Andreae Adventures: December 2011

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!

We have had an AMAZING year and look forward to the many blessings to come in the year 2012! Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever thought I would be pregnant...AGAIN! ...for the 2nd New Year's in a row!

Shining Moments of 2011:

January:

Last Year bringing in 2011...super pregnant and tired!

Showered with many gifts

Said 'good-bye' to a great man...Coach Hutton

February:

Very pregnant and ready to meet our little girl!

Before we were 3!

Finally getting to hold our little miracle!

The rest of the year was pretty much a whirlwind, but I'll try to just hit on the main parts. Filled with LOTS of firsts! Bobby and I learned a lot (still learning) about balancing parenting and marriage, which is extremely difficult by the way!

March: Natalie got her first of many "sniffles." She got out of newborn diapers and moved into size 1. We had our first date night since she was born.

First Date Night

April: Natalie had her first long sleep...9 hours! Also, started sleeping in her crib. She rolled over! Celebrated Easter.

May: My 1st Mother's Day. Bobby ran the Mini and I walked it. My great-grandma (Natalie's great-great grandma) passed away. I started back to work :( and Aunt Amanda started watching Natalie and living with us 3 days a week (what a lifesaver)!

June: We started the process of buying a new home and putting our other one on the market (still on the market...grrr). Natalie's 1st taste of baby cereal. Bobby's 1st Father's Day. Natalie's 1st play date. Aunt Amanda's bridal shower.

July: Our crazy, busy month! We moved to our new house! Amanda's bachelorette party, family reunion, Amanda and Matt got married, and my mom graduated from Ivy Tech's LPN program. Celebrated 4th of July. Went to Natalie's 1st fair. Natalie tried "real baby food"...carrots. Now into size 2 diapers.

August: Natalie is sitting up. Went to Holiday World. Natalie got her 1st tooth! Bye-Bye Aunt Amanda, Hello Daycare :( Bobby celebrated his 10 year class reunion.

September: Bobby and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary in Colorado. Had to lower Natalie's crib. Andreae family pictures. Bobby's sister and family moved to Maryland. Natalie's 1st trip to Tennessee. She has 2 teeth. Crawling everywhere! Can pull herself up on furniture now. Found out we were expecting baby #2!

October: 1st camping trip. Said 'good-bye' to Bobby's Uncle Bob...such a neat person! Covered Bridge Festival. Natalie can say 'Dada.' Wearing size 3 diapers. 3rd tooth. Her 1st Halloween! Announced we were expecting baby #2!

November: Bobby turned 29! Natalie is walking along furniture. Natalie has 4 teeth. I got contacts. Heard baby #2's heartbeat! Natalie's 1st Thanksgiving. She can clap, wave bye-bye, can climb steps and walk behind her car.

December: Bobby and I got to spend some time in NYC! I turned 28. Natalie met Santa Claus. Natalie's 1st Christmas. Natalie's 1st flu :(

Happy New Year! May you be blessed beyond measure!

Holiday Gathering of Friends

Friday night, we headed up to Indy to have dinner with my 2 friends from college, along with their babies (as you have seen them before) and all our husbands. It is pretty rare to have the guys with us, so that was a nice change!

The kids really enjoyed each other and played nicely. Gavin, the youngest, did great with all the babies too. I think last time we were with Gavin he definitely did not want Natalie even to look at him :) They had fun with all of Kevin's toys and the adults all enjoyed catching up and just watching our little ones play! By 8:30p, all the babies were pretty much all ready for bed, so everyone headed home.

Natalie slept the whole way to Terre Haute (both ways), but then once we did get home, she did not want to go to bed. She thought it was playtime! Bobby convinced me that we needed to let her cry herself to sleep because there was nothing wrong with her...she had been fed and changed. So, we did, and she went to sleep fairly quickly. While she was getting herself to bed, I was finishing up her 1st Birthday invites. I am very proud of myself because I made them all by myself and Bobby came in at the end to fine tune it with his very detailed eye...which sometimes can really annoy me! :) They turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

I can't believe Natalie's 1st Birthday is only a month and a half a way...so unreal!