so since I was 5 years old, I've always wanted to be a mother (maybe before that). My parents bought me a doll that was life size (newborn-wise). I played with it all the time. When I was ten, my parents gave my an American Girl doll and I loved that thing to death! I loved brushing her hair and clothing her in different outfits...

Anyway, the point is, I've waited to have a baby and start a family my whole life! Now it just seems like I could. But at the same time, I want to be logical at the same time. I know that it costs a lot of money to raise a child, and Jason and I have discussed how we want to have money saved up before a child is born. I have a stable job, and Jason is going to start his soon. Am I just crazy for having these feelings? What am I supposed to do? I want to be logical and wise, but I really want to have a baby.

Any advice??

so Jason and I were walking to Save-a-Lot on the corner of Edison and Hickory and just as we got to the corner of Hickory, a deer ran out from the patch of woods behind Aaron's rental center and skittered across Hickory and started to run across Edison. He ran right in front of a car and, of course, got hit. He veered into the parking lot across the street, something Spa I think it's called; Jason and I watched him struggle for a little bit. It looked like he broke his leg. He tried to get up a couple of times but couldn't. Jason and I didn't call the police because neither of us had our cell phones at the time, but we saw that the people who were driving the car that hit the deer pulled into the same parking lot where the deer was and called the police, we assume. Anyway, it was a very traumatic experience for me, never seeing a deer that close or seeing one get hit by a car.

I think this might show up in the newspaper tomorrow... you NEVER see a deer in downtown Mishawaka...