2007-01-01

2006 highlights/overview



our first christmas in a house we own!


favorite thing that happened in 2006:

getting pregnant

biggest suprise of 2006:
buying our first home and have it contain some of the specific things we both dreamed of in a home.

biggest challenge of 2006:
work and managing the stress it has caused.

favorite used phrase of 2006:
"... make sweet sweet love..."

biggest success of 2006:
asking for help during my pregnancy in dealing w/ some of the emotional side effects.

most encouraging thing God has started in me in 2006:
that i am largely clueless and that's ok and that i'm not alone.

guilty pleasure of 2006:
: grey's anatomy. a show i want to hate- but can't.
: peppermint stick ice cream.

biggest disappointment of 2006:
being in a work situation that doesn't suit my skills.

most favorite memory of 2006:
when i showed charles the pee stick from our pregnancy test.

it has been a very full year- God has been very generous to us.

last night, we went out for a nice dinner at typhoon as our christmas gift to one another. it was great. then we came home and took a nap watched part of a movie and prayed in the new year together. it was wonderful.

my first goals of 2007 involve staying in pajamas all day and doing nothing. i'll let you know how it pans out. other things to look forward to in 2007- obviously- the arrival of our first baby, three months away from work, charles' trip to nigeria, and seeing how parenthood impacts our followership of Jesus.

things we will continue to pray diligently for in 2007 is a safe and healthy delivery of our baby, the elections in nigeria, direction for graduate studies, and how to be parents.

hope you are having a good day off!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

sounds like it has been a wonderful year. it gets even better when the baby is here!
-nikkip

Gina said...

A big year Maureen. 2007 looks to be a bigger one. All the best to you and Charles.

-Gina

Anonymous said...

I really want to see you soon. I am writing it here, so that it will then be solidified.
~Shelby