i'm beyond excited that today is the last day of 2008. it's been a kind of rough year for us, but still with some definite high points. let's take a look back, shall we?
january: we get settled in our new apartment. it is the awesome. lots of snow falls. abby forms her league of imaginary friends: sarahpaula, roto, and hinko.
february: more snow. kim comes here for oscar weekend, ian makes it somewhat difficult.
march: easter trip up north. more snow.
april: we buy the minivan. 8 months later i'm still excited about it.
may: i turn the big 3-0 and attempt to not freak out about it. i'm only semi-successful. we go to brat fest as usual, and are irritated by the new emphasis on "fest" rather than "brat." brats are yummy, though, and abby and i enjoyed the ride on the golf cart from the parking lot to the park.
june: i break my arm, but don't know it for about a week. in the middle of that week, we all go to minneapolis for the national AGO convention and family vacation. the days are good, the nights are bad. the minnesota children's museum is awesome. we hang with erin and ed, and they break their way into abby's list of friends.
july: ian starts crawling. brian and i celebrate our 6th anniversary.
august: abby meets wordgirl! surprisingly, her head does not explode. we go to fremont for the annual rogers/beers family campout, and abby does "limpic diving." we watch a lot of olympics, obviously.
september: abby starts preschool! she loves it, of course, and has made many new friends. brian turns 39. we make the long drive up to superior for angie's wedding and it's lots of fun.
october: abby has her big toenails removed. they're doing very well now...one is completely healed with no scab now, and the other one's scab is on its way out. abby is wordgirl for halloween, and ian is a packer fan. it's 70-some degrees on halloween, which is bizarre.
november: ian turns 1! abby turns 4! joint birthday party with grandparents and the bahrs. trip to appleton for thanksgiving, and on thanksgiving day, i start feeling sick.
december: i am sick. abby is sick. ian is sick. brian is not sick (knock on wood). it's a bad month overall, complete with many trips to the doctor, antibiotics, steroids, a trip to the hospital and a stay overnight there for ian. good things were: christmas, abby learning the word "diabolical," and ian finally learning how to walk!
so that was 2008. things we are looking forward to in 2009: a mini-vacation to the dells in january, a possible trip to chicago in the spring to the aquarium or museum of science and industry, my annual oscar weekend jaunt to st. louis, getting a laptop, brian's 40th birthday, and kim and matt's wedding in october! it's going to be a great year, i can FEEL it.
happy new year to all!
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