Last night we celebrated the New Year by getting Tyson into bed early and Jeff and I curled up to watched a movie. It was kind of the perfect wrap up to a crappy year by watching an equally crappy movie, Lost Treasures of The Maya. After the movie and before the ball dropped Jeff and I started talking about what our favorite things that had taken place in 09 were as a family. We both agreed that we were thankful to see Tyson not only turn 3, but to watch him grow so much throughout the year. We both saw our family Vacation to N.H one of the highlights of the year and hope to maybe go there again this summer. I am thankful that I was able to get the cast off of my leg so Jeff and I could take Tyson up to hike a little on the mountain and enjoy the fall colors before the weather turned too cold. I know we are truly blessed that we were able to spend another Thanksgiving and Christmas with all of our family. Unfortunately we know way too many families who went through the holidays with empty seats at their table. Those families are always in our hearts and prayers and they remind us how precious life is and to never take a moment for granted.
Here is a list of some more personal setbacks and accomplishments that we will each remember from good old 2009. Some things we will try our best to forget, others we will learn from and do our best not to revisit and some moments we hope to hold on for many more years to come.
Jeff.......
The Bad
- Spending two weeks this summer tearing out and remodeling the hall bathroom only to find a leak behind the tub that ruined a wall that now has to be replaced.
- Finally paid off our 2003 Ford Explorer only to have it die on the side of the road less then one week later forcing him to buy our now 2004 Buick Rendezvous and gain another few years of car payments.
- Spending the last day in 2009 going to Bangor only to blow a tire on the highway, waiting an hour for a toe truck to get our frozen spare tire out from under the car. Having to drive 40 mph all the way from just after the rest area all the way to Bangor. After way too much fuss, finally returning a few Christmas gifts, getting excited to be snowed in these next few days with our new Wii only to find that Target was sold out.
The Good
- Graduated from UOP with his Masters Degree in Education.
- Signed on to Stearns High School for his 3rd year as the French Teacher.
- Celebrated his 39th Birthday and accepted the downward slop to 40!
- Went on his first roller coster at the strong encouragement of his 3 year old son.
- Finally deciding that Christmas next year will be much better spend in the Florida sun.
- Counting down the days until he can spend 10 days roaming around France and Italy.
Ryann..........
The Bad
- Having a simple knee surgery that was followed up by several more surgeries, infections, pain, open wounds, weeks in a full leg cast and months of physical therapy to recover.
- Having to go on our family vacation in a cast, having to say no yet again when he asked me to do stuff with him.
- Having to relinquish all of my goals and put all of my focus into trying to regain use of my leg.
The Good
- Finding an inner strength that I didn't know existed.
- Spending months of recovering alone with Tyson playing games, reading books, finding adventures we could go on from the couch.
- Being able to drive to my sister's house in Rhode Island to help when she welcomed baby Ezme into the world.
- Being able to take Tyson to the Spooky Zoo in RI.
- Watching Tyson learn to swim and turn into a little fish.
- Being able to cook Thanksgiving supper for my family and having everyone over here together.
- Creating all the magic of Christmas for Tyson and listening to him tell everyone about it.
- Accepting that turning 29 is a going to be a good thing and convincing myself that turning 30 in 2011 will not be as bad as everyone is telling me.
Tyson........
The Bad
- Having to live with daily headaches so long that to him it is no longer pain.
- Going out to jump in mud puddles for the first time and falling on his head in the street.
- Watching all of our trees in our yard get cut down and realizing his wood pecker would not be coming back.
- Having to accept the fact that Santa's sled was just too full to bring him a real motorcycle this year.
The Good
- Turning 3 years old and no longer being called a baby.
- Starting his second year of preschool with his friends.
- Going to his first big kid birthday party.
- Going to Santa's village and Story land this summer and convincing Daddy, Papa and Nannie that he would make them brave enough to go on the roller coaster with him.
- Meeting Dr. Wexler and finding a love for anything that has to do with medical stuff.
- Becoming so brave in the water that all the lifeguards at the pool knew him by name. (Because they all had to rescue him)
- Finally seeing "Bob", Santa's elf that comes to check up on him.
- Getting almost everything on his Christmas list, including New Soap and a Candy Cane.
- Getting to choose what ever he wants for a theme for his upcoming 4th birthday.
I am definitely looking forward to what this next year holds and and sharing our lives along the way. I hope whom ever decides to read this will enjoy the journey with us.
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