2011 in review

You know, since everyone else has been doing it. I guess the last year was somewhat uneventful, except for a few notable exceptions ;)

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.