Upon thinking back on 2011, I’ve been kind of at a loss for words.  It’s been a tough year.  To say I’m looking forward to 2012 is an understatement. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had bits and pieces of good moments.  As bad moments are (hopefully) followed by positive ones. Regardless, 2011 was tough.

To boot, Emma hated school.  So we hired a wonderful advocate, who, by the way, is opening up a new school.

My first year back to work ended really badly.  Remember?  It pretty much cured me from ever wanting to work outside the home again.  It’s unfortunate, too, because I got to spend half of my time working with my college roommate…and we had an absolute ball working together.

We did go to Disneyland, but because of Emma’s meds, it wasn’t the most magical trip ever.  I’m just happy that Jenna, our sitter, will still watch our kids, as she got to deal with Emma at her worst. Let’s put it this way…I didn’t even blog about that trip.

Oh, remember Paris?  I had the best time ever.  I still think about that city almost daily.  It was like a dream within the nightmare…blink and you miss it.  I want to go back.  I could live there…you know, if I didn’t have kids and a husband.

Paris was quickly replaced with school placement meetings, and -oh yeah- hip reconstructive surgery.

We made the best decision ever, shortly after that meeting.  We decided to proceed with legal action.  We hired an attorney (an undefeated attorney) and started working on filing due process.  I couldn’t talk about our Attorney Journey until we settled out of court, and got Emma 2 years at this wonderful private school.  We took a risk by placing her privately (i.e. out of pocket) for 3 months at this school while we were in the midst of said due process.  We are both so happy we made those decisions.

Emma is now thriving (when school is in session).

Did I miss anything?  If so, it’s probably because I’ve blocked it out of my memory.

Suffice it to say, I’m really looking forward to 2012.  I have goals in mind.  Not cursed word resolutions. I continue to mull those over in my mind.  I can’t wait to share them with you.  And I can wait to blog about a wonderful 2012.  I hope you stick around and see what happens with our little family!

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