Year in Review.

So many of my friends on Facebook have these collages of their status updates for the past year.  I guess it's a way to reflect on all that has happened and see how far (or how not so far) we've all travelled in 2010.  I thought I'd do a year in review here!

So...in 2010...I:

Came out of the closet about baby #2.  Dealt with terrible, horrible teething pain in my baby girl...My goodness...Just let them break through already!!  Missed out on a lot of sleep worrying about handling two babies so close together in age.  Watched Amelia start to crawl on her own!!  At 9 months!!  (Late bloomer, no?)  Flew to Indiana with Amelia to tend to my mom after her foot reconstruction surgery.  Flew to Virginia with Amelia to spend a couple of weeks with Paul while the ship was stateside.  Flew back to Indiana (again, with Amelia...where I go, she goes!) to spend the next 7 months there while Paul's ship was in and out (really, just out) to sea.  Introduced Amelia to Imagination Movers (why, oh why did I think that was a good idea?!)  Lost 10 pounds (yes, while pregnant.  I had no crazy cravings and I think stress -- did I mention I was worried about 2 babies? -- did that for me.)  Watched A LOT of television (not really so proud of that).  Went to several OB appointments.  Oh yah, GREW A BABY!  Found out we were expecting a baby boy.  Named our baby boy!!  Weaned Amelia from nursing.  Celebrated her first birthday.  Celebrated Mother's Day.  Celebrated Paul's birthday.  Had my heart broken into a million tiny pieces (ouch, still rips me apart inside to think about it).  Drove to Virginia with my mom and dad and Amelia (woot woot!  Kia Van saved our lives during that 13 hour drive!)  Sent Amelia back to Indiana with my parents and worked on the nursery for William.  Reignited a relationship with God -- it was seriously lacking and I felt like something was missing.  Turns out, it was Him!!  Enjoyed a couple of date nights with the hubster.  Started to gain weight...probably a good thing, since I was still GROWING A BABY!!  Celebrated 4th of July.  Did I see fireworks?  Nope.  Amelia started walking!!  Two weeks before the deadline I gave her of August 16th...which just so happened to be William's due date.  Drove back to Indiana with Paul while he had some leave.  Sent him back out to sea.  Started having Braxton Hicks contractions and labor pains, told Paul to get his booty to Indiana STAT because this baby was coming TONIGHT!!  ...  Baby didn't come that night.  Gained 25 pounds.   Went to an OB appointment and was told I needed to be induced because of dangerously low fluid.  Commence panic attack and freak out!!  Kissed Amelia a million times.  Induced.  OUCH!!  Delivered a baby without a single doctor in the room.  He was ready!!  He was beautiful!!  Started nursing a baby.  Sent Paul back out to sea.  Developed a new normal for our new family.  Lost a lot of sleep because of worrying about the new normal.  Lost a lot of sleep because of a hungry baby.  Lost a lot of sleep because I just couldn't sleep.  Fed William his first bottle -- victory!!  Moved back to Virginia.  Lost 45 pounds -- thank you, nursing, my inquenchable thirst for water and let's be honest, hard work, diet and exercise.  Celebrated Thanksgiving with some dear family we haven't seen in several months.  Handled TWO babies under two for almost THREE weeks...BY MYSELF.  (Not to toot my own horn, but...um...TOOOOOOT!!!)  Drove to Indiana for Christmas holiday.  Celebrated.  Enjoyed myself.  Realized life is the most perfect it's been in my entire life.  Realized I am SO MUCH happier this New Year's Eve than I was last NYE.  Realized that no matter what happens, I can handle it.  If I could get through 2010, I can pretty much get through anything.

Am totally looking forward to 2011.  Bring it on, baby!!!