January
- Drive through Sardine Canyon in a blizzard.
- Stephan starts another semester of school
- I go from only watching Aiden until he goes to school to watching him all day, since the preschool pretty much said he was too smart for them.
February
- Learn to drive through some epic storms (for me at least)
- Our neighbor dies. A baby in the ward dies too. Two funerals in one day. That was draining.
March
- Brother-in-law comes home from his mission.
- Stephan is in high demand for private tutoring.
- Earthquake and tsunami in Japan
April
- Stephan gets the title of "longest married since mission" at his mission reunion.
- Begin the process of de-junking the church library.
- Parents come up to Utah because my aunt was going through the temple for the first time ever. I got to attend that as well :)
- Aiden's mom got engaged :)
- Finals. Stephan does well on his most dreaded one, and there is great rejoicing.
May
- Started getting really serious about sewing
- Stephan starts summer classes
June
- Stephan still doing summer classes
- Helped Misti (Aiden's mom) do some wedding shopping
- Battle some mighty depression
- Quite certain this is when I got pregnant *ahem*
July
- Got the positive pregnancy test. Started battling morning sickness.
- Aiden moves away
- Stephan turned 24
- I orchestrate an awesome birthday present for him--I had family members and friends (and I bought some myself) buy computer parts so he could build his own computer. I did good ;)
August
- Stephan finishes summer classes...getting closer to graduation.
- Still battling morning sickness.
- Announce pregnancy.
- Go to Cedar City for second wedding anniversary--was pretty much ill most of the time.
- Visit my family in Houston--my mom bought me some maternity clothes.
- Have first appointment with midwives and hear the heartbeat for the first time!
September
- Stephan back in school.
- Stephan takes on three jobs (bad idea)
- Finally starting to feel better...only to catch a stomach virus going around the ward. Grr. But I do get better.
- My brother comes home from his mission
October
- Stephan's youngest brother gets mission call.
- We find out we're having a girl!
November
- Our washer dies.
- Umm, Thanksgiving?
December
- Finals for Stephan. Getting even closer...
- My 25th birthday
- We go to Houston for Christmas
- His family gives me a surprise birthday party when I get back.
Yup, that was 2011 for us, as I can remember it.