Happy New Year!

 

I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to post, but I guess I should believe it this time of year! I hope everyone had amazing holidays. Our Christmas couldn’t have been better. I wish I had taken more pictures. It’s so hard to get pictures with two little ones. Our girls are still too young to understand Christmas. Nevertheless, they were super excited about whatever the heck was going on! Libby, especially, quickly picked up on the fact that we were getting to see lots more of our family and friends. Every time we told her where we were headed, she would break into a huge grin. She danced all Christmas.

Hib and I put together the girls’ little kitchen Christmas Eve. Well, he put it together while I drank a glass of wine. We watched Christmas Vacation like we do every year. We filled the girls’ stockings and finished wrapping presents. 

The week between Christmas and New Years was relaxing. We loved it. We slept in. Watched movies. Went out for lunches. Went shopping. Met friends for dinners.

Libby had treatment on New Year’s Eve, and she did beautifully! This is a brutal phase of chemo, but so far, you would never know it. Praise God! We’re in the last few weeks of this phase. Her next treatment is this Tuesday. The doctors expect her counts to really drop, and we continue to pray it’s not too hard on her. And that she stays well.

Unfortunately, Annie did get sick. She started running a fever New Year’s Eve.  We put the girls down at 6:30 that night.  We ordered take-out from one of our favorite burger joints. And we rang in the New Year, just the two of us, eating delicious cheeseburgers while catching up on episodes of Homeland. It was pretty fantastic. AND, it’s Annie’s 1^st birthday! The remainder of last week was spent getting her well, and prepping for her birthday and dedication (post coming soon…). 

2012 was one for the books!  So many blessings. So much love. So much joy. So much surrendering. Bring on 2013! Happy, happy New Year!