Hello, 2011

Oh, another year has come and gone. And what things we have to look forward to in the up-coming year. Some of the things that I'm anticipating include:

-our baby's blessing this Sunday
- our five year anniversary (seems like the first especially big one)
- birthdays, especially for a three-year-old and a one-year-old
- the half-way point for graduate school (Now that Patrick's decided to do a joint degree in law and business, the end is rather farther away than we had planned originally, but it WILL be worth it!)
- an internship in Wisconsin for the summer; the adventure of living with family
- spending some time with our neice since her visit should overlap ours
- roller coasting at Busch Gardens
- camping in the fall for the first time in Virginia
- visiting some of our best friends now living in Philadelphia -- a city I've never visited before
- a visit from a friend who moved to Provo but promises she'll be coming through with her daughter (you know who you are)
- spring "tradition" (so far it's only been one year) of picking strawberries
- fall tradition of picking pumpkins, then carving them with some friends, and chasing donuts around and eating them (without hands) as they hang from their ceiling fan (which isn't set on spin, but does spin a little, nonetheless)
- devouring books on my new Christmas Kindle

And of course more that we don't even know about. Every time I talk about the good things in our lives, I'm a bit boggled by how great our lives are and how blessed we are. I'll keep you all posted on it as I can.

Hey, We Have a 6-Week-Old

Well, "lively" posting didn't exactly happen, but don't fret, it didn't take me 10 months to have the baby. He came in early November, a week after my due date, by induction. It all happened marvelously (albeit painfully) fast. Started on pitocen around 10:00; baby came around 12:00. Interestingly, I had one doctor start me on pitocin, one doctor catch the baby, and one doctor there right afterwards to stitch me up. So, in a sense, in this smooth, easy delivery, I somehow had three doctors rotating to deliver my baby. Kind of strange, and very different from last time.

For now, you only get one picture to whet your appetite. If you want more, check out Facebook. I just added a bunch of pictures there and I am pictured-out!