During dinner we reflected on our past year. I talked about how many highs we had, and how many lows. Bill being laid off, Ron dying and the horrible job I had for awhile. Andrea's rough pregnancy. Kinda sucked, and I thought of how my old boss said I had a "black cloud" hanging over my head.
But in retrospect, I got through it, and even though it was hard, and some parts were scary, and I spent a good 7 months holding my breath through my daughter's pregnancy, we made it. We pulled together as a family, and with God's help and guidance, we made it through! Yay God! Yay, Us. As life will often give us, we had some ultimate highs this year as well. #1 on our list is....Baby Jacob. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. He is a remarkable baby, and when he looks into my eyes, my heart melts every time.
I thank my daughter for letting me be such a big part of her pregnancy....it was an amazing time for me, and I won't ever forget it.
It made my love for this baby so intense, a love I can't even explain, and it started way before he was born. 
We also had a wedding in our family this year, the amazing parents of little Jacob. It was a beautiful wedding, filled with love! Not only does Andrea have a wonderful family, we have a great new member to our family. Chad. Koehnke. Koehnke party of 3. It's an amazing feeling to watch one's family grow! I am LOVING it!
Speaking of which, Meghann is having a baby too!
Any minute now! Jessica will be born and we will have a granddaughter to love and cherish and we only have one complaint....they are too far! We pray every day that Jessica, Meg and Tony move here to the Phoenix area and just add to our family fun! It would be amazing. I know Jacob would LOVE having a cousin his age to play with on holidays and be close to....Auntie Andrea wants to spoil her rotten, as do her grandparents! This is the number 1 event we hope happens in this new year...we're keeping our fingers crossed!
Bill is so happy in his new job, and he says the only thing that would make it better is to be hired on permanently to Wells Fargo. This is one thing he hopes for, coming only second to the aforementioned move. I am more than happy to be back at AZ Wo! There's a lot of things that we can hope for, but really, we can just take life one day at a time and do the best with it that we can! After 2009, I totally believe that God does not give us more than we can handle, and really...we can handle a lot more than we think we can.
Happy New Year everyone...and I hope that God showers you with as many blessings as He has given us, and that you look to Him to carry you through those inevitable lows that are a part of life. I wish you a year of health, prosperity, happiness and good surprises. Here's to 2010!!!
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