Brianne Henry

What a whirlwind year this has been. One year ago tonight, we told our close friends here in KC that Cooper was on the way and had just told our families one week before on Christmas Eve. We were scared, excited, sick (oh wait, that was just me) and anxious for what the year would hold. And here we are, one year later. With a 5-month old Cooper-boy sleeping soundly in the his crib. This is the first year in five that Luke and I haven't hosted a New Year's Eve party. The first year we won't be up past midnight, in fact, I'll be lucky to make it to 10pm. But, I can honestly say, that really doesn't matter to me anymore. We are blessed beyond blessed with our little family of three. Even if it means no more late nights. Wait, we still have late nights....but it's a whole new meaning! I have a little black tin that holds an index card for each day of the year. On it, I (try) to write important things that happen. Then you can look back and see what you were doing

Remember when Christmas was at Grandma & Grandpa Wollerman's house? Remember how it was an all day event? It felt like we got there in the morning and it was dark when we got home! Remember how we never ate on time? Remember how you got really hungry, so you went in the kitchen? Remember how you made the mistake of asking when it would be time eat? Remember how you got shooed out of the kitchen? I think it was usually by Aunt Deb, but I could be  mistaken? :) Remember how we lined up youngest to oldest when we finally got to eat? Remember when I was towards the front of the line? Well, except for Jesse...she ALWAYS got to go before me... Remember how yummy the food was? Well, it still is. We are blessed with great cooks! Remember how we took up every room in the house to eat? I remember eating on the porch, always! Remember how I used to race to the entry to make sure I got some of Aunt Jodi's pudding dessert? I've tried to make it before, it's j