I’ve been so caught up in year-end paperwork that I almost missed this important date. Five years ago today, I wrote my first blog post.
Excuse me? FIVE years? How is that possible? It almost makes me feel old.
In the back of my mind, I had thought about having a blog party, but considering the day’s almost over, it’s a bit late for that. So how about a glance at the highlights, instead?
2005
- April 22. 2005: I make my first blog post called “A piece of cakewalk“
- May 2005: I blog about our decision to move from Fort Liard, NWT to Whitehorse, Yukon
- June 2005: I reveal that we are expecting our first baby
2006
- February 2006: Jade’s birth story and the first few babymoon days
- September 2006: Michael’s Granny and Pop come to visit and we discover that Jade has a hernia and that Granny has a brain tumour
2007
- January 2007: I get interested in midwifery and advocacy and return to work
- October 2007: We find out I’m pregnant again!
- November 2007: We travel to Mexico for my sister’s wedding and then face having a miscarriage
2008
- January 2008: I move from Live Spaces to WordPress and we experience the coldest temperatures I’ve ever seen
- March 2008: I’m pregnant again but afraid to celebrate
- May 2008: Jade has her first seizure
- October 2008: Jade starts the ketogenic diet in Vancouver (and I get a kidney stone)
- November 2008: Halia (aka “Nugget” is born! (And is finally named after a week)
2009
- April 2009: Amanda joins our family and Jade experiences seizure-freedom for the first time in many months
- July 2009: Halia and I travel to Germany together
2010
- January 2010: Jade has a 24-hour EEG
There’s so much that happened in between blog posts that never got written about, but life is messy and there isn’t time to record everything. It’s been a magnificent journey, with many new friends made along the way.
Now it is well past midnight and well past my bedtime — Halia kept waking up. And there she goes again… well, I suppose nursing a wakeful toddler is one way to celebrate the many changes wrought over the past five years. (Coooooming, Halia!)
How did you manage to cram so much into the last five years, Fawn? Amazing how much life changes in that relatively short amount of time!
I look forward to following your blog for another five years, and beyond!
Happy Blogaversary! I’ve only started reading this past year and look forward to catching up on some of these older posts.
Congratulations to your Anniversary. Personally, I am so happy I stumbled over your blog (and Micahel’s) and I look forward to reading you both for a long time to come!
Happy blogiversary!
Happy 5th!
You need a “like” button. 😉 /me likes this post.
Yeah, five years. So much has happened, it’s insane. And speaking of which… where did half of 2010 go already??
Congratulations. I have only been following your blog for about a year so I really enjoyed the walk down memory lane.
Awesome!! 🙂
Steph
Hey Mama! Congrats on 5 years!!! Where do the years go?? So fast?? The boy will be 5 soon and then off to school. Gah! So quickly!
Thanks for sharing, always love reading 🙂