Hello again, old friend. I'd like to give a shoutout to any and all individuals who have checked to see if I've updated this thing in the last year or so. Blogger has page view counters now. And I'm pretty sure
I haven't viewed this thing in about 16 months. So any number above 0 on the snazzy little "page views" chart is someone out there who has probably been disappointed each time he or she looks for an update. Anyway, to the faithful few, I send my kindest regards. Even though it's probably just my mom.
Let's catch up. I'll (try to) make it snappy. Because - let's be honest - we could be here all night. As you'll soon see.
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| In May, we bought our first home in Jacksonville, Florida. |
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| Here she is! |
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| So, of course, we moved. And brought Noa with us (like she gave us a choice). |
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| Then we took a most awesome vacation to the greatest place on earth. |
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| Bar Harbor, Maine. This isn't the last you'll see of this place on this blog. I plan on moving there one day. Or at least getting rich and buying a summer home up there. |
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| Later that month, we found out 2 would become 3 :) |
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| And so I grew a little bit. |
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| My longtime friend and neighbor who I grew up with took these photos. Aren't they great? She has some real talent! Check out her work at www.jolisephotography.com . |
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| Then we had our annual BYO Mug party. Some excellent contenders for prizes in 2012. |
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| Did I mention I got to go through pregnancy with two of my good friends!? And we all had boys :) |
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| My sweet friends threw me a baby shower in January 2013 |
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| And on March 6, 2013, Garrett Matthew was born at 3:31pm weighing in at 8lbs, 1oz, and 21" long. |
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| First family photo. |
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| You may think I'm a mean mommy, but this is my favorite picture of him at the hospital. You'll be glad to know he has since fallen in love with baths, it was just the first one he wasn't all that thrilled about. |
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| He came home the next day, and then got to meet his BFF Grayson. |
And we can call THIS very moment the one where my blog gets commandeered by photos of my son. After all, he is the most adorable kid of all time, and the next 12 weeks of my life were spent in maternity leave bliss where my only jobs were to feed him, change diapers, and take 100,000,000 pictures of him per day. I didn't even have to cook dinner. Our awesome family and friends took care of that. Holla!
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| The cutest little NOLE baby you ever did see. |
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| We got to introduce him to our niece, Kaitlyn. |
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| So sleepy during those first few weeks. |
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| DIY newborn photo shoot. |
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| Brought G to church for the first time on Easter. |
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| Got to see great friends Kelly and Kent who stopped by after their annual trip to Daytona. |
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| Then my sis got married to Mikey, and became Mrs. Knepper. |
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| We communicate with simply a look. |
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| What a crazy bunch we were. |
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| It was a wedding miracle that he did not spit up on that gorgeous dress. |
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| This girl graduated from college and got a big girl job. |
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| Oh yes, and Angela (my awesome co-worker and friend) turned 30! |
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| So what better way to celebrate than a "Nerdy 30" Bday Party!? |
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| Garrett also attended his first baseball game for Father's Day. |
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| 3 grandchildren on the Wilson side nowadays :) |
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| Because we added Shane Hardy Wilson in June. |
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| And this little guy keeps growing and growing. More to come on that later. |
So there you have it, a year in pictures. So many good memories made, but we're looking forward to a little bit of a slower year ;)
We also said goodbye to two grandparents on Aaron's side of the family, too. Two irreplaceable individuals got to meet Jesus - Audrey Wilson (Oma...Andy's mother) and Marvin Hardy (Granddad - Susan's father). We miss them dearly, but know they are smiling down on the craziness that is the life of this young family.
And that's a wrap. I left a large mound of laundry sorted on the bed and Aaron wants to go to sleep, way passed normal bedtime. Oops. :)
