Farewell 2008

Our Year in Review

• I finally met and hung out with my Designer friend from Brazil.
• We found out that we were expecting in April.  We then became very sick with a cough and ended up as no-shows to the Vancouver Sun Run for the first time.
• We tried Chinese Herbal Medicine for the first time after consulting the doctor at the herbal medicine store.  Jean-Louis' prescription had dried worms in it and both of our drinks were gross! Yuck!
• I went to emergency at the hospital for the first time.
• Jean-Louis switched to everything Mac.
• We went back to Hawaii but this time to Maui to celebrate 10 years together.
• We finally took a sunset cruise and dinner around the harbor of Vancouver.
• I transitioned from being an employee in office to contracting for the company I worked for.
• I applied for Employment Insurance benefits and collected for the first time.
• I started my first blog here :)
• Jean-Louis got hit by a car while biking to work.  His ribs were sore for months!
• Jean-Louis almost quit his job.  No, seriously.
• Jean-Louis and I worked on our first iPhone app together.
• Barack Obama won the Presidency in the USA, the first African-American to do so.  Hey, I just had to mention it!
• I went through labour and birth and had my first baby.  I breastfed for the first time.  I stayed overnight at the hospital for the first time.  Many firsts were involved here!
• Our car got broken into in the underground parking of our complex.  It was unfortunate but it could have been worst.
• We both got iPod Touches.

For the first time this year, I also did not do a few things.  I did not carve a pumpkin.  Usually I pick a more and more ambitious design every year.  I did not decorate for Christmas nor did I throw a party for Christmas or the New Year :(  We also did not enter in any races this year because of my pregnancy.  We're definitely looking forward to doing all these things in 2009!