2010

Yup, I'm too old for New Year's Eve :) Ben and I went bowling at the cutest little old bowling alley in Lockport, then we headed over to a friend's house for some games drinks and lots of food. My mom kept Thatcher for his first overnight so Ben and I went straight home and climbed in bed at 1am, and I slept till 10am, after Ben brought me breakfast in bed at 8am :)
But back to Christmas. It was so much fun and amazing this year, and yes a big part of that is because of Thatcher. I pick up stuff for him all the time, but it was so neat shopping for MY SON'S Christmas presents, it was such a nice feeling. And being that he is almost a year old, his first holidays were soooo much fun, he really enjoyed them, especially Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve at Ben's parents' house and my friend Annie was there too. We ate salmon, opened gifts, and Thatcher slept while we went to the Christmas Eve candlelight service at my church. Christmas morning my family of 3 opened gifts together then my mom and sister came over and we opened more gifts. THEN we went to my cousin's house for our big family Christmas which includes Santa. Thatcher was very aware of him and didn't cry, but he also didn't want to be Santa's friend. Then the next day we headed to my aunt's house in Tremont, IL and had Christmas with my dad, aunt and uncle. We were all very spoiled by our gifts from everyone this year. It was also a nice Christmas because our good friends Amy and Scottie were in town from Montana.
Now it's 2010, the year of my 10 year high school reunion, and in just a few short days, Thatcher's first birthday :( We are planning a fabulous party for him at Grandma and Grandpa Skwirut's house on Jan 9th. I think on his birthday I will post about his birth story, since I didn't start blogging till a little while after he was born. Funny how it's still fresh in my mind, like it was only yesterday. My heart grows 10 times bigger every time I think about the day Thatcher Benjamin Skwirut entired my life. Love you Bubba.