Geez I haven't posted in over a year! It's been so long that it took my about half an hour to recover the address...so sad. So much has changed in the past year so I will try to re-cap as best i can.
August 2010 - We went on a cruise to celebrate me finishing graduate school, our 3rd anniversary and just to take a trip together! It was so much, we went on pretty much the same on as our honeymoon and it was great the 2nd time!
I got a new job at Baldwin Co. Mental Heath in Bay Minette! The drive is the worst part, but it is a really good job in my field. I have many more thoughts on this job that I will get to later, as this is an overview.
October 2010 - We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by going out to eat...Bonefish I think. And had champagne at home!
We took an impromptu trip to Washington D.C. for the "Rally to Restore Sanity." This was so much fun! It was so nice to be around all those people who felt the same way we did about politics and the reality of our country. We stayed outside the city in Baltimore, we rode the train everyday into D.C. We ate good food at our "favorite" restaurants from our previous trip, we made drinks in our room, and walked and walked and walked around the city. Definitely one of our favorite cities thus far!
November 2010 - We celebrated Jason's bday!! We went out to eat with his Mom and Dad and had a fabulous time! They gave him the Beatles White album!
I began seeing Dr. Leslie Buckley to start learning a natural birth control method.
December 2010 -
1. Meagan's baby shower
2. Walters Controls christmas party (where I was on the crisis line for work and got too drunk to answer the phone)
3. Neighborhood meeting (where j and I volunteered to take over the reigns of the neighborhood committee)
4. McKay cookie party
5. New Years Eve party with Jessica and John Roberts that resulted in her falling out of her chair numerous times and both of us throwing up
January 2011 - started running with Jessica Roberts from work - we started with 4 miles at south and worked up to 6 miles on old shell, later this month she becomes pregnant and screws up the running vibe we had established
February 2011 - I came down with the roto virus just after coming home from a conference (my 1st professional conference) in Auburn. My mom traveled with me which was fun, I went for a run in downtown Auburn and she walked around then we met back up later for frozen yogurt.
March 2011 - my nephew Jack Taylor Benton was born on 3-2-11 weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 21 in long
In March I was working out pretty regularly and running to get ready for the 2 races that I had signed up for that month. Jessica Roberts and I ran the Spring Fever Chase on March 19, my time was 1:13. On the 26th I ran the Azalea Trail Run and finished with a slightly longer time. After these 2 races, I stopped working out/running as much this month, felt really tired a lot, even had to take some quick naps during the work day. I chalked it up to my body being worn out and needing more time to recover.
April 2011 - Still feeling tired/worn out. I had made an appointment previously with a new OBGYN just for an annual exam -- this is where our lives take an exciting/scary turn...more on that later.
May 2011 - I attended a 2nd conference for work, that the center paid for which was really nice. This one was in Birmingham and a few other ladies from work went as well. We had a lot of fun getting to know each other and not having to go to work for a week.
This is the month that the wedding madness began for Jordan’s wedding.
Jason and I took a fun vacation that started and the end of May and went into the beginning of June. We went to St. Louis to see Jason’s family, his mom also traveled there with us. We then traveled to NYC to see Ross.
June 2011 - we spent a lot of this month in the boat on the water!
Jordan’s “spoil the bride” shower that I gave at my house. This turned out really well, she invited 75 people and about 20 came. Which is really good because that many people would not have fit in our house.
We had a Father’s Day cookout at our house. Jason’s parents and grandparents came. My Dad and Jane, and Josh, Meagan, and Jack Taylor also came. This was a ton of fun! It was really good to have everyone over at our house and it provided an opportunity for some of our family members that don’t normally hang out to get to know each other a little better. And of course there were some family portraits taken as well.
I had a fun girl’s day with Vanessa -- we went to Aaron’s wedding together then had coffee at Moka’s and reminisced about old times.
I picked back up the working out this month with a free 4 week bootcamp. I ran a 10 minute mile
August 2010 - We went on a cruise to celebrate me finishing graduate school, our 3rd anniversary and just to take a trip together! It was so much, we went on pretty much the same on as our honeymoon and it was great the 2nd time!
I got a new job at Baldwin Co. Mental Heath in Bay Minette! The drive is the worst part, but it is a really good job in my field. I have many more thoughts on this job that I will get to later, as this is an overview.
October 2010 - We celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by going out to eat...Bonefish I think. And had champagne at home!
We took an impromptu trip to Washington D.C. for the "Rally to Restore Sanity." This was so much fun! It was so nice to be around all those people who felt the same way we did about politics and the reality of our country. We stayed outside the city in Baltimore, we rode the train everyday into D.C. We ate good food at our "favorite" restaurants from our previous trip, we made drinks in our room, and walked and walked and walked around the city. Definitely one of our favorite cities thus far!
November 2010 - We celebrated Jason's bday!! We went out to eat with his Mom and Dad and had a fabulous time! They gave him the Beatles White album!
I began seeing Dr. Leslie Buckley to start learning a natural birth control method.
December 2010 -
1. Meagan's baby shower
2. Walters Controls christmas party (where I was on the crisis line for work and got too drunk to answer the phone)
3. Neighborhood meeting (where j and I volunteered to take over the reigns of the neighborhood committee)
4. McKay cookie party
5. New Years Eve party with Jessica and John Roberts that resulted in her falling out of her chair numerous times and both of us throwing up
January 2011 - started running with Jessica Roberts from work - we started with 4 miles at south and worked up to 6 miles on old shell, later this month she becomes pregnant and screws up the running vibe we had established
February 2011 - I came down with the roto virus just after coming home from a conference (my 1st professional conference) in Auburn. My mom traveled with me which was fun, I went for a run in downtown Auburn and she walked around then we met back up later for frozen yogurt.
March 2011 - my nephew Jack Taylor Benton was born on 3-2-11 weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 21 in long
In March I was working out pretty regularly and running to get ready for the 2 races that I had signed up for that month. Jessica Roberts and I ran the Spring Fever Chase on March 19, my time was 1:13. On the 26th I ran the Azalea Trail Run and finished with a slightly longer time. After these 2 races, I stopped working out/running as much this month, felt really tired a lot, even had to take some quick naps during the work day. I chalked it up to my body being worn out and needing more time to recover.
April 2011 - Still feeling tired/worn out. I had made an appointment previously with a new OBGYN just for an annual exam -- this is where our lives take an exciting/scary turn...more on that later.
May 2011 - I attended a 2nd conference for work, that the center paid for which was really nice. This one was in Birmingham and a few other ladies from work went as well. We had a lot of fun getting to know each other and not having to go to work for a week.
This is the month that the wedding madness began for Jordan’s wedding.
Jason and I took a fun vacation that started and the end of May and went into the beginning of June. We went to St. Louis to see Jason’s family, his mom also traveled there with us. We then traveled to NYC to see Ross.
June 2011 - we spent a lot of this month in the boat on the water!
Jordan’s “spoil the bride” shower that I gave at my house. This turned out really well, she invited 75 people and about 20 came. Which is really good because that many people would not have fit in our house.
We had a Father’s Day cookout at our house. Jason’s parents and grandparents came. My Dad and Jane, and Josh, Meagan, and Jack Taylor also came. This was a ton of fun! It was really good to have everyone over at our house and it provided an opportunity for some of our family members that don’t normally hang out to get to know each other a little better. And of course there were some family portraits taken as well.
I had a fun girl’s day with Vanessa -- we went to Aaron’s wedding together then had coffee at Moka’s and reminisced about old times.
I picked back up the working out this month with a free 4 week bootcamp. I ran a 10 minute mile
