So Blessed!

So I just wanted to take this time to share how blessed we have been this year and how we are so looking forward to this coming year!

This year has been full of surprises...good and bad...but have all lead to a great year of memories! This was the first complete year that Chris and I have been married which has been nothing but good times. On our one year anniversary, we were so joyed to discover that I was pregnant with our first baby!! After four pregnancy tests we were sure it was true!! Chris finally got away from Jamba Juice and into two jobs that he loves! After applying in April and hanging through all the drama, he was hired into the school district this past November. Yay good benefits, great pay, and a nice stable job! He also took on Gamestop for extra money and is having a blast! Chris completed his first full semester of college and came out with a 4.o! Boy do I miss those days!! Tee hee hee! I'm still subbing until my license expires in March...Just in time for baby! By July, we still had not heard anything about my sealing cancellation so Chris went on and was endowed on August 14th. I can not tell you what a joyous day that was. We attend the temple often and just love being there together. We continue to look forward to the day that we will be sealed as a family! On September 30th, we found out that not only were we absolutely right about being pregnant, but that we were expecting a baby girl!! I cannot express the mix of emotion that has come since then for Chris and I! The holidays went very well with many blessing flying our way and talk about the next one to come!
2009 promises to be a wonderful year for us. Hopefully with more ups than downs as we grow as a family. Isabella Marie is due March 8th and we continue to count the days!! Chris will be moving up in the district in March which will be a huge financial blessing to our family. I look forward to taking some time off come March to learn how to be a good mommy...although everyone swears I will be anyway... School will continue for Chris for the fall and spring and I hope to head back no later than the fall depending on living and financial circumstances. We cannot wait for all the new memories coming our way!

We wish you all a wonderful new year!!!!