a toast to YOU...

Where did the time go? although, with the kind of year 2009 has been i am kicking it to the curb....but it did bring my littlest buddle of joy who brings me GREAT amounts of happiness each and everyday.  i am Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that 2010 is knocking on the door. It's been quite a year for our family:  My monkey spent most of the year being THREE and full of it. what a fun age!  And the lil'hornet in our lives was a mere infant turning toddler....we were so GLAD, he was quite some infant to say the least- we love him to pieces but glad we have put MOST of our hornet ways behind us and most of all glad we have our biggest teeth.  AMEN. In March, exactly two weeks after hornet turned ONE, exactly ONE week after my mom unraveled her CANCER news, we welcomed our littlest angel- No other description, this baby is a true gift from above who does no wrong.  DaddyC made the comment last week "if they were all like whitmore i would have 10" a little blown up but you get the idea. this baby is GOOD! Mom had a bout with bad/SAD news which seemed to hit once a week for the first couple months with the WORST possible outcome and my lollar family of three thought "how does OUR mom, wife have the worst case of breast cancer of anyone we have ever known" and we all wished it were one of us and not here.  ALL tests showed worse case scenarios, spreadage, etc. etc. We battled the great debate of cancer centers, doctors, pulled strings to get faster appointments, and cried and leaned on extended family for help and support.   We claimed a doctor and LOVE him dearly and TRUST in him for life extended.  He is doing a great job!  With the help of Allie all summer, i was able to spend time with the older kiddos doing "summer" things while not exposing the lil' ranger to too much sun, NO naps, and tender loving care allie could provide when i couldn't. oh and build a house and fully outfit it too.  Oh and most of all found a new friend whom i adore.  We tore down our house in Feb. of this year and rebuilt it in SIX months so that was a true whirlwind and kept me busy busy bee each and everyday while being a mother to three baby boys and daughter to a sick sick mom who needed me too.  A Back surgery set us or mom back late summer about 3 months and more spreading of the cancer but the past three weeks of chemo/radiation combo will hopefully contain what we are dealing with.  so we rang in the holidays rather somber but had yet another ray of light.... MISS CAROLINE ELIZABETH- best baby EVER! already sleeping, eating well, and bringing so much joy to us all.  

So we will start 2010 with a fresh face looking up, mom with NO hair but hopefully good times and extended life, big babies (that part makes me sad), our health & happiness (so long fever virus), our dear dear friends who have been there for ME, my boys, and my family (and who i have depended on with NO mom being able to help me out in times of need), new babies who i LOVE with every inch of my heart, the tossing of maternity clothes FOREVER (gosh that feels good, 4 years of having babies is ENOUGH), new pregnancies and i can't possibly wait the duration to meet these angels and feel for sure i will get my baby fix on them, so.... on with life as i know it, a totally finished house ready for spring (i bought a new swim suit ALREADY and i LOVE IT!), a 4 year old, a almost 2 year old, and almost 1 year old, a 9 year old chocolate lab, a almost 7 year old black lab, almost 7 years of marriage under our belts (the best is YET to COME- we have big big future plans for our family of 5...if you know us...you know about what it sums up to.... A BIG HUGE PARTY ALL THE TIME to celebrate each other, YOU, life, that very day we are in (it doesn't take much for the two of us to feel the need to indulge and celebrate!) So while i may not know all my readers (but wish i did. wink wink) i hope you too will jump aboard and set sail to fun 2010 with lots of luck and good wishes to come true.  I wish you all a 

happily ever after for 2009 and start to 2010!

So, in honor of New Year's Eve, I raise a virtual glass to all of you and leave you with this Irish toast:

"May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions."