The ones from 2016 ...

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R !!! (a week late!)

Just popping in on this wild and crazy Friday night from my bed. All three of us have been under the weather since we welcomed 2017 and have spent the better part of this week laying on the couch, watching movies, and wiping noses every few minutes. I'm happy to keep the first two around as we muscle our way through this Arctic season we've been experiencing (-10 degrees and about 4 feet of total snow for the season, yeesh!) but the third one (the part about wiping our noses every few minutes) can totally go. I thought I'd better take a moment to properly say goodbye to 2016 before 2017 is already half over so here we go. haha

Nic and I rang in the New Year watching The One with All the Resolutions and The One with the Routine, two of the best Friends episodes about NYE! It only seemed fitting to look back on last year as "The Ones from 2016" Friends style. ;) Some of our favorite memories ...

January ... The one with the last time I nursed Liam (an incredibly hard time for me), when we refinished our kitchen table, and many trips to the library so I could see Liam in a pair of ginormous headphones that squished his cheeks together in the most adorable way!

February ... The one with all the Valentines and Liam in a basket surrounded by hearts! The one where he is 15 months old and covers himself in yogurt (still does that to this day!) and won't put down my phone, sounds about right. The one with his first goose egg (hugely traumatic for me, short-lived for him) and the time he pooped in the bathtub ... WITH ME IN IT!! And last but certainly not least ... the one with the lost wedding ring.

March ... The one with a St. Patrick's Day Pinterest breakfast gone wrong and pizza Saturdays. The one where Liam decorated his first Easter eggs and ditched his first Easter egg hunt for the suckers he found sticking out of the ground! The one with the boss badge.

April ... The one with Liam's stick obsession and other milestones at 18 months (I loved that age!). The one with our trip to California and Liam's first time seeing the ocean (Take me back, THE BEST). The one where Liam learns to drive and Rue experiences the great outdoors for the first time (our babies are growing up!). But the biggest growing up moment of all that had my momma heart beaming with pride, the one with Liam's first Sunday in nursery at church.


May ... The one with the yearbook date. The one celebrating my most cherished role in the whole world, being Liam's mom. The one with 5 years of marriage and a blissful overnight getaway to Salt Lake (still dreaming of that hot springs and chocolate fondue with my person!).


June ... The one where he turned 29 and I turned 26. The one time we celebrated our favorite dads in our life. The one with the whirlwind trip to the beautiful Bear Lake and a first visit (for Liam) to the Pocatello zoo!


July ... The one with the 4th of July in Meridian (Liam was scared of the fireworks and we went to Roaring Springs for the first time as a family!). The one with Liam in a diaper playing in the backyard with the hose at 21 months! The one with the yard update and hiking galore!


August ... The one of many summer nights spent at the Wellness Complex. The one with a spontaneous trip to Utah to see the Living Planet Aquarium! The one with too much candy at the Chubbuck Days Parade. The one with a trip to Meridian to see friends, cousins, Sita, the park, and the Idaho State Fair (Liam rode his first rides and would cry when it was time to get off because he loved every single second of it)! The one with my future black mail or graduation cake pictures for Liam someday ;)! The one time we visited the Idaho Falls Zoo and were amazed at how great it was!! August was a really fun month!


September ... The one with a second trip to the fair with more family! The one with our new beautiful kitchen lighting! The one with the Idaho Power exhibit and Sita's visit. The one with the last Liam update before he turned two. The one walk at Cherry Springs with papa.

October ... The one with all the rain (and a broken phone, boo!) during the first week of fall, celebrating Liam and Sita's early birthdays (& in video!), a photoshoot for Liam's birthday invitations (he makes the cutest construction worker in the whole world!), and our annual trip to the corn maze and pumpkin patch (with friends and Liam's little girlfriend, Hadley, this time!). The one with Liam's second birthday where he got his very first bike and celebrating with a construction theme party with his little best friends! The one with my very first photo shoot (such a nerve wracking yet growing experience for me). The one with parties, pumpkin carving, boo at the zoo, and all things Halloween (dressed up as the Big Bad Wolf, Little Red, and the Lumberjack)! Like August, October was jam packed full of so many fun memories!


November ... The one with hilarious tales of a toddler! The one with all the Thanksgivings (brunch with Nic's mom, dinner with Nic's dad and a weekend in Meridian with my family to follow). The one with some of my favorite family pictures!


December ... The one with all the Advent Calendars, the trips to visit Santa (first time, second time, third time haha and the third time was NOT the charm this year), decking the halls, snow days (with Ralphie's little brother), a weekend in Salt Lake that didn't quite go according to plan, and gingerbread house building with friends! The one with this year's Christmas card and a letter. The one with more snow (and a beloved snowball). The one with Christmas Eve & Christmas day (where Santa brought Liam a new train set and his very own kid table)!

So many sweet memories we'll never forget. Welcoming a new year with endless possibilities, big dreams, and change. Hopefully a few less runny noses too, please! haha
Cheers you guys! XO