by month:
- january: finding out we were pregnant was quite enough for the month
- february: this month was pretty slow so we'll just say settling into our house and adjusting to trimester number one
- march: much busier month. we had our first out-of-town guests stay with us. erin came up for a few days and david and april came right after. we went to the zoo, ate german food, saw the giant picnic basket and went to an ice hockey game. i also got to go to detroit for a spring break service trip with some students from the newman center and cheryl made it out to new jersey for a few days. overall it was a month to recover from :)
- april: we spent most of the month recovering from march and preparing for may. cheryl made it through trimester number one with only a few minor bumps and bruises and started to really enjoy this pregnancy thing. easter was also in april which provided fixings for ham sandwiches for the rest of the month. and to top it off, we found out that nugget would be a nugg-ette :)
- may: we took our first trip for the year and went to st. louis for cheryl's cousin betsy's wedding. all the dales were there and the two mamas-to-be were the hit of the week (aside from the bride and groom of course). while in st. louis we got to take in a few of the sites, including ted drewes frozen custard, the zoo, ted drewes frozen custard, the arch, ted drewes frozen custard and the old house on murdoch avenue.
- june: baby showers! in june we went all the way to texas for two showers, one in college station and one in houston. baby furniture, burp cloths, and tons of baby clothes made the trip well worth it. :) cheryl & lil nugget kept on growing and cheryl's belly finally "popped" (meaning it finally looked like she was pregnant).
- july: was another busy month. it was nice to spend our first july in a long time in a state where it never got hotter than 95 degrees. that being said, this was the month that i and five students from the newman center took a trip back to texas for aggie awakening #86.
the trip was amazing and we got to see lots of fun things on the roadtrip back home (including 101 on the thermometer). we also went to new jersey for another baby shower at grandma and grandpa dale's house. and we got our first glimpse of our little nugget in 3D! so cute. - august: we didn't travel anywhere in august (because cheryl was about to really pop!) but we did have visitors come see us in columbus. our friends david & aspen celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in style (and by "in style" i mean in ohio) and we spent a week hanging out and taking in the columbus sites. a few days later my parents came to columbus for the first time since they lived here 36 years ago. we also finished up our baby preparations with some fun classes and furniture assembly.
- september: hmm, september... i don't think much happened this month. :) oh right, our lives as we knew them were completely and forever changed.
little nugget became annabel helen on september 9, 2009 in the most dramatic of ways. the rest of the month is honestly a complete blur but i think that i remember some doctors appointments, bottles and diapers. oy vey. - october: baby, baby, baby. she rolled over for the first time, starting sleeping through the night, went to more eye doctor appointments and smiled a lot. non-baby events included our three-year anniversary, finishing my very first marathon and launching buckeye awakening #1 at the newman center.
- november: we started the month off by baptizing our little girl. not only did we celebrate the baptism but we got to do it with both sets of grandparents and her new godmother and godfather. then a few short weeks later we loaded
up and drove to jersey for thanksgiving. the trip was a great one and gave annabel a chance to meet lots of her cousins (including her newest cousin, kaelyn). - december: a great month to end a great year. we took pictures with santa, flew to texas and celebrated annabel's first christmas ever.
top five phrases:
- it won't be like this for long
- these precious and fleeting moments
- the baby mama
- oy vey
- this too shall pass
- honorable mention: buzz, buzz, buzzzzzzz
- first steps, first words, first bites of real (pureed) food, and having more fun with annabel than we can possibly imagine
- aunt kimmy's graduation, david and april's wedding and going to texas to celebrate both
- seeing more of the ohio countryside (and probably some more giant things and bizarre sites)
- making more friends and spending more time with the ones that we've got
- a few vacations, a few staycations and enjoying a full year of family living...
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