What a wonderful year it has been! While we use our blog primarily as a tool to capture our family history, we are glad that we can also use it to share with you, our friends and family, some of the blessings we have received (and challenges we have experienced) in 2009.
The hyperlinks will take you to previous blog posts that discuss the events in greater detail.
January: On January 30, we received the most amazing blessing ever--our little Olivia. She was born at 5:32 a.m. at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital in New York, NY. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 2 oz.
February: Both of Olivia's grandmas came to New York to meet her.
March: At the beginning of March, Daniel's law firm (Latham & Watkins in Costa Mesa, CA) gave him the option to defer his start date from Fall 2009 to Fall 2010. We decided to accept the firm's offer, which meant that we needed to figure out what to do with ourselves for a year. For spring break, we took Olivia on her first trip to Utah, where she received her baby blessing.
April: After working as a legal assistant at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis for two and a half years, I was laid off. Luckily, the compensation package accompanying this unfortunate event ended up being a financial blessing, since Daniel was graduating soon and I had planned to leave the firm two weeks later anyway. We also found out in April that Daniel had received a fellowship through NYU that would take us to Washington, D.C., for the fall and back to New York for the spring.
May: We said goodbye to New York City after Daniel graduated from law school. We moved back to Utah for the summer and lived in Orem. Daniel began a California Bar Exam review course at BYU.
June: I participated in my first triathlon--the Battle at Midway. The water was only 54 degrees! Even though Daniel was studying for the bar exam, we found time to do some fun summer things. At the end of the month, Olivia started eating solid foods.
July: Daniel threw me a surprise 25th birthday party, and we took Olivia camping for the first time over the Fourth of July weekend. At the end of the month, we drove to California where Daniel took the three-day bar exam. On July 31, Olivia's first two teeth popped through.
August: After the bar exam, we spent a couple weeks traveling. We went to Newport Beach, the Grand Canyon, Cedar City, Flaming Gorge, and to a Ricks Family Reunion. Then we packed up our stuff and moved again. Daniel and Adam, his brother, drove across the country to Washington, D.C., and Olivia and I flew out a few days later. Daniel began his fellowship working at the Joint Committee on Taxation.
October: Daniel and I ran the St. George Marathon. We also took a beautiful (and long) road trip to Niagara Falls. At the end of the month, Olivia got her third and fourth teeth.
November: We went to Utah for Thanksgiving. While there, Olivia took her first steps and started clapping.
December: Olivia started walking!
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope that 2010 brings you each joy and happiness.
Love,
Daniel, Andrea, & Olivia
11 comments:
What an awesome year you all have had. You all have taken quite the steps this last year. Great post!
Your year has sure been an exciting one. So many new things going on! I sure love you buddies!
You guys have been busy!! What a great year! Oh, and I just found out your live by the Hincheys! Small world!
Our babies were born the same day and started walking at the same time! SO FUN:)
Hey Daniel, I saw your blog address posted on facebook and checked it out. Congrats on everything with your family -- your daughter sure is cute! I wish I'd know you were coming to the Finger Lakes in October -- I would have invited you over for lunch, or something. We live very near Seneca Lake... so you weren't far from our house!
What an exciting year it has been for your family. We are grateful to have been able to share the excitement of Olivia's birth, growth and development. She is a doll.
I LOVE that picture of Olivia. What a fun year you have had! Glad we could at least be part of that!
Has Olivia only been a part of our family for a year? Impossible. I can't imagine our family life without her. Merry Christmas and much love to the three of you!
Andrea, I can't believe it was 3 months ago that we went to the museum together! Way to go on the triathlon and the marathon. My goal is to become a runner ... and hopefully in 2011 run a marathon. I have never been really successful at training, but I'd really like to. Any tips would be helpful!
Merry Christmas!
Hey Daniel and Andrea! I saw the link to your blog on Jennie's blog and checked it out. Olivia is so cute! Brian and I hope everything is going well. So are you staying in DC?
Hey guys! I liked reading the overview of your year! Isn't it amazing all that can be accomplished in really, so little time! Now I have your blog address, so I'll visit more often. :)
Post a Comment