Friday, January 10, 2014

2013: A Year in Review, Part 1

January 2013
January 5, 2013: We started off the New Year with a photo shoot for Kailyn's 1st Birthday invitations. These turned out to be some of my favorite pictures of Kailyn we have yet!
January 17, 2013: Snow Day!! No school!
January 18-20, 2013: Weekend in Guntersville to celebrate Grandmama's birthday! Grandmama got a Pandora bracelet from all of us and the kids even put on a little concert.
January 26, 2013: Baby sprinkle for my good friend, Jessica at PF Chang's. So thankful for these girls!
January 28, 2013: We had a pretty weather day and we were able to go to the Botanical Gardens, without wearing jackets! It was fun to get some fresh air.
February 2013
February 2, 2013: Kailyn's 1st Birthday party. Kailyn had a "Pretty in Pink" Birthday party at home with family and close friends. She absolutely hated her smash cake and getting dirty but loved having a house full of the people she loves most.
February 4, 2013: Happy 1st Birthday to Kailyn!! Her present? Ear tubes. Yes, she had surgery on her first birthday but it truly was the best gift ever. She immediately felt better and only had one more ear infection this year. She was pretty fussy after the surgery due to anesthesia but after a morning nap, she felt great so we took her to PF Chang's for lunch then picked up Caleb. She also reached another milestone- we were able to turn her carseat around to face forward and she loved it! And I have to admit- so did we, no more fussy in the car Kailyn! That afternoon we celebrated by playtime at Kid Venture and ended the day with some left over cake- this time she didn't mind getting messy.
February 9, 2013: Another nice weather day to help us break up the cabin fever of winter so we headed to the Birmingham Zoo for the day with Gran Gran.
February 14, 2013: Happy Valentine's Day! Caleb had a fun party at school while Daddy took Kailyn and Mommy to Connor's for a special lunch. That night we met up with our small group and another group from our class to hand out Valentine's at a local nursing home.
February 15-17, 2013: Addison spent the weekend with us. We enjoyed going to the Children's Museum that Saturday, it is always a hit with the kiddos!
March 2013
March 6, 2013: Our friends (from our small group) welcomed baby Max!
March 9, 2013: March seemed to bring us mostly nice weather. Again, we were able to visit the gardens and enjoy being outside.
March 10, 2013: Disney Live with Pops and Nanna!
March 16, 2013: A trip to the botanical gardens to get some Easter pictures of the kids.
March 21, 2013: Caleb's Easter party at school and pictures in their Easter shirts.
March 30, 2013: Easter Egg Hunt at the Botanical Gardens
March 31, 2013: Easter in Guntersville
April 2013
April 8, 2013: Mommy's 27th Birthday. Daddy was so sweet and took the day off, so we headed to Birmingham to visit the Zoo and Cheesecake Factory. It was one of my most favorite Bdays!!
April 10, 2013: Picnic and playtime at the gardens.
April 19-20, 2013: Tuscaloosa for Drew's Birthday and A Day game.
April 22, 2013: Summer has arrived- water fun at the Gardens.
May 2013
May 3, 2013: Kailyn's first big girl necklace!
May 12, 2013: Mother's Day in Guntersville
May 14, 2013: Caleb had an end of the year sing a long at school.
May 21, 2013: Caleb's last day of school- Officially summertime!
May 24-27, 2013: Memorial Weekend at the River
May 30, 2013: Trip to the Botanical Gardens
June 2013
June 1, 2013: River Weekend.
June 8, 2013: Addison spent the weekend with us and we had a blast at the gardens.
June 15, 2013: Father's Day weekend in Guntersville
June 24-28, 2013: VBS at Church- super fun week!
June 20-22, 2013: Destin, FL