April 2011
This was a great month! Walker had a wonderful Easter. He also took his first dip in the pool. He loved it!! I can't wait for this summer.
This was my first Mother's Day! We went to Arlington for the weekend to go to the Ranger vs. Yankee game with my mom and brother. It was a lot of fun. When we got home on Sunday Walker started crawling!!!!! It was the best mother's day gift ever.
We always have a lot of celebrating this month. Jeff and I celebrated our 2nd Wedding Anniversary, Father's Day and MY birthday. My mom came down and watched Walker so we could have a night away for our anniversary. It was really nice to have dinner and drinks and sleep in. Father's day we just relaxed and spent time with Jeff's family. This year I turned 27. Last year I was pregnant and couldn't do much so I wanted to go out this year. We had dinner and then went to a piano bar. I had lots of fun!!!
Colorado!!!! We were so lucky and happy to celebrate with the Sabo's. Brooke and Michael's wedding was beautiful. Jeff's mom came with us so we were able to bring Walker. He had his first airplane ride!! He slept both ways. I was such a happy Mommy. We came back on the 4th and were exhausted so we didn't see any fireworks. This year will be Walker's first time for fireworks. I can't wait to see what he thinks. Another celebration is that baby Drake was born. I was so happy to be there!!!
Back to work I go!!! It was so much hard leaving Walker. I also moved down to first grade. It was an adjustment. I love it though. The kids are great. Walker also got his first hair cut. He didn't like it at all.
Happy Birthday to Jeff and Walker and Walker is walking!!!! Jeff turned 27 on the 5th and Walker turned 1 on the 17th. Jeff wanted to sleep and relax for his birthday so Walker and I ran errands all day. We had a big birthday party for Walker. It was a Candyland theme!! He had so much fun!! It was so AWESOME to have him walking around. He also did great with his last bottle. This month was also a hard month. My Dad was in a very serious car accident driving back from Walker's birthday. He rolled his truck and suffered serve head trauma. He was in ICU and then moved to a rehabilitation center.
Such a fun month!!! In the first week I had 4 wonderful friends have babies!! 2 boys and 2 girls!
It is so awesome to see my friends now being parents. A beautiful thing. Walker had to get adjusted to all the babies. He really didn't like me holding them. This Halloween was great! Walker was a hamburger. We took him around the neighbor hood. By the third house he knew what to do. He would knock on the door and then reach for candy and put it in his bag. It is so amazing to watch him grow.
This was the start of a hard ending 2011. My Nana had been sick since July. She had complications following a colonoscopy. She was in ICU for a long time and then able to be moved to a nursing home. We thought we were going to lose her around August but she pulled through. It was so hard to watch my Granddad without her. She was doing really well but then took a turn for the worse right before Thanksgiving. We decided that if it got bad we were just going to leave it to God. She went peacefully in her sleep. It was very hard to lose her but so happy that she wasn't suffering anymore. I am so thankful that she was able to meet Walker and I have pictures of them together. She was an amazing women and I am so lucky that she was my Nana.
Through out the time my mom was dealing with my Nana my Dad was still in a home. We had a couple scares but he pulled through. He had one towards the end of November and we decided that we were not going to let him suffer. It was now in God's hands. December 6 he started having complications from the accident and his diabetes. His blood pressure was dropping. I made the decision not to rush home because we had gone through this before. My brother was able to be there with my mom. Things didn't get better and he passed away early in the morning on December 7. This was very ironic because December 7 was my Nana's birthday. My Dad had a rough last couple of years. He was having complications with his diabetes and kidneys. Sometimes it was hard for him to do anything because he just was in a lot of pain. I am so lucky to have had him as my Dad. I know that he loved me more than anything. He didn't always make the right choices but I knew he loved me. I am so grateful to of had him give me a way on my wedding day and for him to be a part of his first grandchild's life. We had a military burial and a celebration of his life. It was very fitting for my Dad. I miss him very much everyday but I thank God that he is now at peace. I think the hardest part was the last time I saw him he didn't know who I was. I do know that I will see him again. Christmas was hard but we kept on. We were able to celebrate with our friends. It was so amazing to have everyone over with their babies. I hosted Christmas again for the family and it was great to have everyone with us. Walker had a blast!!
January 2012
Happy New Year!!!! We celebrated in Dallas with Jeff's friends from college. Walker was able to spend time with DeeDee. We know that 2012 is going to be a great year for us and we can't wait to see what it has in store.
