I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I always love the holidays. It is so much fun spending that time with friends and family. After Christmas and New Years are over, I find myself feeling bummed out because it is another whole year before they come back. I just love the feelings I get during the holiday season. I really wish every day could be like Christmas!
Anyway, I was even more bummed out this year when the holidays left. I think it was because I did not have as much time to prepare and enjoy the holidays this year. So much time was wrapped up with Josh at the hospital and worrying about him. I was not able to worry about shopping and decorating the house like I wanted to. Matt and I have already decided that next year we are going all out! I cannot wait.
But in some ways this was the best holiday season ever. Josh was at home for Christmas! He came home December 10th, so Matt and I had Christmas two weeks early, and we definitely got the best Christmas present ever! It was also the first Christmas we had spent married, since we got married right after the new year in 2009. It was so wonderful to spend Christmas with our families and to have Josh there too.
This holiday season has caused me to have a lot of surreal feelings. I can't believe I am here and that my life has ended up like it has. Everything has happened so fast for us. I never expected that our first Christmas married we would already have a child. I don't even think I was expecting to be pregnant our first Christmas as a married couple. I guess that is the beauty of God's plan! Everything happens the way it is supposed to. Our one year anniversary was this past Sunday. I was sitting on the couch that night with Josh in my arms and I just started crying. I really never expected that on the night of our one year anniversay I would be sitting on the couch holding our two month old son. I figured we would be out celebrating. But it was so much better this way! Josh is a beautiful blessing in our lives!
2009 was a year of rough patches, but also a year of some of the most beautiful moments in my life. Matt and I experienced some tough moments this past year. I can look back at the year and see how much I have grown. I am thankful for the growth and thankful for the tests in my life that God brought me through and that made me stronger. I am even more thankful for the good moments this year: I am thankful for my husband and our wedding, for the beautiful baby God created through us in March, I am thankful for graduating with my Master's degree this past May (hopefully this is my last degree), and for the birth of our son in November and the blessing he has been to us this past two months.
I can't wait to see what this new year will bring. The new year really is a great time for a new beginning. A chance to start fresh. For me, it is the chance to have a fresh, positive outlook and attitude on life. It is a chance to vow to do things differently. I welcome whatever 2010 can bring. Even if 2010 is easier than last year when I faced so many tests and trials, I don't think it could be a better year. So much happened in 2009 that I am thankful for. I wish everyone a very happy new year and pray that God blesses you all during your new year.
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