Blessings & Highlights 2008

1. a little boy that is beautiful, happy, strong, bright, curious and has a keen sense of humor

2. a finished basement--100%. No casualties. Or divorce lawyers. 

3. a healthy pregnancy

4. the great outdoors, like here, here and here

5. special visits from far-away friends and family

6. graduate school straight As for my B

7. The Great Diaper Cream Debacle

8. challenges professionally, spiritually, academically

9. a gorgeous, long Autumn

10. good friends, old and new, like these

11. each other

12. The Infamous Poop Escapades

13. homemade applesauce for my boys (and jam and peaches...)

14. big, ugly, warm, cozy & ridiculously practical winter boots 

15. rather minimal battles with bottles, pacifiers, and big boy beds

16. Our first parental experience with Public Projectile Puke

17. 4 actual dates with my B. Yep, 4 actual nights on the town without child.

18. Where the Wild Things Are, Peter Pan, A is for America,  and other stories, over and over and over again.

19. Landscaping

20. A blessed little life in a pleasant little town