When I started this series of posts, it was one of my most favorite things about my blog. It kept me looking for the positive and fun little moments throughout the week or month. It changed the way I looked at life and helped me stay very positive. So I will definitely be bringing it back this year.
So in honor of that, I am doing a very large post to remember the fun and memorable moments of 2014 (since clearly I was in hiding). These are in no particular order...
1. My big brother got married in March! The boys were the 2 ring bearers! This was when I realized I needed an intervention for Willie's hair and soon after we cut it. Sorry, Brian, that your wedding pictures will forever memorialize this bad parenting choice!
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| ring bearers and flower girl |
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| so cute walking down the aisle |
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| my side of the family with my new sister-in law |
2. Our yearly photo shoot around Thanksgiving and Christmas time. The boys turned 3 and 5 this year! Tyce's birthday actually fell on Thanksgiving. During the photo shoot we got an awesomely awkward photo to use against the kids when they have girlfriends later on. The photographer told the boys to look at each other and it looks like they are trying to kiss instead (and not in a cute way).
3. Visiting the Wizard of Oz exhibit at Crown Center.
4. Fun daycare pics in the spring! (still pre-haircut).
5. An amazing trip to Florida with my mom and sister.....we were there for 2 weeks and the boys still have not stopped talking about it. I thought Will was going to die when he saw the real Barney! Tyce loved going on all of the rides and meeting the Disney characters!
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| Willie was scared of the costumed characters for a few days |
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| Seeing Barney for the first time |
6. The first year we ever colored Easter eggs with the boys and Easter egg hunts!
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| Hunting eggs with cousin Haileigh |
7. Beautiful Father's day spent at Powell Gardens where we learned how to grow our own produce.
8. Will and Tyce making build-a-bears to put their old pacifiers in. This was a great technique to have Willie get rid of it for good. We did this at the beginning of 2014 and he still sleeps with his "Binky Bear".
9. A very special Mother's Day trip back to my old stomping grounds of Chicago. We had lots of fun and the boys asked if we could move there.
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| Flight was so fun! |
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| Dinosaurs! |
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| No fear on the sky deck at Sears Tower (I was too scared to even step one foot out) |
10. March for Babies 2014
11. Snake Saturday parade and Uncle Josh riding in his Jeep!
12. Tyce losing his first tooth......not by choice, it was knocked out at school by an accident with another kid. It will probably be a few years before the next one comes in.
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| Turning black due to a complete break....it had to come out |
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| Tooth fairy pillow! |
13. Willie's surgery at the beginning of the year. It was not a fun experience for this momma, but I am very happy with the results it had (more on this later).
