Looking Back at 2008

What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?

Gave birth!

Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I don't make them.

Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes, Lots! Liz, ErinJ, Jody, StephV......

Did anyone close to you die?

Thankfully, no. Although, my husband's grandfather passed away two weeks ago.

What countries did you spend time in this year?

Only the grand ole' US of A.

What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?

More time with my husband.

What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

June 5th - The birth of my sweet little girl.

What was your biggest achievement(s) of the year?

Having a baby!
Working full-time while taking care of a baby with a husband working full-time and going to night classes.

What was your biggest failure?

Needing to quit work earlier than planned before the baby was born.
Needing a c-section

Did you suffer any serious injury or illness?

Thankfully, no.

What was the best thing you bought?

All of the baby stuff.

Whose behaviour merited celebration?

My husband. He has taken such great care of me.

Whose behaviour made you appalled and/or depressed?

I would say disappointed more than anything, both in myself and others. But things happen and as much as it bothers me, you just have to move past it.

Where did most of your money go?

Baby stuff

Compared to this time last year, are you,

a) happier or sadder? Most definitely happier!

b) thinner or fatter? Fatter, but it's okay. It's baby weight and I'll take that anyday.

c) richer or poorer? Poorer! We have quite the student loan bill now.

What did you get really, really excited about?

Having my baby
Andy's graduation

What do you wish you'd done more of?

Spend quality time with those I love

What do you wish you'd done less of?

Worrying about things I cannot control.

Did you fall in love in 2008?

Yes! Obviously since you read my blog, you've seen MANY pictures of my beautiful baby girl.

How many one-night stands?

Umm, none.

Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?

Hate is a very strong word to use, so no.

What was the best book you read?

I don't read alot of books.

What did you want and not get?

To be a stay-at-home Mom. Maybe one of these days...

What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I turned 29 and spent the day with my little baby while on maternity leave.

What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Having family closer to spend more time with.

What political issue stirred you the most?

I'm not really political. So nothing.

Who did you miss?

My family. I wish we lived closer. :(

Who was the best new person you met?

I've met alot of new people this year and they are all really great! SarahW, sarah, Tammy, Randy to name a few.

Tell us a valuable life lesson(s) you learned in 2008.

That life is precious and to enjoy every.single.minute.

What sums up this year? (a word, a quote... ?)

I'm going to steal this answer from someone else, but it's fitting for me too.

Life changing!

We have a tooth!

One of her front bottom teeth finally poked through today. So that's why she's been such a crankypants. I think I feel another one coming through too.

Merry Christmas!

We are back after a wonderful visit back home with friends and family. As expected, M got WAY too many gifts. We couldn't fit them all in the car so my Mom is bringing up a load later this week.

M got us all sick so I feel like poop. I'll get pictures uploaded later when I'm feeling better. Although, I don't think I got too many. I was taking more video than still pictures.

I apologize for being a moron

This month has been a whirlwind of activity and I haven't been able to keep up. I was wrapping all our Christmas gifts today and I noticed how random my presents were. I normally have a game plan of what I want to get people, but this year it just didn't happen. Andy laughed at me and said, "It looks like your caretaker took you to the store and you picked up whatever was bright and shiny." Nice, honey. Real nice. Maybe if you would have helped me, our presents would have been better.

Then I noticed I bought way too much stuff for one person. I had purchased items and then completely forgot I had bought them something and then bought more. WTH?!

To top things off, I also realized today that I missed a bunch of people on my Christmas card list. So they didn't get one and I don't have any stuff left to mail them out. Gah! Sorry to those of you that didn't get one. Here it is. I designed it all by myself. :) It's nothing stellar, but I really like how it came out.


Is this month almost over?

First "official" babysitter

So for Andy's graduation ceremony on Friday, we decided to go out without M. Every other time we've gone out without her, it's been a weekend and a member of our family drives up from Cincinnati and watches her for us. But with it being a Friday night, that wasn't going to work.

I was a nervous wreck just thinking about getting someone else. We ended up asking M's lead teacher from daycare. You can't get any better than that, right? But the whole time we were gone, all I could think about was if she was okay. Of course she was. I know! But a Mom worries and I really missed her. She definitely missed us too! We got home about 30 minutes after she went to bed. She started fussing so I went in to calm her down and she woke right up. She was up for the next hour with a huge smile on her face. All she wanted to do was play with us. It gave Andy and I little warm fuzzies to see that she missed us so much. :-)

Jenna is engaged!

I don't know how I didn't blog about this yet. It happened about two weeks ago. They've been dating for over a year now and he is a great guy! Look how cute they are together.

Jenna wants to finish law school first, so they won't be getting married until Spring 2010. But guess who is going to be the flower girl?

Graduatin' and Celebratin'

Andy's graduation ceremony was on Friday night. It was kinda strange with it being such a small affair. It was only for his college so there weren't many there. Here he is getting his gift clock. I was a couple seconds too late, damnit!

A class photo. hehe

Afterwards there was a reception with food and drink. Doesn't he look snazzy? :-)

Saturday we had our families up to celebrate. We went out for lunch and then came back to the house for some cake. Before we left the restaurant, OSU Santa came by.

Once the entertainment fell asleep for her afternoon nap, everyone was gone. But it was alot of fun celebrating this event with family. We had a wonderful day!

It's over!

Andy took his last exam tonight! It's been a long 2.5 years but it's finally over. He graduates on Friday!

Shopping for a Christmas Tree

We picked up our Christmas tree on Saturday. We just went to a lot close to our house, but maybe in a few years when M will appreciate it, we'll actually traipse out and cut one down. That would be fun. Anyway, it was super cold outside so I wanted to keep M extra warm. I saw on a friend's blog where she put her baby in a sling and wrapped her coat around him. Brilliant! So I stole that idea and used our Bjorn. I looked like a dufus, but it worked well and kept her nice and toasty.






Here is our tree. I suppose it doesn't look all that great in this first picture, but I love it. It's nice and full and even and smells wonderful in the house. Way better than the tree we had two years ago. That one sucked! But we had waited too long to pick one up. Last year we didn't even get one. We were scrooges. So it's nice to have a tree again this year.

Nice and pretty in the house.

My Baby is 6 months old!

Wow how the time flies! She has gotten so big and I just love her at this age. I wish I could push the pause button on her growing up and leave her here. My favorite thing she does now is eat my chin, leaving a slobbery mess. But it's the best! She also screams at the top of her lungs just for the fun of it. Andy and I were trying to have a nice talk during dinner last night and we had to speak over all her noise. I suppose we better get used to that. :-) She's eating rice cereal twice a day now and we just gave her her first vegetable, sweet potatoes, on Saturday. She seemed to like it well enough. She'll try peas later in the week. As you can see by her stats below, she doesn't have any trouble eating.

She actually turned 6 months old on Friday, but I was waiting to post with her new stats.

Height: 26.5" 75th percentile
Weight: 18 lbs. 15 oz. 90th percentile

And her new pics of course. It's getting harder to keep her still for these now.