- Graduated from college.
- Moved to Washington, DC.
- Survived my going to grad school.
- Had our first and second and maybe even third real jobs.
- Traveled to Las Vegas, Chicago, NYC, Philly, Costa Rica, Spain, Williamsburg, Breckenridge, and Portland.
- Gotten married.
- Taken planes, trains, buses, and automobiles to Kansas City and St. Louis one million times.
- Adopted Jack.
- Moved to Chicago.
- Adopted Leroy.
- Bought a loft and a condo.
- Evicted a tenant.
- Had a baby!
- Lost two of my grandparents.
- Seen Megan and Andrew, Carri and Derek, Sutton and John, Amy and Patrick, and Lindsey and TJ get married.
- Hosted six seders.
- Consumed approximately 500 bottles of wine.
To celebrate the occasion, we went out for Chinese and are now sipping on a bottle of pinot we brought back from Oregon and contemplating the next eight years. Do you know that we will have a second grader eight years from now? I've decided we should make a list of things we want to do in the next eight years, and so that we won't lose that list--we're putting it here on the interweb. Maybe it will make us more accountable too. During the next eight years, let's
- Take (swing) dance lessons.
- Travel to the south of France.
- Take Eli to a water park.
- Have another baby.
- Start canning.
- Make cheese.
- Remodel two bathrooms.
- At least one of us get their dream job.
- Take Eli to the Magic House and Grant's Farm in St. Louis.
- Take Eli to Kaleidoscope in KC.
- Go on a weekend getaway leaving munchkin(s) with a grandparent.
- Make friends with people who own a boat.
- Sell a loft and a condo.
Anything critical you think we're forgetting here? The list is open for suggestions.
