this, Tiffany Jenkins, my former boss and good friend, offered to take me to the daycare where she and several of CFA Institute moms take or have taken their children.  A week after the holidays we went to visit this daycare and I immediately felt a huge weight lifted.... they had a key code just to get into the facility!!  LOVE! LOVE!!  The children at the facility were full of smiles and activity and not once did I see a cellular devise in the hands of the staff.  Children were separated based on development stages... so those that couldn't crawl were in a separate room from the mobile children, etc. etc.  The facility was clean, everyone was happy and pleasant, and most of all, Tiffany's two kids survived the experience :)

Yesterday Ron made his assessment and we signed papers and wrote a check!  I couldn't be happier (unless it was free!) :)

Yayyyy... we are one step closer to being ready for you little Al! :)