Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Well, there are big changes afoot in our lives these days. Unfortunately, Matt's company is in a pretty slow period, and they could only hope to keep Matt working for about 50% of the time for the next 2-3 months. We ran a bunch of numbers, and realized that since we would still have to pay the nanny full-time, the situation just wouldn't work for us.

So we decided to ask his company to lay him off full time until they can bring him back at full capacity. We gave our nanny share our 4 weeks notice and as of April 2nd, Matt will be a stay-at-home dad for a few months. Our secret hope is that he can stay home until Simon turns one, at which point we would put him into daycare. But the company thinks it will be sooner, so if that happens we will need to scramble to find care for Simon. It's a scary proposition, but paying the nanny just wouldn't be viable for us while Matt's out of work.

So we are simultaneously excited, scared, jealous (Lauren) and nervous (Matt). It's wonderful that Simon will have this time with Matt, and it'll be so good for him to get onto a regular schedule--something that's been hard to establish in the nanny share. And I'm excited for home-cooked meals every night (are you listening Matt??? :)

Matt has already been home on and off for a couple of weeks, and he sends me cute pictures of Simon during the days. Here are a few of my favorites...

yummy lunch of oatmeal, applesauce and cinnamon

And a lunch consisting of an unidentifiable orange vegetable

At the park on a sunny day

Yucky medicine face!

Happy post-nap baby!