We spent the last day of 2009 having an early dinner out and then got Maddie ready for bed. Eric and I made some bellinis (yumm!) and settled in with a DVD we'd been wanting to watch. We managed to stay up until just after midnight watching the NYE countdown on TV. We remembred how last year at this time, we were just a few days away from becoming a family of three. Although 2009 was a tough year for many people, it will always stand out as a wonderful year for us because Maddie came into our lives.