By this time next year....

potatohead

Finish this sentence.

 

For me:

By this time next year, (God willing) I hope to have a new, sweet little miracle in my arms and celebrate Christmas as a family of four!

jenn985

I hope to be focusing less on the chaos of the holiday and more on creating Christmas traditions with our new little one that will (hopefully by then!) be in our home!

hway24

I will have a one year old, and should be finally finished with college. So Christmas will be a lot of fun!

jenn985

hway24:

I will have a one year old, and should be finally finished with college. So Christmas will be a lot of fun!

I am so jealous- not only because of your beautiful little one but because you will be done with school! I don't graduate until May 2013... 

SweetieBelle04

By this time next year, who knows what we will be up to!  I know the Christmas season is a big time for reflection, and I keep thinking about our life over the last year and pinching myself. 

Not to rain on your parade, but last year was the first time in a looooong time that I didn't tell myself, "next Christmas we'll have a baby/be pregnant."  Last Christmas I had absolutely no expectation for this year.  I was even planning to go to the Carribean for Christmas this year to avoid it all. 

And this Christmas?  We have a six month old daughter!  Life has never been sweeter, and I am in absolute shock.  I feel like this was worth all the waiting in the world.

I don't want to be a downer, but try not to to set yourself up for disappointment.  You WILL celebrate Christmas with your children, but it might not be next year.  I would focus on thinking about what you will do with your children and the new/old traditions you will have, but don't put a timeline on it.  It sucks to be disppointed at Christmas because your dreams didn't come true yet.  I have always loved Christmas, and I hate that I ruined it for myself for several years.  I wish I could get that time back and enjoy it.

Jenn is Silly

After the <amazing> year we've had- I've given up trying to predict God's plan for us!  I had thought that *maybe* by this Christmas, if IF treatments went well that we'd be announcing we were pregnant or had submitted our dossier for international adoption, never in a million years would I have imagined we would be celebrating this year with our 9 month old daughter.

God had an even more amazing plan in store for us, and personally, I'm a big fan of his work!

silliestbunny

I will have a 2 year old and a 1 year 4 month old.  I hope I'll be able to really start holiday traditions.  This year was great but the traditions fell on two babies that didn't get it.

In addition, I hope to have more our future as a family.  Decisions like moving, changing careers, and having a third baby loom in my mind.  I hade indecision!