The New Year is here...

I'm not really starting this year off on the right foot....a few examples:

1. My camera is not talking to my computer. I can take all the photos in the world, but can't seem to get them downloaded onto the computer.

2. It is only Jan 5th and I've been to the doctor's office three times this year and had to phone the on-call doctor twice.

3. Yesterday I started my 7th round of Antibiotics, all taken within the last three months.

4. I will be taking Antibiotics through the remaining 3 mths of my pregnancy.

5. I'm only 28 weeks along in my pregnancy and I had contractions every 5 minutes for a full 7 hours the other day.

6. I just found out today one of my counselors will be moving in the spring. I lost my secretary on Christmas Eve, still no replacement. My Jr. Chorister put her house up for sale this week.

7. I talked to my older sister, who's due two weeks after me, yesterday and she said she was putting on a lot of weight this pregnancy and it was starting to worry her. I'm currently 12 lbs heavier than her.

Despite the gloomy prospect of my new year, I have been given a lot to be grateful for this year as well:

1. My wonderful husband was able to take the first two weeks of January off work - not completely (he still has to work on his computer and talk on the phone for a few hours each day), but he isn't traveling for these two weeks. He hasn't been home that much since 2005.

2. Joe and I have already completed one of our goals for this year - get our Concealed Firearm Permit. We completed the class and mailed in our applications...we should hear back in 8-10 weeks.

3. I have been showered with concern, food and babysitting by many of my friends and neighbors on an almost daily basis since the start of the new year.

4. My baby is healthy, active (VERY, VERY ACTIVE) and measuring a whole centimeter and a half bigger than he should-big, fat and happy-that's good.

5. While sobbing in bed the other day, because I was in terrible pain, my three year old came over to me, patted my face and said, "Don't be sad mommy, I just love you!"

6. I was sitting on the couch the other day watching Joe in the kitchen, Ali eating at the table, the boys playing in the living room and I thought, my life is perfect. I could never ask for more than this. I almost cried. I will never forget that feeling.

Life is good.