Goodbye 2008

Wow can you believe that another year has gone by. I remember when I was younger I would listen to the adults talk about how time flies and being young I never really understood that. Now I do, I was feeding Bailee this morning and realized that she is getting older and bigger by the minute. So even though 2008 brought me Bailee, I am so looking forward to 2009. I hope that is will be a great year.

I have decided not to make any resolutions this year because I never keep them. And then I get upset that I can't keep a promise to myself. I always say I am going to lose weight. Yeah, like that has happen. So this year, I decided that I am going to write my bucket list for 2009. List will be later. I figured that this way if I give myself more of a to-do list I will be a little more successful. I love crossing thiings off.

So I wish all of you a Happy New Year.

Back From Texas

Well we finally made it back from Texas this morning. We all had a terrific time visiting with my family and friends. Everyone met Bailee and thought she was perfect, which I believe she is, but I am getting concern that it might all go to her head. I don't know if I was with her so much over the last week but she has really grown. She is outgrown the 3-6 month clothes and has discovered her tongue.
We decided to take a train to Texas. The trip was 24 hours. I enjoyed the experience but the customer service on the way to Texas was awful, but coming home they were a little bit nicer. We had a sleeping car, which is basically a 7'X5' room. It had two seats that converted into a bed and a bunk on top. Bailee and I slept together and Jim slept up top. I have never liked the idea sleeping in the same bed with a baby, I just don't trust myself. I am afraid that I would roll over or kick her, so I didn't sleep very well. So on the way to Texas Jim and I went to the dining car, I was holding Bailee and yes my biggest fear came true, I fell. When you go between cars there are two doors that you have to press a button to open each car and while I was pressing the button to the second door I was standing were the two cars are joined. Needless to say my foot went in opposite directions and I was trying so hard to keep upright and keep Bailee as close to me. But I twisted my knee and landed on them, Bailee fell forward a little, scaring her and me more than anything. We are all okay but I was so upset that we went back to the car and I cried a little. The time on the train went by pretty fast, Jim read to me and we took naps. Jim and I don't know if we would take the train again, but I am glad that I got to experience it.
We got back home around 9:30 this morning and I washed all of our clothes, unpacked and took a long restful nap. I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a safe New Year.

Christmas Time

This is Bailee's first Christmas and we are so excited. I think about last year and how Jim and I were getting ready for a vacation in Mexico. Bailee was not even in the picture yet. Wow, how funny your life can change in the matter of minutes. So this year we are all going to Texas on a train. I am super excited because all of my family should be at my grandparents for Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see everyone and for them to meet Bailee. I am also going to meet up with a couple of friends from high school, which I haven't seen in a very long time. I love this time of year, except for the cold weather. I enjoy getting together with family and remembering the good times of the past year. Some of 2008 I would like to forget but for the biggest part it has been a blessed year.

I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year.

Friendships

I had a conversation with my babysitter about friendships today. And I started thinking about my past friendships and my current ones and how they are so different. I started thinking then about what type of friends Bailee will have? When I was growing up I had a lot of friends but I only had one friendship that has lasted thru adulthood. My wish for Bailee is that she has many friends but that she has at least one special friendship that will last for a lifetime.

Michelle-thanks for being friends with me.