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I'm Born
After 8 years and lots of tears my parents are able to have a baby! -
First Word: Mama
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Potty Training Successful :)
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All First Year Immunizations up to date - Ouch!
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Need Gates on the stairs - Nicole is on the move climbing stairs
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Remember being punished - sitting in the corner was awful, but it worked
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Nicole Goes to Kindergarten
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French classes are fun at Canadian school
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Broke my left wrist on a slip in slide in the backyard
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My mom and dad tell me that they are pregnant - it's going to be twins!
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Meet my very best friend - at a bible school. We are completely different and it works so well
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My little sisters are born - I become a second mom haha
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Join a softball team - love it!
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Puberty - not so much fun
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Leaving Elementary school behind - hello High School
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Smoked for 6 weeks - wasn't as cool as I thought it would be.
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My first boyfriend
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I get baptized - we do adult baptism in our church
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College - Computer Technology - I didn't like it - you'll see two years later
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I get married
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I have my first little baby - it's a boy
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I go back to college - still not sure what I want to be when I grow up, but I study education for starters
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My second little boy is born :)
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We move the family to Germany for a year - Woo hoo!
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I get sick in the hospital for a week - decide to make health a priority, start running
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We move the family home from Germany
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Send my firstborn to Kindergarten
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Have my last little baby boy - we are done
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I enter nursing school
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I get my first nursing job
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Menopause is happening and I meet this life change with a bit of sadness that a big portion of what it meant to me a woman is coming to an end
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I've been having hearing trouble, I finally get a hearing aid
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I finally retire - it has been a rewarding career with many different job titiles along the way as we met our families needs
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Husband and I go on a missionary trip for our church
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Our children give us a dog for Christmas, it is our last one.
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Husband and I move to assisted living - as a precaution. We have mixed feelings about this. It is hard to see our lives heading closer to the end of our journey.
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My husband dies, we saw it coming as his health declined, he is older than I am so I knew he would go before me, but my grief is overwhelming
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I die - it has been a long and lovely life. I have missed my husband terribly since his death, but was glad to have more time with my children and grandchildren.