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2:57 PM, Dec. 31, 2008 .. 0 comments .. Link

Well someone else has posted about their ten most memorable moments of 2008. I have already been pondering what we've managed to survive this year, and have a fair idea of some of the hurdles we will face in 2009.

Here are some of the memorable events of 2008:

- Announcement of our surprise pregnancy :)
- Savannah is saved
- Savannah begins to learn to read, at her own insistence
- Jasmine's first official year of homeschooling - Grade One!
- A flood hits our district, but homes are not flooded near us
- Jasmine gets her first real best friend since moving here, another homeschooled girl.
- Savannah is old enough to start attending children's church on Sundays
- Ken gets a new job, starting as a casual, then going into a full-time position
- Jaidyn begins really talking
- My dear Grandmother dies
- My sister is diagnosed with a level 2 melanoma, which is successfully treated
- My sister gets her first real boyfriend
- We have a pregnancy scare when it looks as though baby has a recessed lower jaw, but a subsequent ultrasound indicates baby is fine
- We get the new (read 'old bomb') van to fit our growing family
- Baby Jacob is born with Pierre Robin Syndrome - a cleft palate as well as a recessed lower jaw. He has significant feeding issues, spends a few weeks in hospital and ends up coming home with a nasalgastric tube, and can possibly choke or suffocate if left to sleep on his back, as his tongue can flop back and obstruct his airway.
- Jasmine turns 6, Savannah 4, Jaidyn 2, and Jacob has reached the 2 month mark!
- Jacob and I have our first trip to the city to meet the Cleft Palate Team there.
- I had my 29th birthday in the hospital with Jacob (which was pretty funny really - definitely my most memorable birthday in a while).
- Our seventh wedding anniversary. We are now old.

PHEW! That was one whirlwind year!

What are we looking forward to next year???
- So far, three trips for me and Jakie to the city - a hearing assessment in February, and another assessment for him in June, and surgery possibly in October. I am scared about the surgery.
- A doctor's appt at our local hospital on Jan 19th, where I will finally find out what's going on with Jakie's urethra, and whether or not he needs surgery for that
- Jakie will start solids and hit the one year mark! Yay!
- Savannah will be toilet trained. I hope. She has kept her pants dry so far today! It seems I can't just get lazy (read: busy) and put her in disposable pants or she gets slack.
- Maybe Jaidyn will be ready for toilet training?
- Savannah will finish her current reading program
- My sister might be getting married. I'm to be matron of honour, the girls will be flower girls, and Jaidyn might be a page boy. This should be interesting...
- Ken might look for a day job, as we are unable to commit to the church much on his current job.
- A trip to visit my family down South maybe next week.
- Jaidyn will continue to speak clearer
- Jasmine's second year of homeschooling, and our first year Sonlighting!
- My thirtieth birthday - and yes, Ken is threatening to actually celebrate it :(

*Phew* I'm exhausted already! And of course, I have no idea what else God's going to throw into the mix, or how he will change our plans. It is certainly going to be an interesting - and growing - year.
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