Year in Review...

Tommy and I had a nice dinner tonight to celebrate NYE.  While we were sitting there T asked me what my favorite part of the year was and we both had to answer.  We actually had the same answer.  We both loved the vacation to FL with the fam and Little E.  Duh!  It was vacation, of course that was the best of the year!

That conversation reminded me to do my Year in Review blog when we got home.  (Yes, I'm in bed blogging and it is only 8:45.)  Even without the kid, NYE was never my night to party.

January:

• Gram and Pawpaw move in with us to stay while Gram recovered.  (She has done amazingly well and you would never know she even had a stroke at this time last year!)
• Erin gets Cupcake2 (after Cupcake 1 loaded herself in the sale trailer)
• Erin turns 6 months old and learned to sit up on her own unsupported
• I got my new big camera and took pictures of everything I could lay eyes on

February:

• I turned 39 - for the first time.
• Still taking pics of Erin like she's destined for the cover of every mag out there
• Erin turned 7 months and got her first flu shot ever
• Tommy turned 37 (yes, I robbed the cradle)
• Erin got her first tooth!!

March:

• Erin moved upstairs to her crib and has been sleeping up there ever since
• Gram and Pawpaw are living with us part-time and take care of Erin during the week  (It's an unconventional arrangement but it worked great for us)
• Erin started finger foods and Roxie decided the baby wasn't all bad
• Erin was saying Mama and Dada on a full time basis and was using it in the right context

April:

• Erin went to her first Crawfish boil at the White's house
• Erin still refuses to crawl and just rolls everywhere she needs to go
• We took our first ever bluebonnet pics
• Easter Bunny pictures
• Easter at Aunt Lolo's in Minerva with Uncle Matt's family

May:

• Tommy and I went on a cruise
• Erin learned to crawl while we were gone
• My laptop died and we had a small quiet service at the house with just family
• Erin got her first kiddie pool and made quite a splash
• Instead of crawling or walking Erin does the "Erin Shuffle" instead
• Pawpaw begins working on Erin's birthday swingset - discussions of a "water feature" are shot down

June:

• Happy Father's Day to all the Daddys in our life
• Erin turns 11 months old
• Pawpaw continues to work on Erin's swingset...it continues to get bigger
• Erin started holding on to the couch and taking little steps

July

• Erin turns 1
• The swingset is completed and we have First Birthday party at our house

August:

• Gram is here to celebrate another birthday!! Woo Hoo!!
• Erin learns to walk

September:

• We went to Destin, FL for v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n baby!
• Gram and Pawpaw discover the playground at the mall and take Erin there everyday
• Erin falls on her sippy cup and cuts her gums and lip (ouch!)
• Erin falls and gets her first black eye and no one knows how she did it!

October:

• Erin starts daycare - we call it school
• Everyone in the house gets a cold - coincidence to starting school....hmmmm
• Erin learns to say "Hi" and tells us Hi about 50 times a day

November:

• Erin starts eating with a spoon - Roxie remains underneath the high chair at all times when Erin is eating with her new spoon
• Happy Thanksgiving, we have a lot to be thankful for
• I put up the Christmas tree and put up a protective fence around it

December

• Erin got RSV - stayed sick for about 2 weeks
• We sat on Santa's lap, and hated every single minute of it
• Max bites Erin and we spend a Sunday in the ER and get 4 stitches
• Erin has an allergic reaction to the antibiotics
• We have Christmas here, and in the Country with Granny and Grandpa

That brings us up to date with everything thru today.

Thanks for reading the blog, I love doing it and will try to be more dilligent in the coming year on posting.  I've just gotten so busy with Erin and my job!

Happy New Year and Good-bye 2011, Hello 2012!