January was full of planning and crafting for Cassie's Baby Shower. So much fun....we were all beyond excited for Cassie, she is the best mom in the world. We heart The Eicherly's!!
March, meant our annual trip to Disneyland! Our escape every Spring Break, the Happiest Place on Earth.
Also...Raylyn made Calista, Barb, Olivia, Hannah, Hailee, and me attend the AJ Circus....OH RAYLYN!
We had Bucks and fun on the electric scooter after, completely made up for the Circus.
April, Easter, Eggs, Egg Hunt, Zoo with the Nana......
May, brought the end of a LONG hard 2nd Grade year for my Blue-Eyed Girl.....AND Taylor Swift the last day of school as a special way to kick off the summer. Calista and I sat next to two guys who were in love with Ms. Swift and when she walked by us one of them bear hugged her and security had to take him off....so funny. We also took a mini vacation to the Scottsdale Resort, super fun!
June, James took me to Vegas for the first time ever (well I lie, we took Calista there for her 4th birthday, but we didn't do anything adult). This was also the first time we left our perfect little girl behind for more than an over-night adventure. I fell in love with James all over again....but missed our baby girl more than words could ever explain. Calista, however, did not miss us as much as we missed her...... Nana let her drive James' car all around the backyard, she put 5 miles on the Focus and accidentally hit a brick pillar! Nana and Calista are Double Trouble.....
July started off very sad, we lost our first puppy...Buddy Joseph Smith. He was an "all timer" as James would say. Buddy was with me for 8 months of bed rest with Calista, he was by our side every time any of us were sick, he was in the middle of the floor for every one of Calista's slumber parties, he kept James company every night while watching Sports Center, he was the one always at the door when we got home to greet us with a kiss, and he helped me recover from two lost pregnancies. There will NEVER be another Buddy, he knew us better than we knew ourselves.
We took Sookie on her first of many to come camping trips to Woods Canyon. We had a blast, nothing like Mad Libs by the camp fire.
August I came to the realization that Calista is growing up. She got her hair cut and picked out all of her own school clothes, she is Punky Brewster. I have slowly come to terms with not always being as cool as I think I am in her eyes, it is okay she still loves me and as Calista would say, "Everybody is different, Mom." It was also the start of 3rd Grade which brought extra neat activities, like Student Council and Recorder Club.
September Cassie turned 30! Welcome to the other side lady :)
October was a busy birthday month! Rachel had a Sparty, Barb had fun at Toby Keith's Bar, and Calista turned 9....so many parties so little time.
Halloween was great, Rachel and I dressed up at work and Calista was a dead pirate for trick or treating at the mall (that is what she requested, a true fashionista celebrates holidays at the mall).
Here is to an exciting year to come (and an organized house), God Speed!
Love - Me
So many things I need to say, first of all, can you come organize my house when you get done with yours? I'll let you play with Madee on your breaks!!! Also, I like how you didn't point out that we were like an hour late for your birthday dinner. What a great friend!! Cali really pulled off the scary pirate look in that one picture. I've never seen her look so mean!! Buddy was such a sweetie. My favorite memory of him is how he used to pee on my feet EVERY SINGLE TIME I went to your house. Good thing I was usually wearing sandles. He was cute so I forgave him of course! Oh, also I baby sat him on your wedding night. Good times! I love that you wear shorts and skirts now. I'm so jealous of your mile long legs!!! The picture of Steve holding Madee is my favorite! You can just tell how happy he is and how in love with her he is. LOVEIT!! And, you posted a picture of her sticking her tongue out, just like her mama, right off the bat, too! PS-Thank you for the most amazing shower EVER! You worked your tail off!! I loved it! Sorry I'm not finding out the sex this time around. It's probably better though, now maybe you can do a little less work (and still make it amazing no doubt). Oh, also, did I mention that I LOVE YOU?!?
ReplyDeleteWow, lots of things! I love those pictures in the hospital of Madee....the one of her tongue is so funny, just like YOU! The picture of Steve is priceless...he isn't even making a sill or scary face! We have a video of Buddy when you and Madee are on my bed...so funny he is trying to jump up so bad to see her and when I let him up he licks her. We miss the heck out of him....never knew I could love a dog so much. Yes, I am trying not to be so weird about my legs...I can't help it that I am skinny, so everybody can SUCK IT! Plus I don't want Cali to have weird body issues because of me.....I do normally only show them when people aren't around OR when I won't see the people again ahahahh! It is okay you aren't finding out what you are having. Now I just have to do some research on some different things I can do at your shower. I LOVE YOU TOO, don't know what I would do without you all these years.
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