Happy New Years!

Happy New Years' everyone!!

Upon reflection, this last year has definitely had it's shares of ups and downs. Unfortunately, there were mostly downs (Dan getting car-jacked, his surgery, my Gramps passing away), but we did have a few ups. Alex turned 1, and has been growing at an astonishing rate. He is learning things so fast, and I have to say that he is the coolest he has ever been, and continues to get cooler.

Another up we have had is that we found out we're expecting again about 3 weeks ago! I'm due August 15th, which is making me hope that we have a mild summer (please kill me if it's hot), but it also means I can buy all the cute summer maternity clothes that I missed out on last time!

Along with our impending arrival, we have other friends expecting as well. Ian and Colleen are expecting their second child in April to join brother Jack who will be two right around the time of the birth, and Marko and Elysia just found out they are expecting number 3 around the same time as us. We are just waiting for Jason and Jodi to announce that they are expecting their first! Hopefully that will come soon.

As lame as this is going to sound, one of my favorites days this year was going to the New Kids on the Block concert....It made me feel 10 again! They actually were pretty good, and we had a good time. My girlfriend and I spent 4 hours making a sign for the concert which then got confiscated when we got there. Apparently, the band said no signs (even though after the concert started there were ppl all over with them!). Me and Erin justified the confiscation by saying that it was just the sheer size of our sign that wasn't allowed (it took all 3 of us to hold it up, and then it was still awkward!).

I think this year we have a lot to look forward too...so here's saying to goodbye (and good riddance) to 2008, and welcome 2009!!