January- Biggest thing is that we found out we were expecting our first child, due September 28, 2010.
February- We had our first doctors appointment. The first appt is really just to confirm pregnancy and take some labs. Spent some time feeling sick on and off and was EXHAUSTED. Routinely fell asleep on the couch by 7 or 8 pm. At the end of the month, we went to Tampa, FL to visit Josh's Mom and Step Dad. Unfortunately for us, we picked the coldest week of the year to be there and the highest temp was in the mid 50's. Oh well, it was still warmer than Indiana! Had a few minor issues with cramping and bleeding so got two early ultrasounds, at 9 and 10 weeks to see the baby. The first one at 9 weeks, baby looked like a kidney bean. By the very next week, baby had arms and legs. It was really wonderful to see that early progress.
March- Went "public" with our baby news after returning from FL. Had another doctors appointment- they were pretty much monthly appointments at the beginning. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat for the first time in March which was really cool. Started teaching a Corporate Finance class at Indiana Tech, which was an interesting experience.
April- Went up to Chicago for a quick overnight trip for a work thing. Continued to teach my class which ended in April. We started working on consolidating our two guest bedrooms into one and sold a bunch of extra stuff at the Neighborhood Garage Sale. We ended up making like $600 which was pretty sweet.
May- Things started getting pretty busy in May. Went to Chicago for my very first Cadaver Lab and then up to WI for a visit with the fam and my friend Mike's wedding. My Mom had business in Indianapolis the next weekend, so I went down there to pick her up and then she accompanied Josh and I to our 20 week appointment where we found out that our baby was a boy!
Back to WI the following weekend for my friend Jamie's wedding, which was beautiful.
June- Celebrated my 32nd birthday. Josh took me to see Sex and the City 2 which was awesome considering he hates those movies. Got a summer cold which sucks when pregnant because there is almost nothing you can take for cold relief. Went to WI for my first baby shower that was thrown by my friend Jenny. It was wonderful. At the end of the month we celebrated our first wedding anniversary by going for dinner at Eddie Merlots. Josh enjoyed his first $40 steak LOL.
July- Went to Pittsburgh for the 4th of July and family baby shower. Again, it was was wonderful. We are so blessed to have such great family and friends. Headed back to WI later in the month for another baby shower. Saw lots of friends and family, which was great.
At the end of the month we started our baby classes at the hospital. 
August- Took at trip to New Brunswick, NJ for work at 32 weeks pregnant. Started getting extremely swollen and numb during the trip. Diagnosed with mild pre-eclampsia the following week and put on bedrest until the baby was born. Bedrest sucks, although there were some nice benefits. I started having two appointments a week so we got to hear lots of baby's hearbeat and got an extra ultrasound. My Mom came to visit for a week to help out. My work baby shower ended up being moved to my house since I was stuck on the couch.
September-Only thing to really even mention in September is the birth of our son, Nicholas Jason Blosser.
October-Spent October on maternity leave and being a Mommy :) We took Nick to the Pumpkin Patch up the street.
Josh's Mom came to visit us from Florida and got to meet Nick for the first time. Josh's Grandma and Aunt also came to visit.
We took our first Family picture.
I went home to WI for the last week in October to spend some time there. It was nice to see everybody and for that side of the family to meet the baby but it was really hard to be away from Josh that long. I was very nervous about traveling alone with the baby, but it was actually pretty easy. People were very willing to help out a new Mom traveling alone. Nick started sleeping for longer stretches of time during this trip, which was wonderful. He had been getting up 3-4 times a night which is just really hard. He dropped down to twice per night on this trip, which was fantastic. Nick had his first Halloween and dressed up as a monkey :)
November- Had to go back to work when Nick was 8 weeks old. The bed rest I had prior to his birth basically stole 4 weeks of my maternity leave :( Went to Raynham, MA that first week. While it was hard to be away from him, it was nice to get back into the swing of things. Had a nice night out in Boston and got a few good nights sleep in a king size bed with no cats hogging it. Took lots of pics of the baby trying to catch him smiling. He hides his smiles when the camera comes out LOL.
Josh's Dad came to visit us and meet his Grandson!
My parents came to Indiana to celebrate Nick's first Thanksgiving with us.
Josh and I got up and did the day after Thanksgiving shopping. We were in line outside Target at 4 am. It was freezing and insane but pretty fun. Got lots of good deals :)
December- Normal busy Christmas stuff. Took Nick to visit Santa. He didn't cry, poop, or spit up on Santa, so I consider that a success.
My parents and brother and sister in law came to us for Christmas to celebrate Nick's first Christmas. We had a wonderful time! Nick was a little bit too young to really appreciate Christmas, but he seemed to enjoy the extra pairs of hands to hold him and all of the extra hugs and kisses. He also started to laugh and was really hamming it up for everybody. He smiles all the time now (execpt for when he sees the camera) and is really a happy baby.
All in all it was such a great year for us. I think 2011 is going to bring some interesting changes and challenges for us, but its nothing we can't handle. Thank you to all of my friends and family for the support you have given us this year. We love you all!
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