2008 Remembered - Part II

JulyLook at you swim in GG's pool!

Our little sparkler - Happy Fourth!

Happy Birthday Mommy!


First terrifying trip to the dentist.


Oh my goodness - Mommy is a city councilwoman
Actual conversation (on phone)-
Lisa: Oh my gosh John. They picked ME! I won! I got it! I'm a city councilwoman.
John: Lisa, are you lying???
Lisa: John! Really, I won.
John: No, seriously. Are you lying?
(Thank you for your confidence in me darling.)


Trip to Coldwater Lake, Michigan

August

The Airshow

One of many family movie nights

Colin's birthday party

September

Cupcakes for the firefighters on September 11

Mommy and Daddy only - romantic trip to Mexico

RIP beloved fish Mona #1 (and #2)

Ballet lessons (call me crazy)

October

Fall fun at the park

Fun at the pumpkin patch

The cutest witch on Halloween

First real haircut

Mommy and Megan's day at the movies to see Madagascar II

November

Twilight Movie Premier

Thanksgiving

I peeked in your room to check on you before I went to bed and went into panic mode when I saw your bed was empty. (Ahhhhhhhhhhh - horrible feeling.)

Then I found you, fast asleep in your chair!

December

Wildlights at the Zoo

Holy moly.

Best Christmas ever!

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!