So long 2011!

Wow 2011 flew by! I tend to feel this way every New Year's Day but the past year was great, of course it had it held both happy and difficult days all around I feel it was pretty great! Here are just a few highlights of 2011...

- We went to San Antonio and had a blast
- I visited El Paso for work and learned there are mountains there.
- Ryan took me on the best Valentine's Date in the world.
- I had alot of girl's weekends with my besties!
- I went to my first ladies retreat with my amazing friends.
- Our Woodlands friends have become a huge part of our lives- love them!
- Ryan celebrated his golden birthday!
- My Nana turned 70 and is as fabulous as ever!
- I turned 27!
- Ryan went to the Dominican Republic for his first ever out of the country mission trip
- We celebrated alot of weddings and pregnancies with the people we love most!
- We spent a week at the River House, just the two of us and it was so great to get away and just relax after a really busy summer!
- I had even more girl weekends with my besties!
- My sister found out she was pregnant!! It's a girl!
- My SIL and BIL had TWINS! They are so cute and sweet, just like their older sister.
- We found out we were having a baby!!
- One of my besties, Raven got ENGAGED to a really great guy!
- We found out we are having a girl!
- We celebrated 7 years together and 3 years being married downtown and Ryan surprised me with a trip to New Orleans that he planned :-)
- We went to New Orleans- it was wonderful!! My next post will include pictures and details.
- We rang in the new year with my sis and bro-in-law celebrating our last NYE without babies!

What were the highlights of your 2011?

I love NY Resolutions, I am a planner and goal setter so anytime I can list things out it makes me happy... here are a few that are on my list.

- Finish the pregnancy healthy- I want to do everything I can to welcome this sweet baby with no complications!
- Not gain TOO much weight with the pregnancy, I am doing great so far at 17 weeks I actually haven't gained any weight but I know that will change soon.
- Work hard to loose the baby weight and some extra by next NYE!
- Get the nursery ready
- Make it to Raven's wedding! I will be 37 weeks pregnant... it's in Fort Worth... the Dr said it will be ok as long as I don't have pre-term labor but I won't get the for sure go ahead until the week before so i am going to be nervous until then! I can't miss her big moment!!
- Welcome my neice into the world, can't wait to meet sweet baby Ava!
- Save more money!! This is always a goal of ours, we have recently become one step closer in being debt free which was a big thing to celebrate! We still have student loans but only one more item we intend to close out before the baby comes and I am super ready for that!
- Take a few cooking classes, we love to learn new things and really want to take a few classes before June.
- At least finish the 5K walking if I am unable to run it at 6 months pregnant that Ryan and I are planning to participate in.

What are your goals for 2012?