In the beginning.....

I know that there are those of you out there who think that we are crazy for "going backwards" when we have achieved this level of independence with an older child. We simply love being parents and are really looking forward to many more years of parenting. Alycia expressing her desire for a sibling over the past few years was one of our deciding factors. There are so few things that we like to do that don't involve Alycia and would not include our new child, so really, it was a simple decision. The complicated decisions, however, were about to begin.