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Bring it, 2012!
What do you have to look forward to in the upcoming year?
Re: Bring it, 2012!
Let's see....
I'm going back to school for the first time in 5 years after a long hard battle of trying to get there. I'm both scared and excited at the same time, but I can't wait!
I am turning 30 in April and I'm embracing it. Celebrating it in Vegas is going to be pretty sweet as well. Also celebrating a friend's wedding while we're there... guess I shouldn't forget about that. And it'll be my first time out there ever, so yay!
Speaking of weddings, other than the one in April, we will have two to attend this year - one in July, and one in August.
Samma will be 2 years old in September, and we will be celebrating our THIRD wedding anniversary!
Got a feelin' 2012 is gonna be a good year~
updated 10.03.12
We're going to Kentucky in April to stay in a B&B for the first time with some friends and explore some of the bourbon trail.
DH and I are going to Jamaica in May, unless a few circumstances change by the time we book our trip, in which case we'll buy a tempurpedic bed (pretty awesome alternative, IMO) and take a slightly smaller trip.
I told DH I am going to Boston sometime this year, with or without him. We're making this happen, ladies!
Hopefully this will be the year DH gets promoted, although it might be next year. Either way, he'll be getting a lot of experience on his new shift to help him when the promotion comes up.
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
I've been tossing around the idea of working on my MBA for a couple of years. I might do it- I'm scared of the student loans though.
We're thinking we might be TTC by the end of 2012, so that's very exciting.
We're planning a trip to Hawaii at the end of March. We were there 2 years ago and been dying to return.
All in all, I think there are great things in store for 2012!
Well we have quite a bit going on already in 2012!
March- Nathan's first birthday!!
June- 3, yes you read that right THREE weddings, my annual dance recital, and my BFF's wedding shower.
August- NYC for my BFF's bachlorette but it's also during our birthday weekend!
September- Our third anniversary and a bridesmaids wedding
October- JAMAICA FOR BFF's WEDDING WOOT!!!
November- Starting TTC for #2
Throughout the end of the year, we'll be planning our addition/remodel to our house that'll start in Jan 2013. It's going to be a busy year!!
:Blog:
Scott's 30th in February
2 weddings in STL in April (and therefore another week at home in between for me!)
Hopefully going part-time at work by May-June
Whipped continuing to grow and thrive
my 30th in October
A trip in Sept for our anniversary
Renting a cabin in the mountains with friends in February
Thinking about Vegas this summer
My bff just moved home from living in Florida the last 4 years. I'm SO looking forward to having her around more!
Buying the house within the next 6 months and all of the fun that will come with that (choosing not to focus on the stress part)
Once we buy the house we're going to get a dog!!!
Our godson's 1st birthday in June and planning a big surprise 30th for our best friend Chris.
Hopefully Jay finding a job that he finds more fulfilling and that will give him better hours/days off.
We'll probably start TTC around the end of the year but that's very much up in the air still.
2012: the year of Jason and Vanessa...as long as it doesn't end
In no particular order of month, Looking forward to:
A friends wedding (so the wedding, shower & B Party)
Ryans 30th birthday
Mending a friendship
Getting pregnant
Our anniversary
& Possibly a cruise in December with some of my cousins
Maybe going on a cruise in September with the college roommates in celebration of our 3rd anniversary and their 1st.
Seeing friends' babies grow up- maybe having one of our own.
Being a bridesmaid for the first time ever.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Lots of new clients and opportunities and hopefully advancement at work.
February- 4 days in the Finger Lakes
July- Beach for five days
September- friends' wedding and our 3rd anniversary
December- Going to NYC via train to see Rockefeller Center at Christmas (Andy promised to plan it)
Also hopefully a new job for Andy that will be less stressful
Maybe taking a trip to Arkansas in the late summer to visit Ames and Ellie.
Can I come??!
updated 10.03.12
Sure! No set plans. We're just talking it around. I'm just thinking a long weekend Thurs-Sunday or something.
YES! MB forcing her way into potential plans again! ;D
updated 10.03.12
* Hopefully starting IVF in February or March
* Going to Disney in February
Everything else is kind of up in the air depending on the 1st thing. I'd still like to get at least one more trip in this year. Maybe Italy if I'm really lucky, but who knows. This year is kind of in flux depending on the outcomes of things..
I am going to either get a promotion or a new job- write it down, if I am still in the same spot as I am currently I will quit my job.
Charlotte turns 1- we also celebrate one year in our home.
remodel of our back yard- putting in a cooking station and a fire pit as well as replacing our retaining wall. I cannot wait!
Hopefully making our house more of a home- right now it still feels a little disjointed.
Fulfilling jobs for both of us
Move to NC
Three weddings, bridesmaid in one
Some type of real vacation, probably to the Caribbean with my family
Let's see:
In February we're taking Ellie to Kansas City to see the Fresh Beat Band Live (it's a Nick Jr. show about 4 teenagers who have a band and she LOVES it.) We're going to spend the night and maybe go to the zoo as well if it's not too cold.
In May Ellie turns 2!
In June Guy turns 30!
In September our friends are getting married. They haven't asked their wedding party yet but I'm hoping Ellie will get to be flower girl.
At some point we may make a trip up to SD to visit my dad. I haven't seen him since I graduated college 4 years ago, and he's not in the best health so I'd like to see him.
Hopefully Stees (and maybe MB!) will come visit.
Hopefully I will continue to be successful at work.
If the above remains true, then I may potentially get a new car.
I am trying to stay as optimistic as possible for this year, because it has the potential to be incredibly awesome, if everything actually works out...if not, it could be the crappiest year ever.
In the next 2-3 months I'll be losing my job, so I'm hoping to get something awesome, actually in Seattle.
Because I won't be working from home anymore, Newt will be going to daycare, which we're actually kind of excited about. I think it'll be really good for her to get all that attention, education and social time, and make the time we get to spend with her at home more special.
J will also likely be getting a new job in the next few months, so hopefully, it will be something better than what he has now, at the least more satisfying. Also hopefully this will be a choice move, not a forced move like mine.
In Sept. our 3 year and Newt's 2nd bday
In Oct. SIL's wedding in San Diego
Hopefully somewhere in here will be pregnant with baby2
and of course, looking forward to Dec.22 so I can laugh at all the people that thought the world was going to end (of course, if the job hunts don't go well and a few other things fall through, I might secretly wish they were right)
- Finish paying off the IVF cycle so that we can start working on #2. We'll definitely try winging it on our own but when we have less than a 1% chance of me getting pregnant w/o medical help, I see IVF in our future again.
- 2 weddings. 1 I'm semi-excited for and the other is one I have to go to "just because" ( no way around it)
- Gabby turning 1 in Sept.
- Christmas. even though this past Christmas was technically her "1st Christmas", she was too young to enjoy it. I can't wait until for her to tear apart the wrapping paper
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison