Farewell 2011, Hello 2012

Even though I am not done with some of my 2011 post, I want to do this post now before I forget.

2011 was a great year for our family. We created many fabulous memories together. Some of our favorite highlights include:

-Going to the Rodeo for the first time.

-Celebrating my Grandfather's 80th birthday in Minnesota and introducing Abby to all my Minnesota family.

-Abby learning to walk.

-Emma graduating from private speech therapy.

-Taking a glorious trip to Vail.

-Running the Capital 10k for the first time.

-Introducing Abby to Andy's family while visiting New Jersey.

-Emma taking dance, swim, and gymnastics lessons.

-Andy developing two new patents.

-Emma getting her first haircut.

-Taking Emma to her first movie.

-Donating breast milk to the milk bank for premie babies.

-Celebrating Abby's first birthday and Emma's 4th birthday.

-Going and seeing the bats for the first time as a family.

-Taking the kids bowling for the first time.

-Listening to Abby talk.

-Spending time with my best friend, Elizabeth.

-Auntie Amy visiting and cooking us a delicious meal.

-Emma learned to use the potty.

-Enjoying the holidays with our loved ones, especially Kate and Nolan. Love watching the kids play together.

We hope 2012 will be another fabulous year. Some things we are looking forward to and wanting to accomplish are:

-Our first trip to Disneyland.

-Welcoming two new members to our family. Baby Erickson and Baby Solomon/Vargas are both due in May.

-Seriously organizing this house and cleaning things out.

-Attempt to make my cooking blog public. I started it last summer and I have not been very good about keeping up with it.

-Strengthening my muscles in my upper leg to help fix my knee issue so I can enjoy long distance running again.

-Getting Emma to sleep through the night in her bed.

-Make a small vegetable garden.

-Expose the kids to more Spanish.

-Taking advantage of our beautiful weather days before it gets too hot.

Hope everyone has a wonderful 2012!