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2010 has been QUITE a year here at Mommin’ It Up, and we thought a fun way to look back on it would be to join in with Jo-Lynne’s recap blog carnival at Musings from a Housewife. The instructions are to post the first sentence of your first blog post of each month. This could get interesting! Here we go…

January – So like all the other bloggers in the world, we’ve put together a post highlighting our favorite posts of the year.
Apparently we were a little slow on the uptake last year and posted our 2009 recap after 2010 already started, but this post highlights what we thought were the most memorable posts each month of 2009. It was fun to look back on it – there are some very funny stories involving elevators (and more elevators), Spanx, Lysol wipes and much, much more.

February – It’s BlissDom week!
We were *a little* excited about heading to Nashville for Blissdom 2009… and don’t worry, you’ll be hearing plenty more about that conference because it is in like four weeks and we’re going! And taking a 5-week-old baby so needless to say, we are going to have very bloggable experiences.

March – Yesterday I logged onto Twitter and found this tweet from Jenny: @jennyitup I just realized I owe @momminitup $25 from December. Umm…I’ll get that too ya real soon…
Hey Rapson, did you ever pay me that $25?

April – One night last week, Kate and I had a very difficult time during dinner.
And what do you know, all these months later she is still a super picky eater.

May – One of my little Sophie’s very favorite things to do is play with my iPod touch.
Sophie was showing off her vocal skills!

June – I don’t know what my problem is… I’ve the blues.
Well that was rather depressing. Yikes.

July – Well, my poor third child is probably feeling neglected already.
Once again Jenny regales us with tales of puking.

August – The Ultimate Mom’s Night Out party was last Thursday and it was AMAZING!
Jenny took a break from throwing up long enough to throw a great party with Tricia, and I got to come and everything!

September – On Monday, my Kate went back to school.
Ah yes, the post about all the things I did wrong in preparation for Kate going back to school. Click through if for no other reason than to find out why I taped a car to her chest.

October – By the time you read this little post, I will be in Orlando, FL getting ready to take part in [the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon]
I warned you all of my possible impending death upcoming half marathon. I lived, but barely. And I haven’t run since.

November – Yesterday was a red-letter day in our house.
Sophie showed Jenny what she’d been learning in school – backtalk. And Jenny was thrilled!

December – So, I am 36 weeks!
December brought us another pregnancy update – and of course, baby Jonah as well!

2010 was pretty amazing. Happy New Year to all of you!

I’ve decided that for moms, Christmas is just like planning a wedding. Every year. I mean, think about it. It takes coordination and spreadsheets (you should see the “Christmas” folder in my google docs), internet research, stress, blood, sweat and tears (and money, lots of money)…just for one day. And then it’s over. Until next year.

But it’s worth it, right? It must be, or the whole thing wouldn’t have hung in there for 2000 years. Despite all the craziness, Christmas 2010 was a great one for us. Here are a few of the highlights.

— Kate’s Christmas list. I came into the living room one afternoon to find Kate with legal-size pad of paper, filling every square centimeter with all of her heart’s desires in 8 pt font. Then she tore it in pieces to distribute to various family members. I think that was her version of my google doc planning instruments.

— Our Advent calendar. I wrote about how creating this thing kept me up at night, and really, keeping up with a daily treat or activity wasn’t all that easy for me this year, but having an Advent calendar got us all in the spirit. We did and saw a number of things that we probably wouldn’t have otherwise… it was almost a binding contract. If the Advent calendar says we have to get in our jammies and drive around looking at Christmas lights, then that’s what we’re going to do (even if no one’s in the mood and it’s cold and the kids are tired, we have to do it, dammit.)

— Santa. We visited a couple of “Santas” this year… one Kate bought, I think, but the other she determined was a fake, although she was slightly perplexed by how he knew her name. It didn’t occur to her that we live in a *very* small town. Anyway, I kept waiting for her to ask the big question about the reality of Santa, and although that didn’t happen this year, I know the days of her believing are limited. I need to give props to Joshua, however, because he totally played along when Kate started talking Santa at our grandma’s house on Christmas day. I think Jenny & I were both holding our breaths!

— Christmas Eve service. Sam is not… hmm, how should I say this… very good at doing the whole church thing. He was noisy and crazy during the calm and serene candlelight service, but I couldn’t help but get a kick out of him. He was in such a happy mood and was being so funny. When the priest rang the bells in the middle of the service, Sam shouted out “Time to go home!” as though the school bell had sounded. He and I had to bow out about 2/3 of the way through the service, but hanging out with him in the church basement was just as special to me as sitting in a pew.

— Christmas morning. Sam is in the habit of waking up between ? and §, and Christmas morning was no exception. His bedroom doors open up into the living room, so he saw what was under the tree right away. I think I’ll always remember him opening the door to Kate’s room and saying “Kate, it’s time for presents!!”

Really, the whole season was full of memories. At 2.5 and 6.5, our kids are at such good ages for Christmas joy. I kept trying to remind myself to commit everything I could to memory, because I know these are the days we’ll look back on wistfully.

What were your favorite holiday memories this year?

We will be back Monday! Until then, may all of you have a very, very merry Christmas!