Congratulations on the teaching job! That has to be nerve-racking, but it certainly fits in with what you said earlier about schools often waiting until the laaaaast minute. (I have to wonder - surely they had advance notice about at least the approximate timing of the teacher's maternity leave? I wonder why they couldn't have given your husband a call several months ago! Unless the teacher is adopting her child, of course - timing for adoption can be very random and often people don't get much notice. If the teacher just got, say, her China referral last month, that could explain the last-minuteness).

And yay again for Luke! Hey, going on a technicality is still going :). Honestly, he's doing better than my youngest brother was at this stage.