Year in review

Last year I did a year in review post and it was so much fun for me.  I loved looking back at my old posts and going through the pictures on my computer.  There is so much that I remember but also so much I forget if I don't look back!   I thought I would do a review post again.  Some things I blogged about and others I didn't.  This gives me the chance to mention things that maybe I didn't get the time to blog about...like B's one year pictures!  I print my blog into a book at the end of each year so I like to have this little recap post at the end as well.  I also thought if I had some new followers it would allow them to learn a little bit more about me.  Enjoy my reflection on 2012!  

January

• We celebrated New Years with Lonnie's brother, Marshall, his wife Kristen and their twins.  We reserve a weekend (as close to NYE as possible) and we cook good food, drink good champagne, and just enjoy each other.  They are coming this weekend to celebrate and I can't wait!

• We celebrated Lonnie's birthday!  Speaking of this, he has a pretty big birthday coming up this week....He is going to be forty!

• 2012 started off with a bang when my mom fell and broke her ankle!  She came to live with us for 3 months.  Blakely was 3 months old when she moved in.  That time was stressful but it is when the special bond between B and Gran Di started.  Sometimes I want her to move back in! 

February

• I started using and became a bit obsessed with cloth diapers.  You want to know why?  Here is the post that sent me over the diaper edge.  Oh wait...maybe it was this one.  Either way I am glad that I did it.  
• I hosted a baby shower for my friend Katie and her little boy Eli.  It was a nature theme and turned out super cute.  Looking back I can't believe I hosted a shower at my house with a 3 month old and my mom living here.  I was crazy...
• Blakely cheered for Tom during the Supe.r Bowl.  Hopefully we will be cheering for him again this year!  And a win this time....

March

• I turned 30!
• We took Blakely on her first vacation to New Orleans.  
• We gave Blakely her first bite of real food.  Avocados! 

not a fan...

April

• I hosted a baby shower for my friend Courtney and her little girl Jayda.  I can't believe I forgot to post about that!  I will just share a few pics in this post.  We did a mommy to bee theme and it turned out super cute!

This is one of my favorite all time pictures of me and B.  So sunny and happy!

Courtney, Tina (holding Katie's Eli), me, Sarah, Jenny (holding B), and Katie.  Courtney's daughter Hayleigh in the front.  

• We took B on her very first boat ride.  
• We celebrated Easter with Lonnie's brother, his wife, and their twins.  
• We bought a shaved ice stand with another couple!  It was fun for a little while and I really wish it wouldn't have ended up the way that it did.  I know I haven't ever blogged about what happened but here is the main deal.  The wife of the other couple quit suddenly and we haven't spoken to her since.  She tried to make our lives as difficult as possible (didn't give us any of the accounting/tax info she had, etc) and I do not need to associate with people like that.  Trust when I tell you I could go on about her and this topic but I won't.  I have moved on!  Maybe sometime in the future when Lonnie and I have a little more time we will try that adventure again....alone!  

May

• We took Blakely on her first Florida family vacation.  Looking back at this post makes me wonder how this trip is going to go this year.  She was only sitting up last year and this time she will be 18 months old!  That just blows my mind.  
• Blakely got salmonella.  It was horrible.  That is all.  
• I celebrated my first Mother's Day with my sweet girl  

June

• Lonnie and I  celebrated 7 years of being together.  I seriously love that picture of him in that post.  
• We did spend a lot of time on the lake in June...before it got crazy hot.  
• Blakely learned how to crawl in June!  Looking back it seems like she crawled for such a short amount of time.  I know it was a while but she never crawls now so it just seems like it was a quick phase.  

July

• We celebrated 4th of July.
• We went through a bit of a rough sleeping patch with Blakely.  Good news is that she was such a cuddle bug during that time.  

• I never blogged about this and I meant to but Lonnie and I went fishing in July!  I'm not really a fisherwoman or whatever so this was kinda a big deal.  We had so much fun.  Like I can't wait to go again when the weather gets nicer!  It was so quiet and pretty darn romantic actually!

August

• B got strep for the first time...

• We took our first vacation with just the 3 of us to Cape Cod.

• B had strep for the second time.  UGH...

September

• We started thinking about baby #2.
• We took a trip to Los Angeles.  That was so much fun.  I am looking forward to the trips we have planned this year.  We are going to New Orleans in April and then Florida in May.  We don't have anything planned after that because we are super hoping that maybe I'll be pregnant.  We will see.  Please....

October

• I became super emotional about weaning when we were almost finished with nursing.  Breastfeeding was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I am so very thankful I was able to do it.  I can't wait to do it again!  I might not stop next time because no one tell you that you instantly gain 10 pounds...UGH!!!    
• Blakely turned ONE!  
• We had B's one year pictures made.  I just finally got these in so I will post some of my favorites!  

• We took a trip to Big Ce.dar Lodge.  And this is why I love doing this review post...I already forgot that we did that!!
• We had a super fun Halloween.  

November

• Lonnie and I went to Miami...just the two of us.  
• We had our wine and gourmet dinner.  It was so nice to get fancy and get out of the house!  

• We celebrated Thanksgiving with Lonnie's family in Oklahoma.  

December

• I completed the Christmas Countdown.  I am so glad I decided to do it this year and I can't wait to keep the tradition going next year!  
• We went ahead with our FET and , although it didn't work, we were able to enjoy the holiday with our miracle daughter.  
• We sent out super cute Christmas cards that I forgot to post on the blog.  Here is the picture that was on the front and it said "OH WHAT FUN!"

• Blakely got strep for the third dang time...seriously...it's getting ridic.  

• Me and my girlfriends had a Pajama Pin.terest Christmas party!  I never got around to posting about that either but it was so much fun.  We all brought a dish (or 3) that we had been wanting to make from Pin.terest, we wore our pajamas, and then played dirty Santa.

There was so much food.  I had to take the centerpieces off of the table just to fit it all.  It was amazingly yummy!

normal face...

crazy face...

grab somebody's boob....

everyone looks away...

Me and Sarah Marie!

• One of the best things that happened in December is that 2 of my very best friends got engaged!  Sarah (above) got engaged on Christmas Eve Eve.  Ceej (also know as CJ) videoed the whole thing and she didn't know.  I got to watch it and I cried...so so sweet. They are absolutely perfect for each other and she deserves a good man.  She thought she was getting an iPhone but when she opened the box he had written "will you marry me" and had the ring in there.  It was his Aunts ring and it means so much to Sarah to be wearing it.  Ok I have to stop or I am going to cry again!  Also, my friend Keisha got engaged on Christmas Day.  She has been with him for 5 years and just never thought it was going to happen so he definitely surprised her!  
• We had a wonderful WHITE Christmas.  I think I am still recovering :)

What a great year!  I can't wait to see what 2013 will bring!  Happy New Year!!