365 Days...that's all it was and man there were some very significant, life changing, moments that have happened. There are the obvious, buying a house and having a baby, but there are the not so obvious that I haven't talked about since they happened. As my body is trying to recover from the most recent bump in this roller coaster we call life, I have had a lot on my mind about the past year. I know these trials have been for my good and my families, but oh my goodness I am happily looking forward to being able to go back to the mundane daily routine.
Okay, enough of the vague look down memory lane. Here's a personal look at this chapter of our Book of Life. I have debated how to write this and what I should write about and I think I finally got my answer. Every year since Dave and I got married we have written a little summary of what our past year has held, this year that didn't happen. It ended up being 8 lines long, apparently I wasn't quite ready to reflect.
This was how 2016 was for Dave, Jessica, Tatum, & Oakley. . .
Dave worked hard as an Estimator (I'm still trying to decide if an office job was the less stressful position I was hoping for). :) He trained for the Spartan Race and finished. With a small baby and a 4 year old at home, we are glad he was able to have something to show for all his hard work. That race looked tough. We vacationed in Jackson and loved seeing Bar J Wranglers and all the wildlife. We also went hiking, ate square ice cream and chocolate tasting. The last few months of the year are always spent hunting for the best Deer and Elk he can find. Nothing yet, but plenty of "missed" opportunities so far. :)
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Life was busy for Jessica this past year. Pregnant for half the year and the sickest I remember ever being in my life. The flu held nothing on the 9 months I went through to bring our baby here. A lot of it started as being stress induced from living with family, finding out I was pregnant, and then buying a house but continuing on because pregnancy doesn't just last a couple months. My first pregnancy, I LOVED it. It was rough at the end but I felt great the majority of the time and could hold my breakfast down most days. 2nd time around I never got a break, but we're hoping that "Mommy Amnesia" kicks in again so I can actually think about more kids without feeling sick again.
In May, that beautiful bundle of joy came into our family. My mom's birthday will never be the same, since she now gets to share it with our beautiful baby Oakley. We were soon thrown a curve ball and had to stand our ground and defend our family to those who sought to take away this celebration of life. We are still dealing with a lot of emotional damage from that experience and a couple before that but hope to have that trauma put to rest soon so it will forever be remembered as a wonderful day (and year) that it was with a few minor stabs.
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| 2 Days before Baby Day! This was the best I have ever looked at 39 weeks pregnant. I weighed 4 pounds more than my pre-pregnancy weight....I was pretty sick the whole time. |
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| The least bloody picture. :) I have better (and more) pictures but I'll save you the nightmares. |
Tatum started Preschool and loves it! She is learning so much and loves having friends to talk to. She was a wonderful helper both before and after her little Sister came. She is so excited for Oakley to be old enough to play dolls with her. She is the best at getting her sister to laugh or smile. She finally got her swing set that Daddy promised her once she was potty trained. She loves going on adventures and making everything fun. She had her first unscheduled doctor/Instacare visit in her life when she was so sick and had a scary cough. She has been quite the trooper and really big helper through all of this mom's health changes. She is an awesome hiker and went farther than mom and Oakley could go. We love seeing her grow and all the new fun memories we get to make with her.
#FamiliesAreForever #Grandstaff2016
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