Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! We are excited to see the new year; it's going to be a big one for us! I unfortunately was not able to stay awake to greet the new year - I made it to 10:00 though, which was midnight in our hometown, at least...

We saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button on New Years Day, and it was a wonderful movie. I want to say more about it, but I don't want to give any of the experience away. It's almost 3 hours long, so I was nervous going in - I usually need a million bathroom breaks and get the worst jimmy legs when I sit still that long. The movie was so amazing, I only got up twice and didn't get a single leg twitch. Don't miss it!

We got more good news about our little guy today. A blood test showed that he doesn't have spina bifida or any other spinal disorder! We have one more test to go: an echocardiogram on January 19. When we first had the scary finding on the 12-week ultrasound, they told us it could be a sign of a hundred different scary conditions. Often it's nothing, but they've put us through a bunch of tests (many of which we've had to wait until later in the pregnancy to do). We've ruled out most of the major things, thankfully, and I'm feeling more confident that everything is fine.

We've been through so much anxiety lately, and although it would be impossible not to worry when you get scary news like that, I'm learning not to react so strongly to the "maybes." My New Years resolution is to worry less. I think worry is useful if you use it to plan and think things through. But so few of the things I worry about ever happen, a lot of that worry is just extra weight to carry.

When I think back on my worries in 2008, it's so silly! Everything worked out great. First I was worried about my new job - whether I'd chosen the right job, whether it would ever go anywhere. Then I was promoted just five months later to a job I still enjoy working with great people. I worried about saving up money, but we met our baby savings goal months before we'd planned. I worried about being able to have a baby, and our little miracle happened so fast I could hardly believe it! I worried about finding a new home for our crazy kitty, and we found the sweetest family to adopt her. Then of course there were all of our baby worries, and he is looking great.

I know having a child is one of the most amazing and terrifying things you can do, but I'm going to make an effort to remember my past experiences and save my energy for being a good mom.