2014: A Year in Review

Can you even believe it?

The end of the year.

Already.

This year FLEW by, more than any other year, I think.

Without further ado, here is our year in review!
And since I didn't keep a detailed enough record of what went on in 2014, we decided to stick to mainly visuals for our summary...but we added videos!
I hardly ever put videos on here, but here is one from each month so you can get your fill of Kemry dancing and Tate trying pickles for the first time.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October
 

November

December

{She is doing her version of this Fleet Foxes cover}

Previous Yearly Reviews:
2013
2012
2011


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Thanks for following along with us this year (even though I only made it to week 40 {?} in my photo challenge for my kids).
This little blog has been so good to me, but I think you will find fewer and fewer posts coming from this end.
Life is just so buuuuussssssy but not?
I don't know.
But I love ya all ;)

2013: a year in review

This was my worst year blogging.

Like ever.

I was so inconsistent and unmotivated.

Since this is the only real journal we keep as a family {minus the photobook we print at the end of every year}, I need to do better.

I feel like there is a lot that I dropped the ball on in 2013.

So here is to 2014!

May we all go to the gym more, not eat that entire box of Oreos that were purchased that morning, pay more attention to our kids, let our houses get a little messier without care, chill out about unimportant things, shower daily {oops...}, treat each other better, and give ourselves a little love, too.

{And by we, I mean myself ;) }

But, we still have one whole day of 2013 left.

Let's have a look at our year in our annual review post.

January

We started off the New Year by flying to Idaho for a late Christmas with Tyrel's family. While there, we got to meet our cute nephews Wyatt and Deklyn for the first time, and Kemry's love for Disney princesses was born.

Later in the month, Kemry turned TWO {!} and got to say sayonara to her crib as she moved to a toddler bed.

 The remainder of the month was spent huddling inside from the cold and recovering from killer morning sickness.

February

 February brought the most torturous experience of my life: Kemry's trip to the ER where I had to hold her down so they could take blood and run tests {all the while she keps wailing, "Mama! Help me!!"}. Luckily, she bounced back quickly!

Kemry also got cheeky and gave you all some virtual kisses.

March

The end of February/beginning of March took us to Arizona for Tyrel's brother's wedding. We finally got to meet his sweet lady {we LOVE LOVE LOVE you, Devin!!!} and enjoyed some time in the sun on the side. While there, we also had our first experience with Kermy barfing all night long.

We also got to reveal to you that we had a bun in the oven, Kemry went poop in the potty for the first time {you are welcome}, and we found out that the bun was a boy!

We also found out that month that Tate might have some organ defects, cue worry and stress here.

April

We had our first glimpse of spring in April, followed by a big dump of snow, just making us mad.

It finally warmed up enough for us to make our first venture to the park, Tyrel turned 28, and we celebrated Easter with some of Ty's family in town.

May

Tyrel finished his semester at school, we we made him play with us as much as possible. He didn't mind. He even made a shot at entering the Olympics with swing jumping.

We also began lots of work on our backyard, putting in our garden beds, raspberry bed, strawberry bed, blueberry bed, and asparagus bed. We also planted lots of flowers, dug up lots of rogue ferns, and tilled/seeded about half the lawn. 

We also went to some specialists concerning the baby and ate creme brulee donuts.

June

Tyrel's sister and her family came out to visit again, so we all hit up Valleyfair together.

Tyrel also got to celebrate his only Father's Day in which he has 1 1/2 kids.

Kemry went back to South Dakota with me and hit up Czech Days with my family.

She also fell in love with the bunnies in our backyard, and I went to a Barry Manilow concert with some of my best friends in the world :)

July

July was filled with baby prep, so there isn't too much to report. 

We had a laid-back 4th of July with some friends, celebrated our 4 year anniversary, and finally got to hold my sweet friend's new baby after her INSANE labor and delivery.

August

August was perfect. We finally got to meet our little Tatem Redge. They sang him Happy Birthday after he passed his APGAR tests, and I cried like a baby myself.

We headed back to my parents for Riverboat Days, got to see some old friends, and did as much as we could to make-up for not enjoying our summer earlier.

Also, Tate got to meet his future wife just before our best friends moved away. Kemry still asks when Harlow can come over to play :)

September

Tyrel's parents flew out from Idaho to meet our sweet baby boy and play with our crazy toddler girl. 

After they left, my brother and his wife flew out from Washington to do the same thing {which I never blogged about?!?!?!?!?!}. 

We just ate up having all our family here!

Tyrel's paternity leave ended at work, and school started back up for him, officially ending our summer.

October

 I made Kemry a sweet cardboard guitar, documented what I have learned thus far having two kids instead of just one, waited impatiently for our leaves to fall, and channeled our inner J.M. Barrie for Halloween.

November

 Fall finally came! Kemry started swimming lessons, ate lots of Oreos, and discovered lipstick.

Tate stopped sleeping through the night {and is still only doing 3 hours at a time...........}, and we hosted our first Thanksgiving with family and friends.

December

I turned 26, Tate started eating rice cereal {the chubber}, Kemry caught the stomach flu, Christmas rang throughout our house, and we all reeled the next day with stomach flus of our own.

And that, my friends, was our year.

It was quite an awesome year, especially since our family grew from three to four.

I was pregnant with Kemry in both 2010 and 2011, pregnant with our miscarried baby in 2012, and pregnant with Tate throughout 2013.

I sure love babies, but maybe 2014 will be a good year for my body to take a break ;)

I hope you can take a minute to reflect upon your 2013 and find the hidden gems that you forgot about.

Happy New Years Eve!

Be safe, and see you next year!

Previous Year-in-Review posts found:

{2012} Here

{2011} Here