Good Bye 2010 - Hello 2011

Oh what a year 2010 has been for our family. So much to celebrate, so much to be thankful for.  Our lives have been filled with weddings, showers, pregnancies, new careers, small victories, major accomplishments and a few loses and set backs - you name it and we've been through it in 2010. All-in-all, I must say it's been the single greatest year of my life and I would wager Michael's life as well.

I can't image anything that could top the birth of your first child, and in our case, our only child.  With the addition of little Miss Abbey Jean we have completed our family and in some ways completed ourselves. There was a part of me that would never have been fulfilled without a child....a missing puzzle piece. No other accomplishment in my life will surpass the birth of my child. Not that child birth is something that's so impossible that nothing else I ever do physically will match popping out a nearly 7 pound baby but more the emotional, psychological, leaving a legacy type achievement I'm referring to. Come on people, I gave birth in a clean, fully staffed hospital not in a rice field somewhere :-) those ladies have both types of accomplishments to carry with them.

Michael and I have everything we could want in this life (minus the 242 million dollar mega millions that are still up for grabs...maybe 2011 could rank 2nd in the list of best years ever...come on numbers!!!)  Lotto winnings not withstanding, we are very blessed, we have a healthy, happy, beautiful baby girl; a beautiful, warm and inviting home; jobs that pay the bills; great family and friends to share our lives with; the best dog in the world; and a love that time only continues to expand indefinitely.  Truly blessed.

So to all of those people out there whom we call family and friends (and those of you we may have other names for), I hope your 2010 was equally as wonderful and if not, 2011 is now here so let's make the absolute most out of it!! Happy New Year Everyone!!