Oh, the Changes!

It doesn't seem possible that 2012 is over, and it seems even less possible that we are already in March!  I REALLY need things to slow down - just a touch.

Let's start with my 2012 in review:

• Reconnected with a childhood friend, who became my best friend and confidant.
• Fell in love with my best friend and got engaged.
• Started working for a new dental practice that I love!  Finally, I am enjoying my job again.
• Married the love of my life.
• Found a church with Woody and was baptized.
• Discovered we were pregnant followed by a miscarriage 5 days later.
• Decided to schedule doctor's appointment to discuss extra precaution to prevent another pregnancy for a couple of years.
• Discovered we were pregnant again one week prior to the above mentioned doctor's appointment.
• First Thanksgiving and Christmas with Woody; first Christmas with my step-son, Speez.
• New Year's Eve pregnant. . .  Nap to enable late alertness, Chinese delivery, and a sip of champagne at midnight. 

WHEW!!  What a year full of changes.  I'm a firm believer that change is easy; adapting to the change is where there's often difficulty.  For instance, the changes that a woman's body must undergo starting very early to accomodate a little alien that takes over.  The actual change happened literally overnight, the adaptation is still a work in progress.  I'm now certain that I will be fully adapted right about the time that my baby arrives, just in time for everything to change again!

Speaking of baby, we are having a BOY!!  It's a very odd realization to think I'm growing a tiny little penis inside of me right now.  We women are amazing!!

There have been some big highs, and some big lows.  In addition to all of the changes my son is causing, we've also been learning to "be married".  I know that a lot of people say that the first year is always the hardest - maybe it's because of all of the changes?  I've had to learn to share my home, and not just a little bit.  My body was invaded by an alien.  At times I just feel invaded.  The things that drive me crazy about Woody are probably the same things that drive him crazy about me.  Our home is a disorganized wreck right now, which drives me bonkers yet I have no motivation AT ALL to change this fact.

It seems that everything keeps coming back to change. . .