A year in Review

Pull up a chair and pour a tall glass of whatever your version of "mommy juice" is, 'cause this is a looong one. The last year went by in a blink of an eye.  We had lots of visits from family, lots of new friends and all our old buddies, sleepless nights, tantrums, colds, first steps, first teeth, first words, travel, and so much laughter, silliness, love and fun we almost exploded. 

January

 We started working on our "hand and foot" skills

 got lots of special Uncle T love!

And celebrated 6 months with our besties!

February

 We tried bacon...

and we loved it!

 we started our morning pajama parties in mommas' bed

 Fell further in love with Val

Hung with G&D

 withstood numerous humiliating pictures in bad fashion

 Yaya came back

And we met our Aunt Amber

March

was a huge month!

 sibling rivalry began

we honed in on our tech savvy-ness

 fell in love with Hoodie

 tasted ice cream

 bonded with Mema in San Francisco

 had some silly fun with the Wierschs

Oh, and who can forget  this magical moment?

Emerson finally got to meet Aunt Jodie, who is responsible for her name.

 more mayhem & tomfoolery

and we found out about Kaija!


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April

brought us our brief love affair with the hipstamatic app

our first family 5k and another visit from Val.

our cousin Pat

swings

daytime sun naps

and some other "ups and downs"

May

 our first mother's day

 and the shocking news Maree was moving to NYC

June

 more IT development

 uncle Bill

 our first underdog.

 softball season

 Maree's farewell!

Our first Pride.

July

our first birthday!

 Fun at "the orchard"

 Gooo Cubbies

 First Gigio's Pizza

they look alike, don't they?

 meeting the matriarch of the Andinos, Abue Anita.

And the fab visit of Laura and David

August

 Jane visited

and the fun continued on.

 we had pics taken for school

outtakes!

we went to the fair

September

Celebrated momma's birthday with our very first sushi outing

October

 brought Vancouver with Val and Bill

 pumpkin night at school

 pumpkin patches, music festivals

 Grandma, Mema, and Yaya

and Halloween

November

brought Amanda and self-serve yogurt

December

Custer time!

The guncles.
Yes, that is Rob behind Zak.

 

 

What a difference a year makes! 

 Happy new year, happy new memories!