Baby fever?? What???

Yes, it's true, I've been hit with a bad case of "baby fever".  No, we're not trying....  One of my good friends told me recently that she's pregnant with her second baby and I guess it just got the ball rolling.  It makes perfect sense.  I'm 26 years old, we've been married over a year... but I know the "fever" won't be resolved by having a baby.  Bobby has at least 2 years left of school before we can even think about trying to get pregnant.  We knew all along that the plan was to wait 4-5 years after getting married before having kids.  And I've always been ok with that, and I've never had a strong pull to have a baby before.  In fact, for a while I didn't think I'd ever want to have a baby, and I was slightly concerned to not have that maternal instinct.  Well, now I have it!

So to curb my baby feelings....we are going to start seriously looking into getting a dog!  We've been talking about it since before the wedding but I've always been reluctant to get one.  I know they are a ton of responsibility and we'd have to give up being as spontaneous as we used to be.  But I think I am ready to take that on.  We're probably going to wait until mid-June.  I want to wait until Bobby finishes his semester so he'll be home in the evenings while the dog adjusts to us and our house.  And I don't think it would be fair to have the dog for a month and then leave it for 5 days, especially during that adjustment period.  So we're going to keep our eyes open and start looking at different rescue and adoption places and see what works for us.  Here goes a new journey!