Adios 2008!

I do realize that it is now the end of the 2nd week in January, and I should have done this post - oh, you know - 2 weeks ago... but life slips by you, what can I say?!

1.) What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?
Got braces. Lead a small group. Hit my lowest weight I had been and lost a total of 74 pounds. Got a job as a supervisor over 5 people. Got bit by a "creativity" bug and spent a lot of time making cards. Bought a house. Got (and stayed) pregnant.

2.) Did you keep your new year's resolutions and will you make more for the next year?
I honestly didn't make any last year - so they were easy to keep. ;) The only thing I wanted to do was to continue to lose weight, and I did.

3.) Did anyone close to you give birth?
One of my best friends, Danelle and her husband Ryan had a baby girl.  My cousin Hollie and her husband had a little boy in March.  I think that's it!

4.) Did anyone close to you die?
Nope, neither of our families had any deaths.  Thank God!

5.) What countries did you visit?
No countries were visited this year - sadly! 

6.) What would you like to have in '09 that you lacked in '08?
More self-confidence, realize my self-worth, more patience, more generosity, among many other things.

7.) What dates in '08 will remain etched in your memory and why?
May 16 - closed on our home
July 4 - found out we were pregnant
July 9 - celebrated 3 years of being married to my best friend!
September 24 - found out we're having a boy!

8.) What was your biggest personal achievement?
Hmm.. well, I'd have to say I definitely got to know myself better this year and figured out what I like and don't like, instead of what I liked/disliked because of other people.  My husband and I bought a beautiful house at a young age.  Grew closer in my walk with Christ.  And of course I was proud of all the weight I lost.

9.) What was your biggest failure?
Letting other people and things they did to me affect me too much.

10.) Did you suffer illness or injury?
Nope!  Weird, huh?  ;)

11.) What was the best thing you bought?
Our house!

12.) Who's behavior merited celebration?
My incredible husband's - who is literally the best support system I could ever ask for.  He is encouraging, thoughtful, loving, kind, giving, and self-less.  Most importantly - he's mine!  How in the world did I get blessed with him?!

13.) Who's behavior made you appalled or depressed?
I wouldn't be a very nice person if I actually put someone's name here... so I wont!

14.) Where did most of your money go?
Buying a house.  Gas (traveling a lot!).  Decor, paint, etc for the house. And then baby things.

15.) What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Vacations. Family Reunions. Trips to visit family. Becoming a homeowner. Finding out we're going to be parents.  (first..very scared.. eventually excited.)

16.) What song will always remind you of 2008?
Hmmmm... can't think of any.  Maybe the song my friend Laura wrote for me when we found out we were pregnant - titled "Megan's Baby".

17.) Compared to this time last year are you: a) happier or sadder? b) thinner or fatter? c) richer or poorer?
a. happier.
b. i'm 8 months pregnant - what do you think?
c. maybe a tad more ahead of the game.

18.) What do you wish you'd done more of?
Journaled/Blogged my thoughts more.  Spent more time playing my guitar/piano - expressing myself musically.  Spent more time with new friends and family.

19.) What do you wish you'd done less of?
Obsessing over lost relationships.  I also wish I wouldn't have worked so much!

20.) Did you fall in love in 2008?
I fell "more" in love with my husband and family... amazing people, can't say it enough.

21.) What was your favorite TV program?
Grey's Anatomy, The Bachelor, Biggest Loser, CSI.

22.) Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Hate? No.

23.) What was the best book you read?
Hmmm... I read a lot of good ones!  Butterfly in Brazil.  The Shack.  Velvet Elvis.  Sex God.  The Barbarian Way.  And probably a few more that I'm forgetting...

24.) What were your greatest musical discoveries?
Eh... no one new!  I did become a big country music lover, and fell in love with New Life's new music.

25.) What did you want and get?
A house ;)

26.) What did you want and not get?
A new coach purse - my husband will not budge on that one either!

27.) What was your favorite film of this year?
Hmmm... really liked the Batman movie.  Can't think of any others off the top of my head.

28.) What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?
Had a yummy dinner with my husband and siblings & niece/nephew.

29.) What one thing that would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Can't really think of much... we had a good year overall.  Maybe if we would have had more friends/couple friends to hang out with.

30.) How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008?
Ha - non existant?  lol... never been "up" in the fashion world!

31.) What kept you sane?
My relationship with God.  Tyler.  Our family.  Hope.

Cheers to 2009!  I can't wait to see all the amazing things that are going to happen!

Words I hate.

• Moist


• Rash


• Crusty


• Blouse


• Chafed


• Slacks


• Ointment

What about you?  Are there any words that give you the heebie geebies?

32/33 weeks.

Well - here we are.  33 weeks and baby Keith could be here "safely" in 4-8 weeks.  (4 weeks means I'll be 37 weeks which is considered full-term... 8 weeks means I'll be 41 weeks and not a happy camper since I'll be overdue!)  I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has gone... it literally feels like it was last month when I was announcing we were having a baby, and February seemed soooo far away at the time!  Then January came around and Tyler and I had a conversation that went like this:

T: Holy Crap!  It's January!
M: Yeah...?
T: That means we're having a baby next month.
::: deep, long, scared-to-death stare-down takes place and a small dose of hyperventilating occurs :::

Anyway, baby is doing good and measuring just a little ahead of our original due date.  They are now saying he could be born as early as February 14 due to his size.  At my last appt we had an ultrasound to follow-up on my "thin placenta" issue, but thank God, we're in the clear.  They think I was most likely having a contraction at the time they thought my placenta was measuring thin.  But we're fine... which is a good thing. Our ultrasound was amazing... baby is getting so big that it was hard to get a good picture of him because he took up most of the screen.  They did a complete ultrasound (like they did at 20 weeks) and he looked great!  And got a definite confirmation that baby is all BOY!)  2 weeks ago he was already measuring in at almost 4 1/2 pounds.  4 1/2 pounds people!!  That is a huge baby... and still have 4-8 weeks to go.  I thought it was unusual since Tyler and I were both average size babies, but that night when I told my Mom that, she said "Average size??!!  You were 9 lbs 9 oz!!!"  My jaw dropped and I am officially scared.  I would really prefer to have a normal birth and avoid a c-section at all costs, but whatever it takes to get baby here safe & sound is fine with me. 

At 33 weeks, here's what the baby is up to...although its off because my baby weighed over 4 pounds 2 weeks ago!: (from babycenter.com)
This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

And here's a couple belly pics! 


I can't believe I'm doing this... but here's my belly in all it's glory!


Have a great rest of the week!!!