2012 – a Year in Pictures

2012 proved to be the best of my life so far.

It also happened to be packed with changes…mostly good.

Early in the year, I was in my 30th week of pregnancy with Miles when I was placed on total bed-rest.

Which meant that my mother moved in with us for nearly 8 weeks while Hank was on tour.

Thankfully, she is one of my best friends, so it was a treat to have her with us.

Then, our sweet Miles was born. Naturally. Full-term. Healthy. Perfect.

Six weeks later, Hank and Henry were the Best Man and Ring Bearer in our friend’s wedding.

The next day we moved across the country.

Then, the lowlight of the year: our precious pup died suddenly and unexpectedly. We will always miss our sweet Ollie.

We soon added Linus to the family. He has helped our hearts to heal.

Hank’s brother arrived safely home after a long deployment in Afghanistan and got to meet Miles for the first time.

Miles got his front teeth

While Henry nearly knocked his out

Our oldest baby turned 4 – you can read about that HERE

While our youngest grew nice and fat

Hank turned 30, and we celebrated 11 years of marriage. See Hank’s Birthday party HERE, and read more about him HERE.

We finished the year with a lovely Thanksgiving and beautiful Christmas with family.

Read about our family Thanksgiving HERE.

Read about Christmas day HERE, and about my love for giving gifts HERE.

We also received the most amazing, unexpected, and generous gifts at the very end of the year… just when they were needed the most.

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