Hadley and Harper: A New Year

Sunday, January 2, 2011

A New Year

2010 was probably the best year I've had yet. (2007 was a close second- it was the year Derek and I graduated college, bought a house, got married and started our first jobs!) I spent most of 2010 pregnant and then a short time as a mom and it was such a joyous year. I'm sort of sad to see such a life changing year be over, but so excited for what is to come. We took our first road trip with Hads and spent the weekend at the ranch and for the first time in what feels like forever, I didn't even make it to midnight! We went to bed early but Hadley did wake up a few minutes before midnight so I spent the final minutes of 2010 cuddled with my daughter. She has just started smiling so we were grinning at each other as the ball was dropping. The weekend was so fun with Emily and Hadley and a great way to end Derek's paternity leave. Hadley and I are going to miss having daddy home all day!

We started our trip out in Boerne to visit Papa. I was so proud to introduce Hadley to her great-grandfather. Papa was in great spirits and thrilled that we were there to visit him. Several of the nurses introduced themselves to us and told me that Papa was their favorite. It is so hard to leave and say goodbye but it was so much easier this time knowing that people there love him. He loved meeting Hadley and seeing Emily again and he thought both girls were beautiful (obviously)!