A Year in Review

Well, a lot of friends have been posting some sort of year in review type of thing so I figured...why not jump on the band wagon.  (Although technically you could just scroll through the old blog posts to reminisce.)  Because I'm not really in a writing mood I present my review in list format:
  • Brian goes to Vegas with a group of friends.  Good times!
  • Matt and a pregnant Angie paid us a visit.  :)  Lots of anticipation about little baby Barrett.
  • Amanda goes to Disney World on her second mother/daughter trip for spring break.  Fun!
  • Amanda begins taking Clomid in hopes of becoming pregnant.
  • Amanda gets to see The Drowsy Chaperone with Jonathan Crombie in the lead role.
  • Brian goes up to Alaska for Brad's college graduation!
  • Amanda is chosen as Teacher of the Year for her school and school district!
  • Amanda goes to Disney World a second time with her school district for the Model Schools Conference.
  • Brian agonizes over the stock market.
  • Visit Amanda's parents in New Jersey for a week.
  • Baby Barrett is born, and we are all overjoyed to meet the little guy after 9 long months.
  • Amanda and Brian find out they're having a baby, due March 22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)
  • Amanda begins her last year as a teacher and finally gets to move back to 4th grade.
  • Evacuated from Hurricane Ike.  Luckily only minor damage.
  • Brian and Amanda find out they're having a baby boy...Gabriel William Lipscomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :)
  • Took a dance lesson with some of our friends.
  • Spend Christmas with Amanda's family in Dallas.  What fun to see Barrett on his first Christmas.
  • Amanda finds out she has Gestational Diabetes.
  • Brian switches us to Direct TV and ditches Comcast.  Woohoo!
  • Amanda tries to spend as much time with her husband as possible since he will begin turnaround at work in February of 2009.
  • Continue to make preparations for when little Gabriel joins the family.
All-in-all I would say that was a very successful 2008, wouldn't you?!  :)  We look forward to everything that 2009 will bring our way.  I think it is going to be a great year filled with a lot of excitement and adventure.  I look forward to sharing with all of you as our little family expands (literally people...I am expanding!!!  lol) and I am excited to see what each and every one of you are doing in the upcoming year.  (Best of luck to our best friends Chris and Marissa as they also  come closer to the arrival of their little boy, Kase!  We are so excited about sharing this journey with our best friends!!!  And we will find time to get together.  lol  I promise!)