2011 has been a crazy and exciting year for us, and as we near the new year, I can't help but think that every year from here on out will be so different and crazier than any of our past years. We have made so many changes in our lives, including a new house and 2 precious little additions to our family! Here are a few things from each month this past year that were especially memorable for us:
January:
We found out we were having twins!!
That early ultrasound had both our jaws to the floor. Tears and laughter filled the room. Never would either of us had expected that we would get pregnant with twins! I often think back to my high school or younger self years and try to picture that girl, all grown up, and now with twins. It completely blows my mind.
February:
The month that I started this blog. I wanted to start writing. To somehow keep track of important events in our life, with words and not just pictures. I wanted to write also about the emotions of all of it, which aren't always seen through pictures. I wanted a "journal" so to speak, that others who were interested could share in with our lives. It's been fun to blog so far, and I see it continuing for as long as my fingers have we have the means and my fingers have the dexterity to do so.
March:
We bought our
first house. It turned out to be a lot better than we had hoped. It was a fairly quick and painful process, surprisingly. I love how we have made this house our home, and how it will turn into the comforting place where our kids will call home one day also.
April:
As soon as we found out we were having boys at our
Gender Reveal Party, we started working on the nursery. We went with the theme from the book,
The Giving Tree. I painted murals and got tree/apple accents. I'm very pleased with how it all came out, and love that it wasn't a theme that you could just easily buy stuff for. It was original, and that made us have to be creative.
May:
My belly keeps on
growing and growing (and this pic is around 24/26 weeks I believe...it got much bigger!). I
never thought my belly would get as big as it did, and every week I would be amazed by how much it grew. I just kept thinking, "I don't know how I can get much bigger", but it kept happening. Big belly housed 2 little boys for 9 whole months!
June:
All my sweet friends threw us a baby shower! We were given lots and lots of neat and useful gifts for the boys!
July:
The most anticipated day of 2011: the day our boys arrived! Although the
delivery was entirely
disappointing, my boys were completely healthy and I could not have been more excited about their arrival out of my belly and into my arms.
August:
Our boys' first photo shoot at one week old. A huge thanks goes out to Marissa French of
Rylan's Riches Photography for photographing our precious little dudes. She has also done their 3 month pics, and will also do 6, 9 and 12 month photo shoots!
September:
We took our boys on their firsts outdoor adventures, to both Percy Warner Park and Radnor Lake. They very much enjoyed the gorgeous Tennessee fall weather, as did we, while toting them around in our carriers.
October:
The boys' first halloween! They went as Thing 1 and Thing 2.
November:
We had some more photos done...the boys' 3 month pics and also some family photos! 3 month photos done by
Rylan's Riches Photography, and family photos done by my talented friend,
Lane. This month was also the boys' first trip to Michigan, and first plane ride, which they did
awesome with.
December:
The boys had their
1st Christmas, and we sent out our 1st Christmas card! The boys had no idea that it was even Christmas, but we had fun with them, dressing them in little elf outfits, opening presents to each other and then taking them for a cold tour of Nashville's ICE! exhibit. 1st Christmas success for sure. Man o' man do I feel old now, sending out Christmas cards and all!
This year has been beyond amazing, and we are so unbelievably blessed to have these magical little boys in our lives. Here's to many more great years full of bliss and excitement ahead.
Peace & Love to you in the new year!
