FIRST POST OF 2009

Can 2009 really be here? I feel like we just started 2008! Can Owen really be home more then a year already??? There was a time not too long ago that I truly doubted that this process would end with us really being a family, yet I have the greatest little gift running around my house and he calls me mommy!


Here are some highlights of 2008!

• Owen received his cleft palate repair at Cornell Hospital in New York City
• He started speech therapy in February 2008 and wasn't saying a word, today he speaks in sentences and clearly understand everything said to him
• He had his first real birthday party and all his friends and family attended, he still gets excited every time we pass Funworks and yells "MY BIRTHDAY PARTY"
• Owen was baptized Catholic and has two very special godparents, my sister RaRa and my cousin John
• We had our first family vacation in the summer
• We purchased a camper for many fun family vacations
• He truly bonded with his nana and papa and in the past year has developed a relationship with them that will carry him through his life
• My husband continues to amaze me with his unconditional love for our son and for me
• Owen began he potty training phase, which is mastered as long as we are home, when out of the house we are working on
• Owen will begin Pre-K in September 2009

Wow, what a year it could possibly be the best year of my life and I am looking forward to 2009 and all the milestones that Owen will reach.

In the coming year I have set some personal goals for myself, I started weight watchers in 2008 and have really made the commitment to finally win the weight battle for the last time in my life in 2009.

I am no longer going to allow myself to be disappointed by certain people in my life, I am going to further distance myself from them and allow myself to believe that I am better off with it that way.

I am going to appreciate every moment I have with Owen, because before I know it he will be all grown up and this special times will be gone.

I am going to tell the people that are most important in my life that I love them more often and that I appreciate everything that they do for me and for my family.

So I guess that's it, I have high expectations for 2009! These are a few of my favorites of us with Owen.

Hope everyone had a great new years eve and that 2009 brings much love and happiness and most of all that we can find peace in our world and in our lives.