Dear Family & Friends,
We hope you had
as eventful of a year as we did! This year we celebrated 4 years, 3 years, 2
years, and we are about to celebrate 1 year!
In February,
Adam signed a contract with Aerotek working as a temp employee of Sauer Danfoss
(they have since been bought out and are now just Danfoss). We were really
excited that he got a job fairly quickly after graduation, though while he was
searching, it seemed like forever! They like him there, and are talking about
hiring him on sometime late next year. In the meantime, he continues to work
early AM’s at UPS before heading to his “real” job.
In April, I took
a long term sub position teaching math at St. Agnes. It was rough for this
Bulldog (St. Bernard’s) to be an Aggie, but I enjoyed being back in the
classroom. Several of my mom friends helped watch the kids while I was at work.
It was a great experience; however, it made me realize that my place right now
is at home with my babies!
On May 9th, Adam and I celebrated our FOUTH wedding anniversary. Four years doesn’t seem that long, but when I look back to our wedding day, it seems like an ancient memory!
A couple weeks
later, we celebrated Danielle’s THIRD birthday on May 17th. The weather didn’t
cooperate, so we didn’t release balloons this year, but we had cake and
celebrated with friends & family.
At the beginning
of June, mom, the kids, and I went to Oregon to visit my mom’s family and
introduce them to our little man, Nathaniel. My grandma was so excited to see
us that she ended up slipping off the ottoman and breaking her leg on our first
day there. So we spent a lot of time going back and forth visiting her, but we
were able to celebrate my cousin’s pregnancy and throw her a baby shower while
we were there.
On August 12th,
our little Eleanor celebrated her SECOND birthday. She spent the day playing with her cousins and
even got to skip her nap. After dinner she was able to blow out candles on a
birthday cupcake, though we didn’t have her birthday party until October, since
we were in the middle of moving.
At the end of
August, we bought a new house in Woodbury. We love all the space that we have
(coming from a townhouse!), and the room we have to grow our family. Though I
am finding that with more space to grow, comes more space to clean! I’m pretty
sure that’s the only part I don’t like about moving out of our townhouse. Since
then, we’ve been kept super busy putting our home together, from yard work,
garage improvements, painting, decorating and more!
In October, we celebrated Adam’s dad’s wedding to his mom’s sister. Even though it rained a little, it was a lovely wedding, and reception. It’s been great to have his aunt take a new roll in the family and grow closer to her.
While we haven’t
gotten to it yet, we will be celebrating Nate’s FIRST birthday just a few short days before
Christmas on the 21st. To my disappointment, at 10 months, he’s
recently started walking. But, it’s been such a fun year watching him grow into
such a little man!
We hope that 2013
was a wonderful year full of blessings for you and your family, and wish you a
Merry Christmas filled with joy.
