Aaron has falled into his new "daddy" role perfectly. From the beginning he has been so great. He went to every doctor's appt. with me, he let me sleep as much as I needed to, he fixed me about any type of food that I wanted and then in the hospital he was an incredible labor coach. Now that we are home, we have gotten pretty good at becoming a team in this whole parenting thing. I am so excited that we get to share this journey together!
Now, on the eve of this New Year, I am going to attempt to get back to blogging :) We will see how this goes :) Since I have A LOT of less free time now, there may more lists and pictures in the blog rather than me rambling off every detail of my life. I am sure that will make whoever is still reading this blog happy :)
Here are some of the things that happened in 2008 ... (in no particular order by the way and probably lots of exclamation points and smiley faces)
- We found out on January 13th that we were having a baby!
- Aaron turned 30! We had a great surprise party for him!
- Aaron started a new job!
- We learned what it meant to trust God in uncertain circumstances!
- I made the trip to California to spend time with my sister! It was loads of fun!
- We visited my parents & Aunt in Florida in May!
- Aaron bought me my first Mother's Day card :)
- I attended my 10 year class reunion 8 months pregnant :)
- My sweet friends at work threw us a baby shower and gave me one amazing birthday!
- My friends Tristin and Michele threw us the best baby shower in the world!
- We became parents!
- Aaron attended our friend Angela's wedding ... I stayed home with our 3 week old baby :(
- I found out that I am going to be an Aunt in June!!!!!
- Mamaw passed away. We went in to Bluefield for the Memorial Service.
- Brody went to daycare for a day and a half :) Susie jumped in to help us take care of him until we figured out what to do and happend upon the world's most amazing nanny (even if we can only see her on Mondays and Wednesdays:( )!
- I continued fumbling through motherhood and learning how to be me and a mom at the same time.
- We sold the Mustang and purchased a more "family" type car :)
- My dad retired from AEP after 32 years and finally moved to Florida!!!
- All of our family came in for Brody's 1st Christmas!
Here are the things that I am hopeful for in 2009:
- Watching Brody grow and explore the world around him and learn to talk, crawl, and walk.
- Meeting my little niece or nephew in June!
- Walking, talking, and growing closer my Savior!
- Reading more (this is my wish) ...
- Sleeping through the night ... or more than 5 hours straight :)
- Getting back to my role at EMI and working on some amazing projects this year.
- Getting healthy! Well, I don't really care about health, it's more about getting myself back into my jeans again :)
- Watching my sweet friends bring life into the world! Tristin, Laura (what an answer to prayer!), Sosha and the list goes on and on!
- Learning to bake cakes and making one for Brody's 1st birthday party!
- Growing more and more in love with my sweet husband! Celebrating 7 years together in June (actually 11 in October if you could the almost 4 years of dating)!
- Dressing Brody up and taking him out for Halloween!
- Celebrating next Christmas with two "weaver" kids that aren't my sister and I :)
So to sum up, 2008 was probably one of the best years of my life. I felt more loved by my friends and family than I ever have! My hope for 2009 is that I am able to return some of that love, and become an stronger wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. As I write this, I am curled up in my bed, Aaron and Brody are both napping beside me. I feel overwhelming blessed by all that this year has blessed me with and I hope that in 2009 maybe I can focus on being a blessing to those in my life. Happy New Year!
