The Bailly's 2012: To Do List

1. Expand our family- We found out June 11th, our 7th wedding anniversary, that I was pregnant.  Best anniversary present ever!  Our little man will be joining us February 9th, 2013.  Although, I'm okay if he comes a week early.

2. Run a race together- In May, we ran the Cape Cod Ragnar Relay and our team placed 13th overall and 1st in our division.  Such an awesome race.  

3. Explore New England-Took in the Boston sites, watched the Red Sox and Celtics play, wake surfed at Lake Winnipesaukee, NH, visited Newport, RI, and visited Gina’s sister in New York City. 

4. Enjoy hosting family and friends-Thanks to all those who were in the Boston area for vacation, work conferences, the Boston Marathon, Ragnar Relay ringers, or those just passing through (Keith, Beth and Randall Bailly, Alex Quistberg, Jimmy Beck, Nicole and Justin Nelson, Jen Huang, Jennie Champion, Angela Zimmerman, Jeff Ambos, Erica and Steve Middleton, Sam Skidmore, Amy McCammond and Larry Tryon).  There are still a few we are waiting for…. you know who you are. 

5. Take vacation-Traveled back to Loma Linda, California to see old friends and attend Vince Cacho’s wedding and then spent time in Arizona with the Bailly Family including a mini-reunion at Bison Ranch.  

6. Watch the Boston Marathon…front row-We live literally a block from the course and enjoyed front row seats. 

7. Take boards-Gina passed her nursing boards, David took his Cardiology boards and is awaiting the results… 

8. Get jobs-Gina is working at a pediatric rehabilitation hospital in the pulmonary unit and David is interviewing for Pediatric Cardiac ICU jobs in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. 

9. Perform a wedding -Mike Hainstock and David trained together for 4 years in both Oregon and Boston. In July, David preformed Mike’s wedding to Lisa Tortorice on the Hainstock family farm in Iowa.  It was a first for all three of them! 

10. Never give up- serving, recognizing our blessings, running, working hard and spending time with friends and family. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!    Love, The Bailly’s 

Merry Christmas!

Our first Christmas miracle was being able to switch my shift the Saturday before Christmas so that David and I could both be home Christmas morning.  Even though we both worked the afternoon/night of Christmas, we had the morning to enjoy.  David worked Christmas Eve so when he came home Christmas morning, we were able to eat breakfast, read Luke II, open presents and even play a couple rounds of one of our new games: Guillotine, before David headed to bed to catch a little sleep for his shift later that night. It was a wonderful Christmas morning and I enjoyed spending it with just the two of us. It even snowed just a little bit, enough to make me excited.

My favorite presents were two books that my parents put together containing pictures of my grandparents and their families growing up.  I will treasure them forever and can't wait to show them to my own children since my grandparents are no longer alive.    

Before opening gifts, in front of our very own Charlie Brown Christmas tree.  It was perfect for our little apartment.

Don't worry, he doesn't really get this excited about chocolates.

Outside our apartment as the snow was starting to fall.

MSICU Holiday Party

We went to our first work "Holiday" party.  I can't really call it a Christmas party because there was no indication of Christmas at all besides maybe the Christmas wrapped candies.  The MSICU rented out Lucca's in Back Bay for the evening.  There was food and dancing.  I have not danced in a long time and dancing as a pregnant lady is a whole new adventure.  I realized, I can't get down low like I used to.  A song came on that had us twist down low to the ground.  Imagine everyone down low to the ground and me twisting about 1 foot above everyone else.  Talk about embarrassing.  At least it's obvious that I'm pregnant!

David's co-fellows: Ryan, Dan, Enid, Peggy, Lisa and a Charge Nurse

David's co-fellows: Ryan, Enid, Peggy and Lisa

Then the following weekend we had another Christmas party at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum for the Anesthesia Department. During the party we found out some sad news about a patient of David's, so we stopped by the hospital and ran into Peggy. We love her! She is one of David's co-fellows.

Blazin' Christmas

When I flew home from St. Louis, David picked me up at the airport and we had our own little Christmas together. That evening we headed over to the Trailerblazer's game. David's boss gave us the tickets and we were excited to see a live NBA game. The Blazer's won and even scored over 100 pts, so we all got free Chalupa tickets! It was an awesome game.

Christmas in St. Louis

Christmas

This year David was on call during the holidays, so I ventured off to St. Louis without him. My whole family flew in minus my hubby and another brother-in-law. It was wonderful (not the part where two son-in-laws were missing).

It is harder and harder to get everyone together since we are spread out and have our own little families, so this was a real treat. And, to make the situation even more spectacular, my youngest sister, Ashley, went through the temple. When we were standing in the temple all together as a family, my heart was full. One of the greatest purposes of this life is to live our lives worthy to be together as a family for eternity. On a lighter note, I was reminded of why my mom and I were often separated during church when I was growing up. For some reason, the two of us can not sit next to each other and be reverent. I nonchalantly pointed something out to my mom while at the temple that sent her into hysterics with me quickly following. I don't think I have ever fought so hard to keep myself from laughing out loud.

The week before Christmas, we kept busy entertaining 7 little kiddos, or possibly it was the other way around.

Science Center

Lone Elk Park- saw Santa's reindeer the day before Christmas.

Magic House- Loved this place. Why wasn't this around when I was a kid?

Decorated a gingerbread house (although most of the candy might have been ingested prior to making it on the house.)

My nephews could have spent hours in the basement making forts, playing hide and go seek and collecting treasure chests. They asked Mimi why she had so many treasure chests.

We had a visit from Aunt Ginny, Aunt Barb and Uncle Larry

Got to eat my favorite pizza at Uno's.

Ate lots of Christmas goodies: Homemade caramels & white fudge.

Enjoyed a non-traditional Christmas Eve dinner, Bethlehem style.

The kiddos did a live nativity. The angel unfortunately had to slip out early due to illness and Jesus only stayed awhile because it was past his bedtime.

Thanks Mom and Dad for letting us ALL stay at your house and for making it a memorable Christmas! I can't wait to do it again.