In lieu of writing a Christmas letter, I am writing this little post with a hopefully accurate picture of what we've been up to for the last 12 months.
January: We had been living in our new place for about a month, Sam had just gotten his casts removed after his final surgeries, and we were still awash in unpacking. Sam and I started taking ECFE classes on Tuesday nights and began the process of being evaluated for early intervention services for his arm. I turned 31. We ate sushi.
February: We had colds. Practically nothing interesting happened to us.
March: Sam outgrew his entire wardrobe. We started walking the local trails to the playgrounds (3 in a 1/2 mile radius, woot!) Somewhere in here Sam started pool therapy at Gillette, and didn't qualify for OT from the school district, but did qualify for services for a communication delay.
April: I started looking for a family to do daycare for. I made my first ever hand-assembled lasagna. Sam and I went on various adventures to the zoo and the mall.
May: Sam turned two and had his baptism birthday. By the end of the month, I finally found someone who wanted to pay me to watch her kiddo. We had colds again, Sam with bronchitis.
June: We had Sam's 2nd birthday party at the townhouse, and lots of people came! It rocked. I started watching Maggie 41 hours per week. Dan lost his job to a mass layoff mid-month, and he also turned 31.
July: Dan found a new job mid-month, just in time for his severance from the old one to end. He applied for, but ended up never needing, unemployment. We decided to switch Sam from in-home speech therapy to in-class therapy at ECFE.
August: Sam outgrew every item of clothing he owned AGAIN. Seriously, kid. I got the nastiest summer cold yet.
September: We officially started ECFE again. It was just what we were needing. It was just very early in the morning for Sam. He got used to it over time, though. We found out that we'd been doing our state taxes wrong for like 7 years and had to file ND and MN amended returns. Stephanie moved in with us temporarily.
October: Zelda joined Stephanie in the basement; the kids had a good time trick-or-treating together but also fought like brother and sister half the time. Sam learned the word "MINE." I got increasingly political on the Facebooks. I started crocheting like crazy for xmas gifts.
November: The MN constitutional amendments got defeated, which was a happy day for me. I decided to dial down my Facebook activity and dial up my blogging. Stephanie and Zelda moved out. We had a small Thanksgiving at home since our monster colds ruined our plans. We also had to cancel a mini-vacation we had planned.
December: We bought a used minivan. I finished my holiday projects in time and even got them wrapped. Christmas Day at my parents' with all of our siblings and nieces was amazing as always. Both our other cars died. We paid to repair the one and prepared to donate the other. I managed to write one blog entry for every weekday (two on Thanksgiving) from the time that I started writing in November up till now.
That's about it! It felt like we had head colds about every 3rd week, but we made it through the year. Sam grew and grew, and has been learning new words constantly. We've all been busily working hard, but managed to spend a little time with family and friends here and there. We're looking forward to what 2013 will bring! Hopefully, some sleep. :)
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