January ~
2012 started off for us with a 2 year old and a 6 month old who were keeping us busy for sure! Maisy started crawling this month and saying her favorite word DA-DA! Ryder was being his mischievous little self. Mommy celebrated her 28th Birthday this month :)
February ~
Maisy said MY favorite word MA-MA this month and started pulling up on things. We celebrated Valentine’s Day then passed a cold around the house, this was our first experience of when ONE kid gets sick, they BOTH get sick! Maisy & Ryder started interacting more this month and bath time together became a regular thing!
March ~
Alan & I celebrated our 4th Wedding Anniversary in the beginning of the month. Ryder turned 3 and had an awesome Blast Off Birthday party to celebrate. One HUGE milestone this month is that Ryder was officially potty trained and out of pull ups! He was supposed to get Botox injections and go through a round of Constraint Therapy but a stomach flu saved him from all that!
April ~
This month we celebrated Easter with the Sunrise service and Easter egg hunt at our Church. We also took a fun trip to Great Wolf Lodge with some friends! We went through a huge change this month when Ryder finally got a haircut!!
May ~
This was a pretty crazy month for us! It started with bringing Ryder to the hospital for Botox injections in his left arm and leg. A few days later he got a cast put on that he named Street Glide for 3 weeks of Constraint Induced Therapy. He worked REALLY hard and got Lefty doing some amazing things! We attended lots of Birthday parties, we celebrated Mother’s Day, and Maisy was dedicated at Church. She got her first tooth, took her first steps, and switched completely to whole milk.
June ~
Ryder got his cast off in the beginning of the month, then got it put back on a week later only to get it taken off a few days later because his arm was severely irritated. Mommy got promoted to Supervisor of her department. We celebrated Father’s Day and Ryder took his very first (very short) ride on Daddy’s motorcycle. Maisy turned ONE whole year old and we had a Fun in the Sun Birthday party to celebrate!
July ~
What a hot month this was! We ended up buying a kiddie pool and spending a few days letting the kids play in the water. We took Ryder on his very first camping trip, along with my brother’s family, and we got hit with a crazy storm! Ryder still tells the story any time there is mention of camping OR a storm. We celebrated the 4th of July but neither of the kids cared much for the fireworks. We got our first family of 4 pictures taken by my friend Nicki!
August ~
This month was filled with more birthday parties and a sleepover at Angela’s with our friends Carter & Callie. Daddy brought home 2 pet hermit crabs which Ryder named Oso & Buffo. Ryder started going through some testing to see if he qualified to get into a special education program with the public school system.
September ~
We had a blast at Alan’s company picnic this month and Ryder got to go on a special treasure hunt. Maisy started learning some cool things from her big brother like how to jump and how to give a high 5!
October ~
The beginning of October brings Daddy’s Birthday which we love to celebrate! We took trips to the State Fair and the Renaissance Festival which were both SO fun! Maisy took a not-so-fun trip the ER for a horrible cough she got which turned out to be Croup. Ryder almost went to the ER when he cut his eye open after falling off the recliner, but Dr. Daddy fixed him up and he has a pretty little scar above his eye to prove it. Ryder started Pre-K this month and went on his very first field trip to the Pumpkin Farm. We did lots of fun Halloween activities, and the kids dressed up as a Fireman & a Daisy.
November ~
Ryder had follow up appointments with his Kidney Doctor & Eye Doctor this month, both went so well that his time between follow up visits has been extended! The kids got to see Santa for the first time this year and it seemed like Christmas preparations started way early. We did manage to sneak Thanksgiving in there though!
December ~
Our December was consumed with Christmas fun: shopping, trips to see Santa, Christmas tree decorating, cookie making, Christmas parties, present wrapping, visits from our Elf Doodle, singing at Church, Christmas Eve service…all leading up to the day finally arriving and us getting to celebrate Jesus’ birthday! We had quite the celebration :) Ryder transferred to the Elementary school this month and rides a school bus now! Unfortunately this month we also lost a very close friend to us, James Darago. New Years Eve we just spent at home cozy in our beds!
What a year!! Doing these Year in Review posts at the end of the year make me realize how we rarely have a moment of down time! Each month is packed with its own activities, we sure do have a lot of fun! And we really have a lot to be thankful for. My hope and prayer is that 2013 holds all of the same for us…time with each other, family, friends, getting to watch our kids learn and grow, and being truly appreciative for all that we have been given.
Happy New Year everyone, here’s to another year of Marsh Madness!
2 comments:
Wow, both Ryder and Maisy changed SO much in a year! I think Ryder's hair cut made him look like 2 years older right away :).
What a great recap! Love watching these two grow and I look forward to watching them grow even more during this next year. Hopefully that includes more visits instead of mostly watching them via the blog! :)
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