January
January went better than I expected. We finally got to go see the Midway Ice Castles and we went to our first ball (a Harry Potter themed one at that!). I didn't expect to have as much fun as a did right off the bat for the year, but those were GREAT ways to start this year. I made a resolution to stay busy to make memories this year and while I feel we didn't get out as much as I would have liked I can say I didn't hate the way the year went :)
February
February brought our first big new home item: The Design Center! We got to pick EVERYTHING for our house out in one night. It was crazy hectic with how many options there were, but in the end I was happy with all our choices (although now the only thing I'd change is our exterior colors...maybe that shouldn't have been the last thing we picked haha)
We also spent a very fun Valentine's/President's Day Weekend making our first cheesecake and watching a scary movie haha. It was so much fun baking together and I'm glad we found a way to celebrate that was perfect for us
March
March had us going to our first play of the year. One of my favorite memories of the year, especially when it was completely random (I didn't realize that play would be coming, I just stumbled upon the ad for it). We also got to put our down payment on the house and take a little walk to our lot one night. We wanted to make it a weekly walk, but we didn't end up doing that. It was still fun.
I also got introduced to the bald eagles at D.C. Which I watched until the very end of the streaming and can't wait to see them again in 2017!
April
I started April off by dragging family and friends around to different places while I let Larry be the home body he is haha. This even included going to the gardens with family from afar. And also a road trip to visit other family (and a baby!).
As for house stuff, we finally had our foundation laid!! It was an exciting month for us (much more than previous years where almost nothing happens in April haha)
May
One of the most exciting things to happen in May was Larry's graduation! I don't know that I've eve been more proud of him up to this point! He did such an amazing job with schooling and all the trips I wanted to take. He's so brilliant and I'm still so happy for him!
We did another birthday celebration with Andy, one that was pretty successful as far as happy days and showing off the house. It was a great one!
Memorial Weekend was spent visiting family, riding roller coasters, and seeing an old friend and her new baby. It was probably one of my favorite 3 day weekends this year (or the funnest I've spent Memorial Day Weekend in...ever!)
June
In June we took our first weekend trip down to St. George. This was a first for us and it did not disappoint. It was probably one of my favorite trips we did this year (all were road trips). The weather was warm, the water felt nice, and we got to see our second play of the year (Tarzan). It was a GREAT trip!
We did our first (and probably last) Parade of Homes this year, followed by a fun group on our first (and definitely not last) Ghost Tour. The Parade of Homes was so cool to see, but I didn't get out of it what I was expecting so it didn't seem worth the ticket price. The Ghost Tour wasn't what I was expecting either, but we had such a fun group that we knew we'd be going again!
We were introduced to our neighborhood this month and had a great time at the pot luck they held for everyone! It was such a good way to get to know people we'd be living next to.
We also locked in our rate and got everything ready for our home. I also found my new love of the heat and finally bought some shorts after 15 years of never wearing them. It was a GREAT beginning of the summer.
Lastly, we went to the air show with Marie and Jim again. It was much better, for me, this time since it was very sunny and I finally had proper ear protection. I'm not sure when/if we'll go there again, but it was nice getting it in this year!
July
July had to be our most eventful month this year! Not because anything that happened this month was bigger than other months, but just SO much happened! For starters, we began this month with Larry's awesome birthday celebration! It was brilliant to think of us just choosing what we want to do for our birthdays and the other pays for it (with a spending limit in mind, of course!). It's so hard to think of gifts ALL the time so at least this way the birthday person gets to have what they want without feeling obligated to be oohing and aahing over things they don't care about.
We also had a very busy Fourth of July Weekend. Complete with Fireworks, baseball, a museum trip, showing off the house to more family members, a hike, and saying goodbye to a GREAT friend! Many laughs, tears, and smiles for this weekend!
We celebrated the almost closing and last walk-by of our house and picking our last vacation spot of the year (the weirdest part about this is is I wasn't pregnant when we picked the vacation spot, but I was pregnant when we went, I just didn't know it!)
We tried to distract ourselves from closing issues by going to my work party and winning a Crate & Barrel gift card. Looking back now I feel bad I let a silly issue bring our party attitude down, but what can you do now? We did make up for it that weekend by going appliance shopping and starting our packing! That was REALLY fun!
We finally did close on our house and got all moved in way ahead of schedule (like 3 hours earlier than I expected).
We celebrated an amazing first week in our new home. Sounds silly, but it was a REALLY good, productive week! We also spent two of those days getting the condo ready to sell...that was probably not as much fun though haha.
We ended the month with our first Slide the City event! I have to say I think I did really good with finding things to do to keep us busy and create memories this year :)
August
We got to visit the Tracy Aviary thanks to Larry's schooling hosting Alumni Nights. It was very interesting as we had never been there before and we weren't sure what to expect. For being a free event I really liked it.
We also got to see my favorite comedian ever in person! John Mulaney (and his opener) were HILARIOUS! I remember being in tears this night because the jokes were just THAT great! I am VERY happy I got to do this this year!
We spent another weekend in Park City AND doing Ghost Tour #2. (Side Note: Technically I was pregnant this weekend, I had no idea though. It's just funny to think what I did without realizing it). Even though it was a packed day, it was a lot of fun!
We had our first house guests (Ariel, Nathan, and Baby Rachel) and it was so much fun! I was nervous having guests over when the house was still new to us, but I really enjoyed having them over. I feel bad because I didn't realize till MUCH later that they are allergic to animals and we just let the kitties go all over around them. Ariel, if you're reading this, I promise we'll be better about that if you choose to stay with us again :)
Lastly, we celebrated our first month in the new house. Which seems silly, but it was a GREAT first month and we had a lot of fun getting lawn care stuff (among other things). We had a neighborhood party within that first month and got to put rooms together (a little bit). Such a great month for us!
September
We started September (literally) with our last vacation of the year in South Dakota. While the drive through Wyoming was AWFUL the rest of the trip was pretty awesome! It definitely didn't have a vacation feel (for me), but we got to try a lot of new things and Larry finally got to see Mount Rushmore
After our trip we got to finally float the Provo River with Marie and Jim. I've always wanted to do that and so I was glad when we got that invite. I hope it's a thing we can do another summer.
Shortly after all that we found out I was pregnant (again). This was so scary, but so exciting as it wasn't fully planned like last time. But it was the best surprise I could have gotten! The first few weeks I was very anxious, but seeing BB and hearing that heartbeat was the best sight and sound ever! Everything before this moment feels like nothing compared to this adventure. Unfortunately I ended up being SO sick the rest of this month that we didn't do much after that other than doctor visits and my weekly updates...whoops!
October
We celebrated 12 years together in October. I didn't do a post about this since I wasn't up for doing much that day. We basically got new phones, went out to eat, and then came back home so I could sleep haha. About mid month we did end up having our first live-in house guest: my brother. I was so happy to help him get out of the house he was living in and having an extra helper around has been great!
Because I was sick most of this month it wasn't spent doing a lot. We did go shopping for Halloween decorations, but other than pumpkins we didn't put any out or up. We made up costumes based on what we already had, but we did end up having a ton of Trick-or-Treaters so that made up for the rest of the month of laziness (but I can't be blamed, being on pelvic rest while being SUPER sick you really don't care to do anything else). The greatest part was finally hearing on Halloween that the hemorrhage was pretty much healed up and we just got to enjoy the pregnancy at that point!
November
November we celebrated with a visit from my mom and Will. I look forward to those visits each year and this year was more special with BB in the picture! I started to feel better this month so getting out with them was great! We got to spill the beans to family as well as social media this month, which was so crazy scary exciting!
We had a great Thanksgiving with lot of family (at least around the day) and ate lot of food, which was the greatest part to me haha.
December
This December has been such a great one! We bought our first fish tank and fish, we celebrated 20 weeks of being pregnant (a GREAT milestone), we had one of the best Christmas days ever (spent being indoors, opening gifts, playing games, and cooking a delicious turkey dinner). We also found out we'll be having a baby girl, a complete shock to me!
Now we get to celebrate the end of 2016 and the start of 2017. It's so awesome knowing we're going into the year our baby will be born. I know I've posted a TON about the whole baby thing, but I could literally not be more excited. I was so nervous seeing the positive on the test when I took it, but now that I'm at where I'm at things are just getting more exciting.
I hope everyone out there is having a great year and is looking forward to the next one we get! Happy New Year!!!
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