2011- A year in review

I don't often reflect and look back at the year as the New Year approaches.  But a lot happened this year, so here it is.


JANUARY

• Dad died.

FEBRUARY

• Oscar night. We served Thai food this year.
• The doctor tells me that I'm pre-diabetic.

MARCH

• Lice!
• We celebrated Hilary's 40th birthday in the ER with Liam's first (and so far only) migraine.
• Liam was matched with his Big Brother "D"

APRIL

• I decided to take up cooking and photography as hobbies.

MAY

• My first Daring Kitchen Challenge was to make Gumbo.

JUNE

• June was a great month for Liam!  A new trampoline, going to Monster Truck Jam and spending the night at Great Wolf Lodge.  

JULY

• My own adoption and reunion journey came to an end.
• Liam turned Nine!
• We had a new front porch built.

AUGUST

• We had an interesting vacation in PEI.
• I turned 41.
• Gary and his food joined our family.

SEPTEMBER

• I almost killed Gary.
• Liam became a Young Old.

OCTOBER

• My Mom came for a visit.
• I finally fit into my "skinny" jeans.

NOVEMBER

• Liam had eye surgery.

DECEMBER

• Liam finally started to gain weight.
• Hilary and I celebrated 18 years of togetherness.

and we still have 2 weeks to go!