Dan and I rang in the 2008 year by watching the Jon & Kate plus 8 marathon on TLC. I was 32 weeks pregnant and we had been chasing a toddler around all day, so we were not really up for going out. As we watched the Gosselin family, we were very thankful that I was only carrying one baby and not six! However, as we watched their very chaotic family, Dan and I wondered what our lives would be like in 2008. While we were only adding one child to our family of three, other aspects of our lives were about to change drastically.

As the new year began, we were still waiting to hear if Daniel and Veronica would be accepted into the schools they had applied for. Oddly, both of their acceptance letters came on the same day in February. Veronica got into preschool and Daniel was accepted to UK College of Law. We were very excited, but our excitement would have to wait until August when school actually began for them. In the meantime, I was due to give birth in a matter of weeks. I had made the decision to wait until the birth to find out whether we were adding a son or another daughter to our family. The technician, however, was not sure if I would stick to my decision or not, and wrote down the baby's gender on a sheet of paper and sealed it in an envelope. I remained true to my decision, and on March 4, we found out the gender of our second child the good ol' fashion way...when the doctor announced "It's a BOY!". Warren came home on a warm, sunny March day, however, we had not been home more than 24 hours when a major snow storm hit. Old Man Winter had nice timing! We were snuggled warmly in the house getting to know this little boy of ours.

Time between March and now seems to have flown by. Dan and I both took time staying home with the children, and we both enjoyed our time home with the children immensely. Dan quit his job in July and was supposed to enjoy a couple weeks of vacation, however, we decided to build a patio that consumed his every waking hour for several weeks and left him no time for relaxation. The end of August was here before we knew it, and we all four headed off to school. School went very well for all members of the Hancock family. Three of us headed off every morning to TLS, while Dan headed off to UK. Daniel was a little scarce during November and December due to his exams, but he emerged and on December 19 we all started our holiday break together. We spent the last two weeks of 2008 with our wonderful children, watching them enjoy all the excitement that Christmas brings to a child's life. Frank Sinatra said it best..."It was a very good year!"

Posted by Lori on January 3, 2009 7:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)