Oh what a Year!

I obviously have been TERRIBLE at keeping a blog this last year. One post! I vow to keep a better update on things, especially now since my best friend is expecting her first child in January! She has a blog (and already has kept a better blog than me!) and I think it's great for us to keep in touch with each others lives since we are so busy, so hopefully she motivates me to keep this blog!

So a lot has happened in the last year--a quick highlight on the big things:

AJ is a Catholic! We got him baptized in my hometown in November of 08. My brother is his Godfather and my cousin Christina is his Godmother.

AJ has a little cousin! Roman Edward Glose was born on January 22, 2008. I'm an aunt for the first time too!

AJ's first vacation in February to Turks and Caicos:

Trip to St. Louis to visit my dad for his 50th birthday:

Trip to Las Vegas in May (and got to see Maggie!). This was also to celebrate my mom's 50th birthday:

AJ turned 1! My little boy turned 1 years old. I had a hard time with this. I kept thinking "if the first year went by so fast, what is the next 18-20 going to be like"! His party was awesome--we had it at Lake Accotink park in Springfield and AJ had such a great time. Afterwards we went to my parents to continue to celebrate with our family. So much of my family drove all the way down from Philly for the party. It meant to much to me that they all came down.

A few days after AJ turned 1, he started walking! He took his first steps at 11 months, but it was really just a few steps here and there. Within days of really walking, he became a pro at it.

Our annnual Destin Vacation with my brother and his family and my dad and his family (see how much my nephew has grown too?!):

So a big, big year. Now pray that I keep up with this blog--it's so amazing to see how much has happened this year!