A look back at 2011 and why I went MIA for soooo long…
This beautiful little girl was born a month early, right at the tail end of that lovely Oct blizzard that hit and left us powerless for over a week. Yes, that’s right, my last post was in March just before I found out that I was pregnant, and I am just getting back now, over 2 months after she was born. No real excuses, life just got incredibly busy. Not saying it’s not now with a newborn, but I am forcing myself to get back into the swing of things. And, what a better way to start than to look back at the craziness that filled 2011.
Not only was I pregnant for the first time, but I also experienced my first earthquake and my first hurricane. Yes, that hurricane would be Irene, who I believe technically ended as a tropical storm when she finally hit us, but either way, it was an experience. We only lost power for about a day, but then the blizzard in Oct was the kicker…over 2 feet of snow and it was longest we have ever been without electricity – 9 days! Lucky for me, especially being 8 months pregnant, my parents got nothing more than a dusting, and so I was able to stay with them while my poor husband held down the fort. Then, on day 8 of no power, still over two hours away at my parents, little Lorelei decided she just couldn’t wait any longer and so said poor husband got the call, “Honey, my water broke.” Fast forward 10 and 1/2 hours and wala, we’re parents. Talk about emotions… never been so excited, and yet so scared, in my entire life. But, she was born at the same hospital both of us were, and most of our family, so that was pretty cool.
Overall pregnancy treated me fairly well, so I can’t complain too much. I was one of those lucky ones, the ones most women hate, who didn’t have any morning sickness or get the dreaded “kanckles”; although had she held out for that last month, one never knows. All throughout I did look further along than I was, though, so I guess it was appropriate that she came early and was still almost 6lbs.
In the spring we also lost our well pump in the thaw out from last winters massive snow dump, which was no fun. Our “first” major home repair. And then there was just basic lunacy that lasted all summer long and straight into the fall. We were constantly on the go for one thing or another.
But, don’t get me wrong, besides that sweet bundle of joy, there were plenty of other good things that happened in 2011 too. One of the best being that my husband, who has wanted nothing more than to race cars his whole life, finally got the chance. Not where he ever imagined it would be, but a good friend put him in a Sprint car on the dirt track of Accord Speedway. And, as we always knew, he was a natural. Only got to race in a couple events, and in a car that was half the horsepower of the others out there, but it’s a start. Hoping this year will bring a bigger engine and more races so that he can really show ‘em what he’s made of :). And when he does, his two biggest fans will be right by his side.
So here we are now, January 13, 2012; yup lucky Friday the 13th. We’re proud parents of an amazing little girl, and of course our Indycar, who we can’t leave out. Life is looking pretty darn good!
