2008 Remembered - Part I

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

-William James

January

Family trip to Kalahari Resort Water Park


Girls' Night at the Melting Pot

February

Happy Valentine's Day!

Swim Lessons

Home improvements

March

A Blizzard in March??? In Central Ohio????

First time at the movie theatre - Horton Hears a Who

April

Happy Easter!

Ready to decorate eggs!

Total waste of time Excellent opportuntity for social development
ie: Gymnastics class

My scrapbook/craft room is born

Cooters in the Ozarks '08

May

Our new friend Buckeye

Fun at the zoo

June

Little Gym Graduation

June

We eclosed a butterfly and named him Fly Guy . .

then we set him free.

We threw one heck of a backyard birthday party!

Happy Two!!!

Bye bye recalled crib - hello sleepless nights!

Happy Father's Day Daddy!

Fairy princess tea party with mommy

To be continued . . .

Act Your Age Not Your Shoe Size

That was my New Year's resolution for 2009.

Then I decided that would be no fun at all.

I'll start at the beginning . . .

We went to our cabin in Steamburg, NY to celebrate the new year.

We were sooooo excited to see snow for the first time this winter.

(I love lake effect snow in NY.)

I wore stupid glasses and made everyone laugh.

Then we hit the hills and went sledding . . .

Disclaimer: No fetus was harmed during the performance of these stunts.

Fetus XX?XY (who is currently the size of a grain of rice) remained safe inside a thick layer of padding known as my belly fat.

And I took it nice and easy. I didn't go down any of the big hills.
I was so tame actually, Justin offered to get me a lawn chair.

I still managed to have quite a bit of immature fun . . . don't worry.

Megan had a blast sledding for the first time.

A little ramp jumping fun.

My sis and Justin


St. John and I

Happy New Year 2009!

A Merry Little Christmas

And he brought with him the Mac Daddy of all doll houses . . .
the Fisher Price Happy Family Grand Dollhouse.
(John and I nicknamed it the "Poor House" because that's where you are after you buy it.)

Good thing for Santa!

I was the first one up in the house . . . begging John to get up! (unusual)
I was so excited I couldn't sleep.

I couldn't wait to play with the Happy Family.
Check that out - stainless steel appliances!

Megan taking a peek over the balcony.

She said, "Oh my. A big, big house. A big, big house!"

She ran right over to it.

This is what ecstatic looks like.

Hugging the appliances!

I love the look of pure joy on her face.

I love Christmas with a kid!

This camera takes photos/videos underwater to 33 feet.

It will really come in handy on our next snorkel/scuba adventure.

After we opened gifts and had a heart healthy breakfast (egg casserole with sauage)

we went to my mom's house.

My dad (whose name is Mike, by the way) gave me this present.

Think he wants Fetus XX ? XY to be named after him????

I love Christmas!