year end summary

2008 has come and nearly gone- only about 14 hours left in the year. i can hardly believe it. so here it is.. the year in review.

best of 2008:
deciding to have a baby/getting pregnant quickly.
having a healthy and complication-free pregnancy.
starting evapaul and having success there we didn't know was possible.
celebrating our first anniversary. one down. eternity to follow.
finding our love for san francisco.
date night every friday with very few execptions.
being close to family while living in idaho.
our summer trip to bakersfield for my Nana's 80th birthday and going to my favorite childhood beach with nic.
taking classes together- learning and growing and stretching ourselves to do well in school.
nic finding a career he loves {graphic design} which makes him excited about school.
working 6 inches away from each other, at the same desk.
discovering that we love to read. its awesome.
shopping for clothes for Daphne.
celebrating birthdays-- my 24th, nic's 23rd.
thanksgiving with the Andersen fam.
valentines day and getting a wedding band :)
our california adventure. not so great this year.. but still fun.
christmas with the Binghams. it was so much fun- i was sad about another Christmas away from my family but it's silly.. the Binghams are my family. i am looking forward to Daphne's first Christmas in CO next year though.
mothers day. my first one as an almost mom... plus we got to talk to blake on his mission and let him know he would be an uncle. that was awesome.
telling everyone we were pregnant. i think madisyn's reaction was my favorite. she has been SO excited our whole pregnancy- keeping track of what week i am and trying to feel Daphne kick whenever she gets the chance. its so cute. Daphne is going to have great aunts/uncles all around.
moving into our new place. we are renting which kind of sucks but we love having a house, 3 bedrooms, a carport to park in, storage, a washer and dryer and a little more room to breathe.
getting Daphne's room together. we're going to take pictures today- i am in love with her room.
loving nic. i love him more everyday. he has loved me more too even with every extra pound and mood swing- i could not imagine a better husband. i have the best.
going to emily and tony's wedding in October. thanks for flying us out :) we loved being able to be there- even though i was a huge bridesmaid.. ick.
finishing the semester! it feels so good to be done even though we loved our classes.
getting a new camera- a 30d which nic totally loves. i love it too- but i am still afraid to hold it.
being in several different wards- the church is the same everywhere but that doesn't make it any less awkward to go to church parties.
buying new {and old} furniture for our house.
finding out we are having a girl! I know we would be just as happy to have a boy but i love thinking about our little girl. it is going to be so great!
new movies. tv shows. music. life enriching stuff...
blogging! i nearly forgot. i love reading about other people's lives and writing our own history.
learning about paper, printing and design.
the anticaption of being parents. i haven't really LOVED being pregnant, it's been hard, but I am so excited for Nic and I to have a baby :)
making Janell's yearly scrapbook pages. i make a page of each of her kids every year and give it to her on Christmas. She always cries and is grateful and it makes me feel really good.
learning new recipes. you might be surprised to know how much i like to cook.
no alarm clocks for the past 3 weeks. since we got out of school we only had to set the alarm a couple of times. that really makes the day better though we are not nearly as productive as we wanted to be... maybe after the holidays. i hear newborns really make you productive :)

(the bold entries do not make them more important... it was just an effort to make the list easier to read also i can't figure out how to make some of the stuff not huge.. it just won't work so i am publishing it anyways)

Worst of 2008:
who wants to dwell on the bad? it's over... I just want to remember all the good things of 2008 and there were so many. I feel really blessed as I think back on a great year- our first full year of marriage. I am so lucky.