Now that we've entered 2015, I thought it would be fun to
look at everything that happened in 2014.
Here’s a quick recap of the big changes and accomplishments we had last
year.
In January 2014, we found
out that we were pregnant again! It was
actually on the day of my sister-in-law’s baby shower (she had been due 3 weeks
before us…before we miscarried). It was
so exciting.
In February 2014, we started packing up our house and moved
in with my parents at the end of the month. We figured it would be best to not
have us and our dogs living there while trying to sell the house. This way it
stayed cleaned and didn't have cooking smells and such in it.
In March 2014, we officially put our house up for sale. We accepted an offer after just 10 days on
the market. While it was very hard to
think about giving my first home to someone else, we were offered what we were
asking, and we knew we’d make new memories with our baby in the new house. We experienced our original due date, which
was hard. But we made a pact that every March 21 and September 18 (the day we
lost Baby Boy Ray), we will go to Rubio’s for dinner (that’s where we went for
dinner the night the miscarriage happened and thus has become a tradition) and
light a candle in remembrance.
In April 2014, Brandon ran his second Tough Mudder on the
same day his cousin got married. He
fared much better this year. Even though
they didn't finish much quicker, he was in much better shape afterwards. The wedding was also beautiful and we were so
happy to welcome her new husband to the family.
We also found out the Wednesday before Easter that we were having a
girl!!
In May 2014, we took a trip to Williamsburg, VA. We also drove up to Washington D.C. for a day
and met up with an old friend of mine. He acted as a tour guide for D.C. for us,
and it was great to catch up with him.
In June 2014, after many offers and probably a hundred showings,
we placed an offer on the house that we ended up closing on…however it took
over 2 months to close because there were renters in the house through the end
of July.
In August 2014, we got the keys to our new house! We had to replace the carpets and repaint
because the renters were so dirty. I
also had my baby shower in August and we ended up with so many gifts that we
had to store at our parents’ houses until we officially moved in to the house.
In September 2014, we officially moved in to the new
house. Brooklyn arrived toward the end
of the month – and time almost feels like it’s stopped since then! She was a beautiful little girl. We brought Brooklyn home to our new house and it finally felt like home.
In October 2014, we just stayed home working on house work
and yard work and learned how to be parents!
Brandon celebrated his 31st birthday.
In November 2014, we took our very first trip as a family to
LA for coffee con. Brooklyn is a great traveler,
and it was nice to get away – even if it was just a turn around trip. Brooklyn also celebrated her first
Thanksgiving! I celebrated my 29th
birthday…and sadly, my grandma passed away on that day. I now share my wedding with the day of her
birth, and my birthday with the day of her death. My life will forever be entwined
with my grandma’s.
In December 2014, Brooklyn was hostess to her first
Christmas party, met Santa, saw her first boat light parade, and celebrated her
first Christmas and New Year’s Eve. We
also went to the McCormick-Stillman railroad park where we rode the train
around the park looking at all the lights they display. In future years we look
forward to going to Zoo Lights and on the Polar Express! I went back to work in the middle of the
month, just in time for the holidays.
That was quite a year!
Sold our house, bought and new house, and had a baby --- all within 6
months! Phew. No wonder I’m
exhausted. 2014 was a great year for us,
and I pray that we have just as happy and healthy a year in 2015.
I
wish everyone a happy and healthy 2015!
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