How Great Was 2008?!

I don't know about anyone else, but 2008 has ended up being an awesome year! Even though it started out with a funeral, it ended with some kick ace fun!

Let me take you through a play by play...
**January**
my grandmother's FUNERAL (boo!)
my 8th nephew was BORN *Caden Seth Baldwin* (yay!)
**February**
2 of my nephew's were BAPTISED (hooray!)
**March**
my oldest son, SCOTT, turned 4... wwhhaaattt?!?!?! (super fun!)
**April**
in and out of the hospital for the first 3 weeks of the month
because of pregnancy and Bird's weak lungs, pneumonia again (boo!)
HAD MY 3rd BABY BOY! *Zachary Zane Zaccardi* (super YAY!)
**May**
my HUBBY turned 25! (hooray!)
had the BEST Mother's Day ever! I love my family! (yay!)
my 9th nephew was BORN *Van Matthew Zaccardi* (yay!)
**June**
my hubby and I went through the TEMPLE for the first time (awesome!)
me and the hubby were SEALED together and to our children (incredible!)
we had a BABY BLESSING for our little Zachary Zane (yay!)
**July**
BABY BLESSING for Van (hooray!)
**August**
took a family VACATION to UTAH (fun!)
Scott started PRESCHOOL... wwhhaaattt?!?!?! (exciting!)
**September**
my middle child, BEN, turned 2... sheesh! (super fun!)
my 10th nephew was BORN *Henry Michael Winfield* (yay!)
found out that I am going to be an Aunt AGAIN (wow!)
**October**
started my baby weight loss attempt, so far so good (hooray!)
found out I will be an Aunt to TWINS (super hooray!)
discovered a passion for READING, who knew?! (yay!)
Scott's first SCHOOL PICTURES (super cute!)
attended the best BACHLORETTE PARTY ever (super fun!)
**November**
BABY BLESSING for Henry (yay!)
had a wonderful 5th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY (awesome!)
AND attended the wedding of GREAT FRIENDS in the same night (sweet!)
HOORAY FOR ***SCOTT AND ASHLEY***!!!
the youngest of ALL of my sisters-in-law's, GINNY, turned 18 (wow!)
had a wonderful THANKSGIVING with my WHOLE FAMILY (the best!)
had a visit from my SISTER Julie and her family (so fun!)
my whole family was together for the first time in years so we did
FAMILY PORTRAITS (a blast!)

**December**
the kids got SICK (super boo!)
Bird got SICK (boo!)
I got SICK (ew!)
I TURNED 25, I love my birthday! (yay!)
Scott had his first SCHOOL PROGRAM (super cute!)
found out that the twins will be A NIECE AND A NEPHEW (exciting!)
had an amazing CHRISTMAS EVE (so fun!)
had an awesome CHRISTMAS DAY (hooray!)
wished I had been able to go to THE DUNES for New Year's (boo!)
but will be SPENDING the HOLIDAY with the FAMILY instead (hooray!)

All in all 2008 was great! I'm looking forward to 2009!
From our family to you and yours, have a SAFE and FUN New Year's Eve and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tis the Season

Oh my goodness, I'm so stinkin busy it's absolute mayhem. I know this seems to be the busiest time of year for everyone else too what with the Holidays and all. Well, that's not the only reason for my busy schedule. Not only do I have Christmas shopping, I also have 4 birthday's to plan for, an anniversary, and Thanksgiving. November and December are crazy. And to top it all off, this is the time of year (usually the first week of December to be exact) that my family gets sick. And it's not ever just a cold. Scott has bronchitis, Zac has an ear infection, and Bird has some other type of infection (pnemonia, sinus, bronchitis) as of right now we aren't sure, he goes to the doctor today, I just hope whatever it is doesn't land him in the hospital again. But who knows, maybe the 3rd year's the charm. So anyhow, this year has been even more difficult than last year in it's own way (last year my last living grandma died 3 days before my birthday) I don't really mean emotionally, just more stressful. My children and husband are sick yes, but usually I am able to steer clear of any serious illness. Well this year I have a couple of different issues concerning myself to stress over. I have an umbilical hernia, which I've had for a few years, but now it's really bothering me, so I went to see a general surgeon to see what I needed to do about it. I need surgery... BUT, I have to decide if I want anymore children. He says because the muscle tear has been there for going on 5 years now the muscle was not being used and has deteriorated, so there's this hole around my belly button, which means they can't stitch it back together, they have to use a piece of mesh and sew the remaining muscle to that, so if I were to get pregnant again after surgery sometime, it would just tear open again because the mesh is not stretchy. I mean come on! I'm just barely 25 and have to make that kind of decision! What the heck!? But that's not all, no, no, that's not all. I might have to get my gallbladder removed too. That one's a little harder to explain, so I'll just leave it at that. OH THE CRAZINESS THAT IS MY LIFE. And it always seems to happen around this time of year. Always. I suppose "Tis the Season" can have a lot of different meanings. And now for a little comic relief.