a year in review...

this past monday (the 11th) marked jason and my one year wedding anniversary. it's hard to believe. sometimes it feels like much longer, sometimes it feels like just yesterday. it's been a full and busy year. here is a bit of a year in review, just some main things...

february 11 - wedding day!!
february 13 - costa rica honeymoon
march 23 - my 30th birthday (dinner with jay and then surprised with ice skating and cheesecake factory with family)
march 24 - jay completes his first (and only?) half marathon
march 31 - dad (schuurman)'s 60th birthday and ocean city weekend
april 11 - my first day of work at paul keyes associates (first day working after being unemployed and/or in school for 17 months)
may 5 - jay's 33rd birthday
july 27-30 - long weekend vacation with the schuurman family at lake george
september 3 - first annual labor day picnic in the park
september 8 - after taking a test, i share with jay that he is not only a wonderful husband, but will be a fantastic father in the spring :)
september 14/16 - siblings weekend in baltimore
september 19 - dr. levine confirms our pregnancy :)
september 26 - we see our baby and hear it's heartbeat for the first ultrasound
september 27 - jay announces during prayer at the Formicola family dinner that they will be grandparents
september 29 - we ask kate to possibly share her birthday with her new niece/nephew
october 10 - we celebrate mom being cancer free for 5 years!
october 15 - we hear our baby's heart beat for the first time
october 21 - jay officially becomes a deacon of savior community church; jill becomes a member
october 29-november 2 - hurricane irene: branch falls on our car; jill is hit on the parkway by a utility truck
december 13 - 20 week ultrasound!!
december 15/16 - mom (schuurman)'s 60th birthday weekend celebrations
december 21 - jay finds out officially that he is being promoted at kamson corporation to the director of training!
january 3-6 - we celebrate and enjoy a long weekend together at sweetwater farm in glen mills, pennsylvania
january 7 - jay begins his new position at kamson
february 8 - bloodwork comes back that all is well and i do not have gestational diabetes

Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow!!

that's all i have to say about that.