We hope this year has been good to you. This was our first full year of parenting and it was overflowing with fun and adventures. Chloe started 2011 as a four month old baby who was just starting to eat solid food and sit up. Now she's a fifteen month old who loves to walk, talk, read books, and use her new teeth to eat real food. She is a bright ball of sunshine. We're excited to be adding another girl to the family this winter sometime around March 9th. Can't wait to see what a good big sister Chloe will be!
We were brave and took a few trips this year. The end of February we spent a week in Florida with my family. This meant Chloe took her first plane trip, made her first pilgrimage to Epcot, and did a lot of other fun firsts. We took our anniversary trip up north to Harbor Springs the end of May with Chloe in tow (luckily she is a great traveler). We had another week-long trip in July at the family cottage in the Upper Peninsula (first trip across The Bridge!). Because the new baby is set to arrive about the usual time of our annual trip to Florida, we moved up our trip and spent a week in Florida the first of December. It was fun to see our old haunts decked out for Christmas. (Check out our Florida blog posts for details!)
Nathan and I both continue working at our same old jobs - Nathan as an engineer for Uncle Sam and me as an advisor at U of M. I'm grateful to work part time so that I get to be a stay at home mom most days.
We also did a few much-needed big projects around the house. In June we prepped the basement to be finished (sealed it and added a back-up sump pump), we repaired the roof in September, and in October re-sodded our front lawn. Other than that, our world pretty much revolved around trying to keep up with Chloe.
We wish all of you a wonderful 2012 ~ please keep in touch!
Much Love,
Nathan, Julie, Chloe, and peanut #2
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