New Years Eve

Wow, it is hard to believe that today is the last day of 2008. It seems that this year has really flown by. I am thankful that 2008 has been, for the most part, a very good year for us. With the exception of Ramy's dad's stroke last January, it has been a happy and healthy year for us and all of our family. We've been blessed with a lot of time with our family and friends this year. Ramy got moved to the Pomona branch, which puts him a 5 minute drive from work, and my 2 days a week of work are also in Pomona. We both love the work we do, but we love coming home to be with each other and Rebecca even more. Rebecca has been joyful this year, full of excitement, constantly learning new things and more of a wonder to us every day. This year brought the advent of her walking, talking, running, jumping, dancing, singing, praying, eating, weaning... So indeed, 2008 has been a good year for us.

I pray that God will continue to bless us in 2009. We have much to look forward to this year. Professionally, the big thing for me is related to the rest of my internship interviews (I have 14!) coming up in January, and then Match Day is Feb. 23rd. Hopefully in the summer, I'll be defending my dissertation and maybe even taking the EPPP, before I start internship. Many changes will come with my transition into internship, but it is the last hurrah before I get my Ph.D., so anything will be worth it for a year! We're anticipating that Ramy will get a DCT position early this year, which would take him out of the courtroom on a daily basis. We anticipate lots of visits to and from Grammy this year. We have several friends with new babies or babies on the way. We pray that God will guide us, guard us, and bless us and everyone we love in 2009.

Speaking of blessings, what a fun lunch we had yesterday with Molly and Jack. Jack and Rebecca are perfect opposites, and they are so cute together, Molly and I can't even stand it. They had quite a time running around in Cahoots. We got a couple of cute shots, but they were constant motion, so it was quite difficult! We are looking forward to coming back to visit in the spring, when we can take Rebecca and Jack to the park and let them run and just have a great time playing together.