One happy thing is that Donnie and Liz got married. Mike and I got to host a Warcraft themed rehearsal dinner, and it was super fun.
This is definitely a happy memory:

Apparently October was just a good month...we also had our first Halloween party!
This one's bittersweet because it was how we announced we were pregnant, but, seriously, how amazing is Elizabeth Wiggs? I loved every photo from this shoot.

We got snow...that was fun!
Skipping several months...Autumn turned 4 and we got to have a Little Einsteins party at the Children's Museum. This was the first party she had a big hand in planning AND she made the guest list!
And although it is very sad and much of my pregnancy was difficult, there were very happy days. This is the day before Garrett died. Our community group gave us a small shower and this was one of my favorite gifts...it said "who are you calling short?"
I spent June and July in hard recovery. But, I was able to spend the time with friends. We went to the sprinkler park and the pool a lot, so I could get some healing sun as well as healing relationships.
Going to the beach, a lot of creative projects, and several birthday dinners later, I'm at the end of my year in pictures and still feel a little melancholy.
Here's to another year. Although sadness might always tinge my celebrations from now on, I am happy to be able to live it. I look forward to seeing what the next year brings...there's a lot on the horizon. We're facilitating our community group (we refuse to call ourselves "leaders" at this point, haha). After the first of the year, we'll be researching adoption (more on that later). There are some big things coming in my martial arts progression. Plus there's these two :)

I can't believe it was a year ago that we were thinking about D&L's wedding.
ReplyDeleteThe difference a year makes.
I KNOW! When I flipped back to September/October I was so surprised to see pictures from the wedding. It's so crazy how much can happen in less than 12 months, both good and bad. I have no concept of time for this past year. Everything feels like it was either 5 minutes or 100 years.
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