Goodbye 2008...Hello 2009

Happy 2009! I hope that everyone had a fun (and safe!) time ringing in the new year.

As for the San Antonio McLeods, we had a good time celebrating with some old friends we hadn't seen in a while. Nana was kind enough to babysit, so Kyle and I had a night out for the first time in a while. An old friend of mine from college, Bethany (she lived across the hall freshman year), and her husband Caleb, were gracious enough to host a New Year's shindig at their home here in SA. There were a lot of old faces from ACU that were good to catch up with--plus, any chance I get to brag about my beautiful baby boy is a chance I'll take :o)

In honor of the end of 2008 and the start of 2009, I thought I'd put together a list of highlights from the past year, as well as some resolutions for the coming one. Here goes:

Best of 2008 (in no particular order)

• peeing on a stick and watching that little blue plus sign appear.
• reading the responses after Kyle sent a picture of that plus sign to everyone in our phonebook.
• not needing to keep a Bill Miller bucket in my car after the first four months of pregnancy.
• Melissa's wedding
• ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD
  
• knowing that Kyle now has only one semester left of school (!)
• no longer having a car payment
• maternity leave
• ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD
  
• having Kyle surprise me with a new MacBook
• Kyle taking me on a date to see this guy ...wow.
• Monday night pizza nights
  
• standing in the shower after my water broke in the middle of the night while Kyle runs around yelling, "What do we do?! What do we do?!"
• the second epidural
• ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD
  
• seeing my son for the first time
• bringing Asher home for the first time
• seeing Asher smile for the first time
• watching Kyle play with Asher
• taking Asher to Abilene to meet Kyle's family for the first time
  
• ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD, ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD, ASHER THOMAS MCLEOD

Resolutions for 2009:

Kyle:

• "I don't really have any...it's your blog, you put your resolutions up."

Asher:

• sleep for eight consecutive hours through the night on a consistent basis
• roll over
• sit up
  
• eat solid food

Jamie:

• keep up with the blog and get better about taking/uploading pictures
• continue nursing for a full year
• stick to our budget...okay, first make our budget, then stick to it
• actually make it to church on Sunday
• lose the last 10 (okay, 15!) lbs of baby weight

So there you have it...out with the old and in with the new. Here's to wishing everyone a FABULOUS 2009!