In March we celebrated out 10 year anniversary with a day trip to the Mall of America. We hit the aquarium and the amusement park. We ended the month with Heather & Chad's wedding.
In April we celebrated Noah's baptism in some very warm weather. We made a trip to the Children's Museum in Madison. We decorated eggs and had an Easter Egg Hunt.
May started typical. Owen got his first hair cut. We spent Mother's Day at the Deer Park (note to Alicia: notice how the boys are wearing short sleeves that day). The following day was a dark, rainy day that forever changed all of our lives when we got the call that we lost Noah. Everything really can change in the blink of an eye. We spent the rest of the month trying to make sense of something so senseless and cherishing family time.
As the weather continued to warm up in June, Owen preferred to be outside playing in his car. Brendan took his first trip to the dentist. We welcomed our newest family member, Lucy. And made a trip to the annual Ahlers Father's Day weekend extravaganza.
July we spent soaking up the sun. Trips to the pool and to Gramma's backyard waterslide. We also celebrated Owen's 2nd birthday.
In August, as we welcomed my nephew, Ben, most of my family headed into the Arizona heat while we stayed behind with Bella and Gabby. We made trips to the park with friends, cruised the yard in our gator, and Brendan honed his mad hide n seek skills. Can you find him???
September started with a last minute trip to Sesame Street Live with Cole and the boys. We also made a trip to Milwaukee to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live.
In October we tried as many fall activities as we could....caramel apples, playing in leaf piles, a trip to the apple orchard, pumpkin carving, trick or treating, trick or treating...the works.
In November, Owen decided he was over his crib and called dibs on the right side of Brendan's bed. Jeremy and I made a day trip to Chicago to watch a taping of The Rosie O'Donnell Show. We celebrated Thanksgiving with family.
In December we finally got to meet Benjamin. Owen was not so impressed. We made a trip to LaCrosse to the Children's Museum and to see the Rotary Lights. We celebrated Noah's birthday sending a wish lantern to him from the cemetary. We wound down the year with typical Christmas festivities, complete with matching pajamas yet again.
It was a year of ups and downs, and there are some things I wish I could change, but there's a million more I wouldn't change for the world. Happy New Year everyone!!
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Looks like Brendan smiled in September too! Big year.
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