2008 in review....

Things done / experienced / accomplished:

• Kissed my wonderful husband on New Year's
• Drove to North Carolina and celebrated my first wedding anniversary
• Started two new jobs that I love
• Planned and participated in my first big charity event
• Celebrated a crazy St Patrick's Day with the closest of friends
• Found out (officially) that I have severe allergies and started treating them
  
• Got back in shape
• Turned 28 in Key West
• Went to my first drag queen show with the aide of many margaritas
• Found out I was pregnant the day after I got home
• Stopped the allergy treatments - and the margaritas...
  
• Started to blog again
  
• Spent the 4th of July with morning sickness
• Heard my baby's heartbeat for the first time
• Readjusted my entire life-view
• Fell even more in love with my husband
• Saw our baby for the first time
  
• Named our daughter
• Showed the line by myself and was praised by the national sales manager
  
• Bought our first house
• Started to accept losing that good shape
  
• Had our first - and hopefully only - brush with cancer
• Paid two mortgages
• Started setting up a nursery
• Realized we're not really dog people
  
• Found hope and joy in financially stressful times
• Made best friends with my husband
• Bought my first pair of maternity jeans
• Drank non-alcoholic wine by the fire in the evenings with my husband, talking about our future
  
• Celebrated our first Thanksgiving and Christmas in our new house
• Will ring in the New Year tonight with friends, a healthy baby in my belly, and the love of my life by my side