What a Year! 2009

Pictures are missing from this posting also. Sorry!

Obviously it has been a long time since I have written in my blog. I was doing really good, but then I guess life got crazy and I just put it out of my mind.




I was thinking just today about some of the things I had written about earlier in the year and I decided I needed to revisit my year.



WHAT A YEAR!





I couldn't even begin to write about everything, but here are the highlights:



My brother made me an auntie in January - Natalie Cho was born. What a ray of sunshine in my life.







Little did I know, but someone that would become a really good friend of mine had a baby boy just a few days before Natalie was born. One of my new forever friends and her family - Kevin, Stacy, Riley and Clay. Part of my ever growing extended family.



February and March were pretty normal as far as I can remember, but along came April and two new babies.



My longtime friend, Jennifer, had another baby boy- Brody Jackson. And my new bestie, Sara and her husband, had a baby girl - Hailey Alexis. Wow! What a month!















In May, Chris and I celebrated 14 years of marriage. Jennifer moved back to Texas at the end of the month. Could anything get better?



In June, Chris and I went to San Francisco for 10 days. That was a fabulous trip, even if he did have to work. I got to do some exploring on my own and then we went to Yosemite.











August delivered Emma's second birthday. Wow! She is growing up too fast.











September was Disney World with the fam. Chris and I along with Jon, Tonya, Emma, and my mother in law, braved the heat. Oh did I forget to mention that at this point Tonya is about 4 1/2 months pregnant with my great niece. We had a blast. Disney with a 2 year old was incredible.







October brought the newest addition to our ever growing family. Cassidy Renee' came into this world a tiny little girl, but healthy.







And that brings us up to date. My header picture is from just the other day. It doesn't show the babies, but all of my husband's family. Christmas was fun with both families.







Needless to say I have been truly blessed this year. And the new year is starting off with a bang. Molly Joy will be here before we know it.



If you read my blog you know that God made a promise to me almost 11 months ago. He told me that I may not have a child to love that would come from my womb, but that I would be blessed with many children to love. I look back at all the babies that have come into my life this year and I am just amazed. Oh and I can't forget about all the other children that I am blessed to know and be able to love on.



It has been some kind of year - full of life, fun, sadness, pain, love, fun, adventure and new blessings. I wonder what can happen in the next four days?