2009: What a Great Year it has Been!

It is hard to believe how fast this year has gone by for us. Looking back it has been the best year of our lives!  In January Dan and I found out that we would be expecting a baby.  How exciting that was!! In February we had our first doctors appointment and our first glimpse at little Addison.  She literally looked liked a little peanut!! I was about 8 weeks along and we were able to hear her heart beat for the first time.  This is when things became real for us!!
February and March were pretty uneventful, just trying to get through another cold winter!  In April we had more appts. and at about 16 weeks is when I first felt little Addison move. It was truly one of the most exciting moments I had in my pregnancy!!
In May we were back at the camper on the weekends and what a fun summer we had!! It was nice at this time because it wasn’t too hot yet!  On May 20th we found out that we were having a GIRL!!!  This was very surprising to us because EVERYONE thought that we were having a boy.  Dan even asked them to make sure because he was pretty certain that it was a boy!!  This is also when we picked out Addison’s name!
June was also pretty uneventful.  In July I went to my appt. to have my glucose test done and was measuring large already, so they decided to do another ultrasound!! I was so excited to have yet another chance to see little Addison!! This is when they found that I had extra fluid around the baby, but the doctor wasn’t too concerned yet.
In August we began to get Addie’s room ready for her arrival!  We decorated in Classic Pooh, so that it was neutral.  My biggest fear was that she would come out a BOY!!! I was also beginning to become large and uncomfortable!  In September I continued to get larger and larger by the day! I had a another couple of ultrasounds this month, which began to become part of my normal appts.  I would also have to sit on the heart monitor at each appt.  This was also a scary time for us because of the extra fluid I was carrying, there was a chance that something may have been wrong with Addison.  On the 9th Dan and I also celebrated our 3rd anniversary by going out to eat of course!!

This was me the morning of delivery!

September 29 Addison was finally in my arms!!! And she was perfectly healthy!! All that worrying for nothing! This was absolutely the highlight of my ENTIRE YEAR!!

This was our first family photo!

 October began our time with Addison at home.  We were completely sleep deprived, but loving every minute with Addison in our lives.  Each day brought on a new experience for us!
The highlight of November was Addison’s first smile! I was on the couch talking to her and she finally smiled a true (not gas) smile!! It brought tears to my eyes! Dan and I also celebrated our birthday’s this month!!

Addie and her little smirk!!

Here we are in December, and ending this wonderful year!  We have already had quite a large amount of snow and Addie has had her first BIG snow storm already.  Addison was baptised on the 6th.  I went back to work and left work to stay home with Addie, and we celebrated Addison’s first Christmas together.  She continues to grow each and every day.  She has also began to giggle, so EXCITING!!

Addison in her baptism dress.

Addie's first Christmas!

 2009 has by far been the best year in Dan and my life thus far.  We thank God every day for the blessings he has brought into our lives this year.  We are praying that 2010 brings just as many blessings to us and the ones we love.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

With Love,

The Garbes’