My good friend Megan did a
super cute post on her blog entitled "How a baby changes in a year." I thought it'd be fun to do my own spin on it, and sum up my life over the past year.
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Our house was finished in January and we moved in on the 19th |
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Pulling up the SOLD sign, it's officially ours! |
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It actually snowed in Texas on the first day of Spring |
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Jake and Arielle went to a Father/Daughter Dance |
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Grandpa Steve and Aunt Sam came to visit |
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Girls at the Fort Worth Zoo |
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Easter egg hunt at the local park. |
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The Easter bunny brought the girls a new swingset |
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I threw a surprise birthday BBQ party for Jake and had all his friends show up and surprise him |
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Our two year wedding anniversary at Three Forks Restaurant |
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My best friend Erin came to visit from St Louis |
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My oldest daughter turned 7. She had a skating party |
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Jasmin at Arielle's party |
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Arielle graduating First Grade |
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Jake bought us ticket to see Wicked, it was AMAZING |
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Aunt Sam, her boyfriend, and Grandpa Steve came to visit again |
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The girls both got new bikes |
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We spent a lot of time at the pool |
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Us on my birthday |
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Waiting to get wheeled into the surgery room for my c-section |
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Our miracle baby is born |
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Arielle and Jasmin started school. 2nd grade for Arielle, pre-k for Jasmin. |
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Still in the NICU |
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The girls started going to Awana at church |
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Ava with her corpak feeding tube in the NICU |
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We took the girls to the State Fair |
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That's Jake and Arielle way at the top |
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Ava's going home outfit, made by my good friend Erin S. She came home at 66 days.
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Grandpa came to visit. Ava's pictures above done by the amazing Jill Cornelius. Blogger won't let me add a caption to that pic, grrrrrrr. |
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Carving pumpkins with Dad |
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Scare in the Square |
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Halloween night |
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Our family pics by the amazing Nikki B
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Family pics with Grandpa Steve and Aunt Sam. Our photographer is none other than Nikki B |
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The girls visiting Santa |
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Our girls in front of the tree with their Christmas pj's |
Thanks for sharing along with me on my journey through 2010. I can't wait to see what 2011 brings!
6 people love me:
Ummm your blog looks awesome! Love the colors! I saw Wicked too, LOVED IT!! Now instead of seeing awesome adult shows, I buy tickets for Elmo Live {haha so is life with kids, huh?} Can't wait to see what the new year holds!
Thanks! I love being married to a graphic designer. There are still a few things I want him to do, like tabs across the top, but I have to wait until his freelance frees up a bit. Wicked made me cry, it was so good! I read the book first, but the play was amazing. 2010 was so crazy thanks to Ava, but I'm ready for a low-key, slightly boring year, lol!
Looks like a full year! Beautiful house and family. Thanks for finding my blog and inviting me over.
--Leigh
cool recap, and thanks so much for the plugs! happy new year!
What a busy year! Your new house looks beautiful!
Such a beautiful family...and congrats on the new little one.
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