I was blog hopping (term I made up for randomly going one people’s blogs without rhyme or reason… the only rule… you have to leave a comment if you like what you see!!) and I came across Annie Blogs. She had the best idea to summarize the year in pictures… she chose one picture each month to represent what happened. How cool is that!?!?!!! I had a hard time choosing just one picture… but I scaled down as much as possible and here is what I came up with. Please join me in my year review (also the most-hair-styles-I-have-ever-had year)….January…I was savoring the last month before becoming a mom of two… those were some of the most precious times I had with Eli.
(btw- hot hubby thinks I look like I’m giving birth in this picture… I think I’m telling a funny story)
February…Cora arrives on Valentines Day… 9 days LATE!!!
Archives for January 2009
New Year’s Eve Review…
(To see the signs in action check my friend Rachael’s blog for some funny shots)
We are on our second year of “New York New Year’s Eve!” We all have kiddos, so keeping them entertained till midnight or trying to put ALL of them down at someone else’s house is way more hassle that it’s worth. So we all get together for a Pajama Party and do the countdown on New York time (9pm our time!). We eat, chat and the kids have a great time playing… except when Cora smashed a wine glass on the coffee table and glass chunks went everywhere. Then when it is time to go, kids are already in their PJ’s ready to be whisked away and put to bed.
There is a tradition that says, what you are doing at at midnight is a prediction of what the new year will be like (thanks JaMean).
~At midnight New York time we were laughing with our closest friends.
~At midnight our time I was making out with Hot Hubby on the couch.
It’s going to be a GREAT year!!!
From My Family to Yours…
Coming Soon:
2008 Review
New Year’s Eve Festivities
Packing up Christmas
New Year = New Things for the Eli’s Lids Blog…
- Donna over at Blessed Nest will be sharing with us about her Going Green Journey AND giving us Green Tips!
- Cheri from The Stabile Family in Illinois will be giving us Monthly Recipes to try at home or impress our friends.
- Eli’s Lids will be hosting a Monthly Linky called Remember When… yes I’m attempting a Linky!! The first one will be Tuesday the 27th. Remember When you got married? You have a few weeks to scan in those pix and share the best of that awesome day as you “Remember When” with all of us!
- I had so much fun featuring other handmade products during the Homemade Christmas series that I’m going to feature a new one every month. Side Note: These are businesses that I have found or bought stuff from and I DO NOT get freebies from them and I will never become a review blog (not that there is anything wrong with that).
- It’s a little known fact among my blogging buddies that I taught aerobics (at a famous gym open 24 hours a day) for 8 years. I taught all through college (up to 3 classes a day… I was crazy!), and even through my 1st and 2nd pregnancies. I stopped after Cora was born and we found out Eli had asthma and couldn’t do a lot of the childcare stuff and Cora was such a mama’s girl she would scream the whole hour I was teaching. So in an attempt to get some sort of body back I’ll be doing a monthly workout starting in Feduary that will focus on one part of the body… I’m super excited about it and I hope you will be too!