Dreaming.In.Reality

Took me several hours to write this. I hope you manage getting through it all, that is if you bother to take the time.

January - The start of 2006, I avoided blogging, I know look back on my paper journal in sadness, some embarrassment and most of all, pain. It was a bombshell month, starting with the crazy party we had here at the house. I did eventually find out where the cheese went and that I did open that second bottle of champagne. I spent the first day of 2006 holding my head and wondering where the cheese was, I spent the second day trying to figure out how to tell my husband we were expecting a baby. Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas, your present is getting knocked up! Oh and we never got those damn bonus checks >:(

February - Moving forward into acceptance that we were going to be parents, we spent our days as we usually did. Working, tending house, taking the dog to dog school. Kev got food poisoning, took a turn for the worse, landed himself at the Heart Institute on Valentine’s day because they suspected he had a heart attack. Found out after a day or so that he actually had a viral infection that affected the lining of his heart, later that week was released. Experienced my first earthquake.

March - Not a whole lot here. Took it easy. Announced the pregnancy. Felt the baby move during one of K’s last appointments at the Heart Institute to make sure all was well.

April - Had a trip back to Michigan to see everyone for a time and moved into wearing maternity clothing, hit my halfway mark in the pregnancy. Had my best friend move to Taiwan to teach English. Celebrated my 4th wedding anniversary.

May - Found out we were having a little boy. Celebrated 5 years of living in Canada. Had some fustration with work, friends and family. Broke the 100 days to go mark.

June - Spent some time in the hospital for a “kidney infection” that turned out to be a random virus, got let go of my work contract, MORE friend fustrations, feeling panicked due to time passing by, Started my GD classes.

July - Celebrated Canada Day and realized I’m a boring person.Had our first baby shower. Realized I had MORE MORE MORE MORE friend drama with my baby shower, worked on the nursery a lot, got some contacts to sell photos. Celebrated K’s 29th birthday.

August - Had my maternity photos done at 34 weeks. Celebrated my birthday. Had a 3d ultrasound done on my dad’s birthday. Had my second to last appointment for my ob.gyn, he knocked something loose, I was on my way to having a baby. August 31 showed the last weekly photo for my timeline collage, 38 weeks 2 days.

September - 3 days later I went into labour. Amanda was gracious enough to announce that I did indeed have the baby. Lucien Marcus made his way into the world Sept 4. Things have greatly been different since!

October - Passed in a blurry haze as I got the hang of being a mom. I didn’t blog much, though I had much to say. I celebrated 6 wonderful years of knowing K. It really seems like yesterday. My dad met his grandson for the first time.

November - I took on the task of participating in NaBloPoMo )(National Blog Posting Month), I wrote a post EVERY DAY. It’s developed a good habit I have carried into December. I had a girly date night with Sandi, my mom met her grandson for the first time. I realized how hard it is for me to be away from my parents. I had an IUD put in, made plans to get skinny and had some parents only time with kev. I also started cloth diapering, I’m not cloth diapering as much as I’d like to be. Found out my breastmilk supply has nosedived, Lucien wasn’t gaining any weight.

December - Finally blogged about my cousin passing away. Started taking a medication that would increase my breastmilk supply, it works well, Lucien is up to 12 pounds 10 ounces on December 8. We got a dishwasher for Christmas, K worked hard to get it installed before my mom showed up. Had my mom visit for 2 weeks, I really miss her. I hate it when she’s gone. Battled some holiday depression, not sure if it’s gone yet. The celebration of Christmas came and went. I sit here now on the last day of December, going back through the year’s entries, wondering where the time has gone. I believe I’ll redo the Year in Reviews I did for 2005 for 2006.

All in all, it was a roller coaster ride of a year. I have my regrets, my joys, my sadness. I am striving to make 2007 a better year in all matters personal. Health, motherhood, wifeyness, friendships. They all need a bit of work, and by golly I’m gonna try hard at making myself feel better/do better at all of them. So ciao 2006, it’s been good knowing ya, thanks for the memories.