We have daycare!!!!

I am so excited to say that we officially have a spot reserved in daycare for our baby! After touring the 3 daycares last week, MrKLB and I had given it some more thought and had picked our favorite. Then we heard from one of the ones we visited that they didn't have availability until Summer 2010! Of course, it would have been nice for them to tell us this BEFORE we visited, but the lady that is in charge and knows all of the scheduling for the infant room had a family emergency the day we toured, so she wasn't there to tell us. Anyway, fortunately that one was the one that I had vetoed, so I wasn't really upset.

Anyway, after talking to some friends I realized that we were lucky that our 2 other choices - including our favorite - still had 1 space available each and started getting nervous that it might fill up. So, I went back to our favorite this morning, talked with the director some more, visited the infant room again, and put down our deposit and application! And you know what? I felt great! I knew it was the right decision and I am so excited to mark that off my list! When we visited the first time I wasn't 100% sold, but it was the last of 3 places we had seen that day and between the newness of it all and being overwhelmed with seeing not only the infant rooms but also the toddlers up through pre-K, it was just a lot to take in. Today when I went back I really got to talk to the director and loved her (Ms. Ashley), and saw lots of parents dropping their kids off and visited the infant room again, and just got a great feeling about the place. So, yay!!!

It took me exactly 10 minutes to get to the school from my house, just like it did when I did a trial run last week. I think that overall it will add about 25 minutes to my commute, but the good news is that I don't have to do the drop off/pick up every day because MrKLB works from home on days that he isn't travelling so he can do it some, too.

Oh, and 9 days until we find out if it's a boy or a girl!!!!