And here it is New Year's Eve of 2013. This year flew by faster than any other - thanks to my pregnancy. I never imagined on New Year's Day this year that I'd be sitting here at the end of the year with a four week old son. It's still so surreal at times!
We did a lot this year even with the pregnancy. Let's take a look back.
January - We finally got the couches my in-laws promised Nate years ago. Checked out some of the new taprooms in our area and pretty much hibernated as it got cold.
February - Visited Winterfest, celebrated Valentine's Day at the new restaurant Louis in the upstairs of Cossettas. Had our CD release concert for Praise Project.
March - Irished it up on St. Patrick's Day - maybe a little too much, ha ha. Celebrated 15 years of being together as a couple on the 22nd. Visited a winery in Wisconsin to celebrate and had a great dinner out at the Butcher and the Boar. Sang with the choir at St. Stephens for Holy Week. Went to Firkin Fest in St. Paul.
April - Celebrated my mom's birthday. Found out we were expecting Oliver and as I have admitted, had a mild panic attack and chose to lay low most of the rest of the month. We lost a huge tree branch in the backyard thanks to the late winter snow.
May - Nate went on a road trip with his beer buddies. We saw Oliver on an ultrasound for the first time and announced to our immediate families on Mother's Day that we were pregnant and then to our friends at the end of the month. Celebrated 7 years of marriage on the 27th.
June - I got to do my civic duty and served Jury Duty for two weeks - reporting in once. We started receiving our CSA goodies on a weekly basis.
July - We celebrated the 4th of July with Praise Project friends. We traveled to Itasca with Nate's family for five days. We helped some dear friends move into their first house. We prepared for and then hosted a successful garage sale. And we found out we were having a boy.
August - We went to the cabin with Praise Project, getting an extra day than normal and had fantastic weather. We slowly started getting the house ready for baby but more so for starting Project: Replace front window. We went to the State Fair. We really started enjoying our weekly CSA share as most items were in harvest about this time.
September - The front window was successfully replaced over Labor Day weekend. We went crib shopping and picked out/ordered the one we liked with my in-laws. We registered for our baby gifts. I found out that I unfortunately had Gestational Diabetes and learned how to manage it for the remainder of my pregnancy. We went to our first Childbirth class on a Saturday.
October - Most of my showers were held this month - Nate's family, my family and my friends shower. My mom and I went to see Josh Groban in concert again. We opted out of Oktoberfest due to being so busy with the window project and baby prep. We went to another class on coping with Labor.
November - We had another shower with Praise Project. We attended three more child prep classes, this time focusing more on caring for our baby instead of the birth and delivery. We celebrated our 32nd birthdays with a special movie treat at the big ICON theatre to see Catching Fire.
December - Oliver surprised us by coming 10 days before his due date - and we wouldn't have it any other way. We had a great birth experience and were home and settled well before Christmas. Celebrated his first Christmas with both sides of our families and have been adjusting to life as a family of 3.
It was quite a year and again, I say it every year, but how does the time go so fast? It scares me to think that it will increase ten fold now that we have a child. I already can't believe he's almost one month old. He's outgrowing his newborn diapers. I just don't want it to pass me by too quickly - so as always I just resolve to try and enjoy every moment of every day. And I want to complain less. I have so little to complain about when you look at the big picture.
Happy New Year to one and all!
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12/31/13
12/29/11
Another year gone by
Man, I know it's something that happens with age, but I swear with each passing year I find myself saying this line from the musical Rent "I can't believe a year went by so fast." I know it gets worse when you have children, so sometimes I'm thankful that we don't. Still, it is hard to believe 2011 is almost over already. Yet, as I sit here to start writing our recap of the year, I also can't believe how much we crammed into one year - maybe that is how it flew by. Let's rewind a bit.
January - The quietest month of the year. I decided to bite the bullet and take advantage of the free consultation at a client of Nate's to see if I'd be a candidate for Lasik. I was thrilled to learn that I was and set up my surgery for February.
February - We attended Winterfest as a belated Christmas gift to Nate and had a blast trying out all the best local beers MN has to offer. We enjoyed it so much we're going again this year. We had a most wonderful meal for Valentine's Day at Erte in NE Minneapolis. I had my Lasik surgery on February 18th and my life was forever changed. It is still the best thing I have ever done for myself. We participated in our first ever Praise Project benefit concert. We continued digging out from SO.MUCH.SNOW.
March - I had an eye opening and interesting experience filling in as a front desk person in another part of Fairview for one week. We got back on the running train as the snow started melting a bit towards the end of the month.
April - We celebrated my mom's birthday and Easter. We continued on with our running and were pleased with the progress we made. My mom and I took a fun spring arts sampler class at the park near my house and made some fun projects. Would like to go back there and do more.
May - Big month for us, celebrating five years of marriage over Memorial Day weekend. We opted to stay in town for the big day and visited a fantastic winery in Delano and then had a wonderful dinner at The Melting Pot downtown. I had my ears doubled pierced. Held our breath as a tornado tore through North Minneapolis and parts of Fridley, sparing my parents house by only a few blocks.
June - Nate decided to take his turn to see if he would be a candidate for Lasik and we were beyond shocked when he was! He had his surgery in the middle of June and also was super pleased with the results. We had a soggy time at this year's Rock the Garden, but I was still excited to see Neko Case, one of my favorite singers of all time, live in concert even if it wasn't quite the right venue for her. We hit a huge milestone in our running, able to do 30 minutes at one go. I ended up with a severely infected ear piercing and had one earring removed. The other one remains however. Started a fashion blog and have enjoyed the journey so far with that.
July - Celebrated the 4th with some Praise Project friends. Saw the Black Keys in concert over that weekend as well. Mom and I saw Josh Groban in concert too and hands down, he is the best live concert I have ever been to. We sweated through some extreme heat and took a week to go down and visit with our Kondrick relatives in St. Louis where we suffered through some REALLY extreme heat. We still had a good time there, visiting the Budweiser brewery and the Arch and all those fun tourist type things. While we were gone my awesome dad replaced our laundry room washtub and finally my basement doesn't smell musty anymore!
August - A quieter month again, we had a family reunion with Nate's family out in Wisconsin. We completed the delayed Torchlight 5K even if we couldn't quite run the entire thing. We brewed a bunch of beer so we'd have it ready for October and Oktoberfest. I came over an almost 30 year fear of loud noises by taking a gun safety class with Nate and for the first time ever, firing an actual gun.
September - We had another weekend up north with the Praise Project gang. We visited some wineries down south over Labor Day weekend. We decided to take a step back from the running for a bit so Nate could work through some stress issues he was having. We started getting the house in shape for Oktoberfest.
October - Oktoberfest celebration commenced. Another successful year and much fun was had by all. Put myself on a self imposed shopping ban to save up money for a Smartphone. Had a low key Halloween and did not dress up this year.
November - Returned to a place that caused a lot of pain in the past and were able to comfortably be there and close the door to the past (the old church), Did my annual trek for the Cities Sampler with Gina, celebrated my Muppets triumphant return to the big screen, enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving with Nate's family, and celebrated our big 3-0 and found that 30 is not as bad as I once feared. So far it's not really much worse than 29! Bought my iPhone and have loved it ever since.
December - Suffered through a pretty nasty cold, prepared to celebrate Christmas and had a wonderful holiday.
The end of the year has been calmer than other parts of the year. And I'm ok with that! Looking back through my review of the year it feels kind of nice to have things slowing down a bit! For the most part I would say 2011 was good. There were up and down moments as there are with any year, but we got through the not so great stuff and enjoyed the wonderful stuff. I don't know what 2012 holds, but I am looking forward to it.
Happy New Year one and all!
January - The quietest month of the year. I decided to bite the bullet and take advantage of the free consultation at a client of Nate's to see if I'd be a candidate for Lasik. I was thrilled to learn that I was and set up my surgery for February.
February - We attended Winterfest as a belated Christmas gift to Nate and had a blast trying out all the best local beers MN has to offer. We enjoyed it so much we're going again this year. We had a most wonderful meal for Valentine's Day at Erte in NE Minneapolis. I had my Lasik surgery on February 18th and my life was forever changed. It is still the best thing I have ever done for myself. We participated in our first ever Praise Project benefit concert. We continued digging out from SO.MUCH.SNOW.
March - I had an eye opening and interesting experience filling in as a front desk person in another part of Fairview for one week. We got back on the running train as the snow started melting a bit towards the end of the month.
April - We celebrated my mom's birthday and Easter. We continued on with our running and were pleased with the progress we made. My mom and I took a fun spring arts sampler class at the park near my house and made some fun projects. Would like to go back there and do more.
May - Big month for us, celebrating five years of marriage over Memorial Day weekend. We opted to stay in town for the big day and visited a fantastic winery in Delano and then had a wonderful dinner at The Melting Pot downtown. I had my ears doubled pierced. Held our breath as a tornado tore through North Minneapolis and parts of Fridley, sparing my parents house by only a few blocks.
June - Nate decided to take his turn to see if he would be a candidate for Lasik and we were beyond shocked when he was! He had his surgery in the middle of June and also was super pleased with the results. We had a soggy time at this year's Rock the Garden, but I was still excited to see Neko Case, one of my favorite singers of all time, live in concert even if it wasn't quite the right venue for her. We hit a huge milestone in our running, able to do 30 minutes at one go. I ended up with a severely infected ear piercing and had one earring removed. The other one remains however. Started a fashion blog and have enjoyed the journey so far with that.
July - Celebrated the 4th with some Praise Project friends. Saw the Black Keys in concert over that weekend as well. Mom and I saw Josh Groban in concert too and hands down, he is the best live concert I have ever been to. We sweated through some extreme heat and took a week to go down and visit with our Kondrick relatives in St. Louis where we suffered through some REALLY extreme heat. We still had a good time there, visiting the Budweiser brewery and the Arch and all those fun tourist type things. While we were gone my awesome dad replaced our laundry room washtub and finally my basement doesn't smell musty anymore!
August - A quieter month again, we had a family reunion with Nate's family out in Wisconsin. We completed the delayed Torchlight 5K even if we couldn't quite run the entire thing. We brewed a bunch of beer so we'd have it ready for October and Oktoberfest. I came over an almost 30 year fear of loud noises by taking a gun safety class with Nate and for the first time ever, firing an actual gun.
September - We had another weekend up north with the Praise Project gang. We visited some wineries down south over Labor Day weekend. We decided to take a step back from the running for a bit so Nate could work through some stress issues he was having. We started getting the house in shape for Oktoberfest.
October - Oktoberfest celebration commenced. Another successful year and much fun was had by all. Put myself on a self imposed shopping ban to save up money for a Smartphone. Had a low key Halloween and did not dress up this year.
November - Returned to a place that caused a lot of pain in the past and were able to comfortably be there and close the door to the past (the old church), Did my annual trek for the Cities Sampler with Gina, celebrated my Muppets triumphant return to the big screen, enjoyed a lovely Thanksgiving with Nate's family, and celebrated our big 3-0 and found that 30 is not as bad as I once feared. So far it's not really much worse than 29! Bought my iPhone and have loved it ever since.
December - Suffered through a pretty nasty cold, prepared to celebrate Christmas and had a wonderful holiday.
The end of the year has been calmer than other parts of the year. And I'm ok with that! Looking back through my review of the year it feels kind of nice to have things slowing down a bit! For the most part I would say 2011 was good. There were up and down moments as there are with any year, but we got through the not so great stuff and enjoyed the wonderful stuff. I don't know what 2012 holds, but I am looking forward to it.
Happy New Year one and all!
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