Let them sleep in the middle....: 2010 Recap and a look into 2011!

I cannot believe 2010 is coming to an end! It has been a great year for us! In the last year we have done one addition to the house (extending our patio), my nephew Connor was born and what an amazing gift that was, got MARRIED, conceived a sweet little girl on our honeymoon in Cancun, I got promoted at work giving more flexibility to do things we want.

Like... Travel! Speaking of traveling, in 2010 we traveled to Michigan in January, Las Vegas in February, Cancun in July, Michigan in September, Colorado in November, and we are about to venture to California this Saturday! Traveling is something Ryan and I have a true passion for. We believe that it is something that is important and we always try and make time for it throughout the year. We are grateful and lucky that we have the flexibility and finances to do so. And don't think that this baby will stop us from traveling. Everyone always says, once you have a baby you dont go or do anything. Well that won't be possible for us so why not travel with her?! Makes it more fun!!

I leave 2010 with a happy feeling. I married the man of my dreams, we are getting prepared to have our first baby and we have been grateful for our jobs. When I pictured myself at 23 years old, I would have never thought that this is where I would be at, so life couldn't be better!

A look into 2011... I am SO excited for next year. I turn 24 a week from today, which we will be spending my birthday in California, just me and Ryan. I am really looking forward to this trip. We did not get much time off around the holidays so it will be nice to have a good break, just me and him. The following weekend is my baby shower given to me by my sister and mom, it will be so much fun! February will bring much anticipation for our sweet little girl and could also very well be the month she is born! Who knows? :) March will bring our sweet little girl if were ready or not! Ryan and I are both lucky to have 3 months of maternity leave so we will be taking that together from March-May.

And remember me saying having a baby wouldn't stop us from traveling? Well we are planning a trip to Cabo San Lucas near the end of our maternity leave to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. We want to to this before we go back to work and we plan to give grandma and grandpa a weekend to babysit- their SO stoked! In August we plan to travel to Michigan with Brynn for Ryan's brothers wedding. And then we know we will be going back east again at least one more time around the holidays! We are taking advantage of Brynlee flying for free till she is 2 :)

I look into 2011 with high hopes and goals! I am so excited for it to get here! I hope everyone else has had an amazing year and 2011 brings great things for you too!

And here are a few photos of my favorite memories from 2010: (in no particular order...)

{seeing our baby girl for the first time}