What a year 2009 was for the Atkinson Family. We started off the New Year with the adoption of our fur baby, Delilah. We never thought we would be parents to anything with fur and low and behold Jim gave in and we adopted our first baby. Jim spent the beginning of the year traveling and with one long, long trip to Miami in March he returned home with another insight that would soon bring us the news that we were expecting a baby, again, something else we never really saw in our future. I was blessed with a healthy pregnancy, except for the flu and bronchitis in September but overall, it was easy despite my bitchy comments here and there about how it sucked. I wouldn’t take any of it back, because now, (cannot believe I am about to say this) I actually miss being pregnant; even after my horrible experience during labor I cannot imagine my life without my piglet. Jim and I are both lucky to have kept our jobs this year and will continue to work for our understanding employers in 2010. If someone were to ask me what I am most thankful for this New Year’s Day I would have to say that I am thankful for my family. They have shown me more this year what it means to be a family, I am going to strive more in ’10 to be a better daughter, sister and mother. I respect my parents and the trials they went through as parents and what my sister has gone through thus far while raising her three beautiful babes. I cannot be any happier or in love with my life at this moment and I anticipate all that 2010 has to offer.
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