Seriously? A year? I suck at this.

It's been 2.5 years since I started this blog and this is only my 12th post. 

12! 

I'm such a blogger-disgrace. 

And again, just like I did almost exactly a year ago today, I will explain that my lack of blogging has nothing to do with the fact that I haven't had anything to blog about. 

Let's recap 2012: 

- For the majority of the year, we had 4 children: Ethan, Donald, Dennis, & Daniel.   This was rough.  But it was also very very fun.

 BMX Track at Burns Park - super hot day of racing! 

 

 

Family Trip to the Memphis Zoo! It was awesome and I would love to go again soon! 

Yes we're in a cemetery but we all looked nice! Don't hate. 

- As of November 10th though, the 3Ds have moved into their forever home with their amazing new mommas! As much as we miss them, we are super happy for all of them, and their adoption will be finalized in May! 

-  In March we took a road trip with our besties to Massachusetts and New York! It was amazing! We stayed at a ski resort... but with our luck, everything melted the week before we got there! It was in the 70s all week!  

We stayed right in the middle of Manhattan! Our hotel was just 1.5 blocks from Times Square! 

 

  

Ethan LOVED NYC! 

 Ethan & Daddy on top of the Empire State Building! 

 World Trade Center Memorial- not sure why none of us were ready for the family pic... I promise, we were actually happy to be there!

 The Statue of Liberty was awesome! Unfortunately, they have about a year and a half long project to renovate the interior of the statue, so we were not able to go inside. It was still beautiful! I think this was Ethan's favorite part of the trip! 

 

- The most amazing part of our trip was being able to be a part of our best friends' wedding day! 

 

 

  
-  We also added a new puppy to the family! Deuce joined our family on Easter Sunday! 

Adorable puppy, right? Well, now he looks like this! 

- I got bangs! 

 They were short-lived though. :-( I loved them, but with this naturally frizzy, wavy mess I deal with every day, they were just too high maintenance. 

- I had a lot of health issues this summer. Emergency surgery, blood transfusions, loss of vision, MRIs and lumbar punctures, ugh... 

Anyway, this is my beautiful self-portrait I took in the hospital. :-)  

 - We got an amazing little bundle toddler of joy in August! We call him Lil Dude, and he has very quickly become the apple of our eyes. He is 17 months old, and is the most beautiful thing that God has ever created. He is so smart- he has a wide vocabulary, can sign multiple words or phrases, and has just recently begun using the big kid potty! I can't wait to show him off to the world... but, that will have to wait. 

- We ended the year with yet another bang! And by bang, I mean another child! Biggie came to us on Dec. 28th! He's such a cute little chunk, and he is loud! We love watching him learn new things and grow everyday!