2008 in review

What a year this has been. I will go month by month to recall the highs and lows of the year.

January is always are most hated month. Bear was in the hospital fighting for his life in January of 2005 and 2006. So needless to say, we just have never liked the month. We dread it every year. This year M brought home a nasty flu virus so we were all deadly ill.

February is when M and I celebrated our 6 year anniversary. Nothing else eventful happened this month.

March was Easter and we had a nice time going to our parents house for the holiday.

April was the month that we had to go to Children's in Chicago to get Bear checked out. Normally we would have gone in June but since the school insisted his shunt was malfunctioning, he was acting out and not listening, we had to move the appointment up to make the school happy. I am glad to report that Bear is still, knock on wood, doing well. He still has his attitude and such but I think that is normal for a 4 year old!

May was Bear's 4th birthday. We had a party at the house for family and close friends. It was really nice. It was also Mother's Day so it was sweet getting a plant from Bear.

June was Father's Day. The cross-town classic too! Go CUBS!!!

July was M's birthday. M also went to the races with friends. We bought our first house at the end of this month. Wow what a busy month.

August was when Bear went back to school. Thankfully he got a better teacher this year so school is going so much better than the previous year. My sister in law also had life saving surgery for colon cancer this month as well. Thankfully she survived the surgery and now is getting chemo to fight this nasty, nasty disease.

September was my big trip to Wisconsin to go watch one of the final Cubs games of the season. M had a colon and upper gi test done to make sure he was healthy. (Tests came back good! Sight inflammation in upper gi but he on meds to fix this.)

October was Halloween! Bear dressed up as an air force pilot. Our grass seed got spread but never had time to take and we got our driveway put in.

November was Thanksgiving. We went to my sister's house this year as we go every other year to see both sides fairly. The nation also elected the first african-american man as president.

December was my birthday and Christmas. We had a wonderful month spending time with family and friends. I am looking forward to New Year's tomorrow. We have a bunch of friends coming over to ring in the New Year.

Overall, this was a great year. We tried for 5 out of 12 months with medicine to get pregnant with no luck. Here is to hoping that the 5th month, December, will take and we will get pregnant. Bear keeps asking and asking for a brother or sister. I am starting to feel like a failure since I haven't been able to get pregnant again.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope 2009 is everything you all want it to be and more.