Good-bye 2011

Recap of previous years posts (click title to go back):
2008 Surprises
2009 Happiness
2010 Peace
2011 Change

2011 was definitely a year of changes. We started the year celebrating Jake's 2nd birthday with his "friends" birthday party in Chattanooga. It was bittersweet, because we knew that it would be the last big gathering with our friends in our Chattanooga house. In January Jake & I moved down to Birmingham to join Robbie who had been there since November. We went from a 3 bed / 2 ½ bath 2 story house to a 2 bed / 2 bath corporate furnished apartment. I went from working outside the home in the corporate office 50 hours a week to part time remote working from home about 35 hours a week. Jake went to full time daycare to Mother’s Day Out at Valleydale every morning from 9:30-1:30. All of this in 1 month. We adjusted fine & were just enjoying all being back under the same roof.  In the spring, we welcomed new little friends Tharp & Harper. Robbie & I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary in April.  In May, our time in the corporate apartment was up & since our house in Chattanooga had still not sold, we moved in with Robbie’s parents. With the new location & being the summer, Jake changed Mother’s Day Out programs & started attending Asbury Tues-Wed-Thurs from 9:30-1:30. In July our house sold. Praise!! Also in the summer, we welcomed new little friends Lucy & Hill. In August we took a mini-family vacation with my best friend Stephanie & her family to the beach. In September we bought our house & moved in. Yea to having room again! Also September Robbie celebrated his 33rd birthday and Jake started his permanent Mother’s Day Out program at Westwood and he loves it the best! In the winter, I celebrated my 33rd birthday & we welcomed new little friends Mia & Mary. We celebrated Jake's 3rd birthday with a small party with our families. He will have his big birthday party in January & he is so excited.  Robbie & I ended the year with friends on Ono Island for New Year's.

Some of the changes were fun, some were stressful, but they were all part of God’s plan for our life. So good-bye 2011!!

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9