For Christmas, I made my parents a quilt and I made my brother, John, and his new wife, Allison, a quilt. I was quite pleased with how they both turned out! I would've happily kept John and Allison's quilt, especially. I'm quite smitten with it. 

Holly's totally baby crazy and over Christmas she discovered swaddling. Anything can be swaddled with anything. She's swaddled with a short piece of paper garland! And dolls must be swaddled if one is to cuddle and rock them. Heaven forbid they become unswaddled! Conor and I have really enjoyed watching Holly care for her babies and we're on pins and needles in anticipation for Greta's arrival! It's going to be so much fun to see Holly with her very own, real-life baby. 

One thing I really wanted to do to fix-up our bathroom was sand down the vanity and give it a fresh coat of paint. It looks great now! 

Huge improvement, right? The paint colour is "Tilled Soil" by Martha Stewart. The knobs are from Anthropology. This spring, when I'm no longer pregnant, I plan on applying a coat of poly especially since Holly already put a minor scratch on the drawer. 

On Tuesday, I'll be 34 weeks. So far, this pregnancy has been much harder than my first. I won't go into the details. But I will say that I feel as though I'm in some ways back in my first trimester as I'm ultra-sensitive to smells and if I don't eat in a timely manner in the mornings then I'm nauseous for the rest of the day, among other things.

We're in for another cone-headed newborn. Greta's settling herself low into my pelvis and I'm beginning to feel more frequent grindings of her head or hands against my hip. She's an incredibly active baby especially in comparison to what Holly was like. More and more, I'm realizing how quiet Holly was on the inside. Greta seems to be a ball of fire and full of energy. We'll see if she's like that when she gets on the outside. I'm really excited to meet Greta and I'm looking forward to seeing how Holly is with her. Holly continues to be obsessed with babies and has even taken to swaddling and rocking everything. It'll be so fun!

2010 was a BIG year for us! We hit a lot of life milestones and loved it all. Last year we:

went to New York City, became pregnant for the second time, celebrated Holly's first birthday, bought our first home, and Conor finished his bachelor's of science. 

Conor's parents visited us a couple times and my brother John came at the end of the summer. And we went to Calgary 3 times throughout the year. Below are my favourite 2 photos from the year. 

What are your 2010 highlights?