Tuesday, December 29, 2015

2015 Recap

2015 was quite the year! We blinked and it was over.  Most importantly, it is the year Tyler and I became parents and a family of three.  We are so happy and content with our life right now that it is fun to look back and recap all our highs from the last year.  

January:


This was a full on month (and February) of baby prep.  We had a long pre-baby to do list and knocked it out.  Tyler joined his dad on a ski trip to Utah. It was his first time skiing there and he loved it!  I can't wait to get back on the slopes and start Meredith (hopefully next winter?).

February:

We bought a new (new to us) vehicle that was more baby friendly.

  My co-workers threw me a baby shower for my NC friends.

 My sweet friend, Sara, flew in for the shower and surprised me with a weekend visit (first of two surprise visitors this year!).

March:

 We welcomed Meredith Rose! See her birth story here.  We have loved pretty much every minute of being parents.

 With Meredith came lots and lots of visitors!  My parents booked their flight after Meredith was born and arrived a few days later.

 Followed by Danielle and Aaron.

 And Renee.

 And then Chris, Stacy and Evelyn.  You can read more about all their visits here.

April:

 We celebrated Meredith's first Easter.

 We had more baby visitors - Doug and Suzanne made it out to meet their grandbaby.  We also celebrated Tyler's birthday.

May:

 
My friend, Megan, came to visit us in May and we had a great time!

 Sara and Jasper made a final visit from Atlanta before they moved.

 We celebrated my very first mother's day :) and Tyler spoiled me.  We also celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary with our first post-baby date.

 Tyler landscaped our yard.

 We finished the month in Minnesota - Meredith's first visit and first airplane ride.  In MN, we had Danielle's bachelorette party.


And we celebrated our niece Evelyn's first birthday!

June:


June was a continuation of Meredith's first visit to Minnesota.

 Meredith was baptized at my childhood church (and the church we were married at) surrounded by our families.

  Danielle and Aaron tied the knot!  Yay!  We love Aaron and are so happy it is finally official.


We traveled back to NC and said goodbye to lots of our friends who moved away :(  I very much miss my mommy friends and our outings.  Tyler also received his certification for scuba diving (diving all summer) and we celebrated his first father's day!

July:

 We took our first road trip with Meredith to Blowing Rock.  We love the mountains.  I wish I could have a cabin in the Appalachians and go there every month.  Tyler made another trip back to Minnesota to stand up in his high school friend, Matt's wedding.

August:


We took Meredith to the aquarium and finally made it to the famous Brits donuts at Carolina Beach.  We also snuck in some beach days.


We got new floors!


 My mom planned a last minute visit and surprised me with bringing my sister, Danielle, along!


 Tyler was confirmed!  We are officially a family of three Catholics ;)

We finished the month with the most perfect staycation on Wrightsville Beach - that we planned to repeat every year!

September:


Tyler went above and beyond to make my birthday special.  He planned another date night for us to go stand up paddle boarding and out to dinner. He also planned a BBQ with our friends.


We enjoyed the gorgeous September weather.


 Tyler went to Texas for a work training and Meredith and I took another trip to Minnesota.

October:

 We enjoyed the gorgeous October as well!

 We visited a pumpkin patch.


We also spent a week in Washington, DC (2nd road trip) and had the best time!


My college friend, Alicia, visited us from Colorado.

We had lots of fun with Meredith's first Halloween and Meredith started her Bugs classes (gymnastics based) at The Little Gym.

November:

Tyler's mom, Renee, came to visit us!  

Tyler traveled back to MN again to go on his annual hunting weekend.

 Then we made the LONG road trip to Columbus, OH to spend Thanksgiving weekend with our good friends, Judd and Bente.

December:

 We visited Santa and completed all of our Christmas shopping (and ate way too much chocolate!).

 More beach walks to take advantage of our December of 70's and sunshine!

We made our final trip to MN to spend Christmas with our families.



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