Happy 2012!!

Its a New Year! I am going to write the obligatory "This year is going to be great!" For us, I am sure it will have its ups and downs.  After what felt like a week of Christmas and New Years celebrations, I am so glad it is finally over.  Poor little Ian has Impetigo and has been pretty sick since Wednesday. Although, I realize now that I have a kid that almost never shows pain. So it is more difficult for us, as parents, to figure out if there is really something wrong or not.  With this Impetigo, he was not showing signs of being more cranky or clingy but before I knew it, it had spread all over his body.  Literally from head to toe.  He is now on two antibiotics and it will take quite a while for him to be rid of it completely.
So what will this year of 2012 bring? Well lets see.  We should be having this baby sometime around February 1st.  But of course she still has no name.  This has become a contentious thing between Jonathan and myself. He thinks the names I love are weird and bad and I really am not fond of the names he thinks are nice.  We will probably end up compromising on a name that we both think is acceptable but I can almost guarantee that until she is born there will be no name agreements.
There is a good possibility that at the end of February, Jonathan will be laid off for 6-8 weeks.  Most people would be in a panic but so far I am not afraid.  This may actually be a blessing in disguise because then he has 6-8 weeks to work on thesis, FULL TIME!! Its the best thing he can do since he has to have it finished and defended by April.
Then, in April we will be taking a family trip to Charlston, South Carolina. We are so excited to go and I think this will be a good break.  We will be visiting my dad who is down there until the end of this semester at the Citadel.  And he loves it so much he wanted to share it with us.  It will most likely be really warm too so we can take the kids to the beach!!
In August, my cousin is getting married and I am trying to get me and the kids out to Ontario for a little while to celebrate.  I hope it all works out and we can afford it. But, we will have to play it by ear.  Now that I have to purchase two air plane tickets.
So all I am saying is 2012 should hold a new baby, a graduation, Ian's 2nd birthday, the beginning of the Hunger Games movies and a many, many more adventures.