Happy New Year 2009!

Well, it is 2009 and it is sad to say that my baby was born last year. I know she is only 4 months, but it was still last year. I know she is only going to keep getting older. She is getting to be so much fun. She pretty much just smiles and laughs all day. That is unless we put her in the car. She hates the car more than anything else. I am excited for all the fun this year will bring. Our first Christmas with Kaitlyn was awesome. We put on our Christmas jammies the night before and went to bed. We actually had to set an alarm to wake up in the morning so we could make the rounds to the different houses. I will probably only get a few more years of having to do that. For New Years, Steve and I hung out with our friends Laura, Andrew and BreAnna. It was a ton of fun to get together and play games with friends. We don't do this as often as we would like anymore.

As I look back on this year, I think how amazing it has been. Steve and I have spent an amazing 2 1/2 years together. We have traveled together and been through a lot of different things together. In August we welcomed our beautiful baby Kaitlyn to this world. She has been a wonderful blessing to us. Steve and I look at her everyday wondering how we got blessed with such a beautiful baby. She turned from a very fussy baby to the happiest baby in the world (minus yesterday because she got her shots). Steve and I are still learning how to be parents and husband and wife all at the same time, but I think we are getting there. We try to spend as much time just playing with Kaitlyn as we can. I don't want to look back feeling like I missed out on a phase of her life.

This next year Steve and I are excited to travel a little bit more. We are definitely planning on camping. We have learned that we have to make these reservations plenty far ahead so that we get a spot. We also plan on traveling to Minnesota for our nephew's baptism. Our biggest plans are to have fun with baby Kaitlyn. This should be a pretty easy thing to do though.

Aside from the New Years stuff, can I just tell you how excited I am about the Utah game? That was seriously the most awesome game ever. I hope this shuts the nation up about how you can only be a good team if you are in the BCS. This is the second time in the last 4 years Utah has been able to do this! Go Utes 13-0!