Happy New Year!

I think it is with great trepidation that we all step into 2021.  Tread lightly so you don't wake the baby!  2020--what a year!  It taught us the importance of family and friends, of leaning into one another and of how much you really can do from the comfort of your home.  It also presented us with many challenges: having a baby amid a global pandemic, adjusting to life at home more, a new job, a rare disease, and so much love too!  It is certainly hard to wish away the year when it brought us sweet Benjamin.  Though, I still wish that adorable little guy would learn to sleep.  I told Marc that I feel like Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde--loving on his sweet face and snuggles during the daylight hours and then getting simply furious that he is up for the 8th, 9th, 10th time some nights--yes I am about to loose my mind.  But as we learned with Olivia, this too shall pass--I would just prefer the sleepness night stage to pass quicker :)

I think we are all so cautiously optimistic that this vaccine rollout will go smoothly and that maybe by fall we can start to see some semblance of "normality."  What even is that anymore?  But rather than turn this blog into a rumination of thoughts on what this year will look like (I really should not even bother anymore, it is certainly in God's hands now), lets instead focus on the cuteness of these little kiddos in picture form.  Here is a bit of a catch up over the last few months:

We had some PJ snuggle time:

We virtually cheered on VCU:

 

We celebrated Halloween:

 

We played in the leaf piles that Daddy made and welcomed in Fall:

Speaking of Daddy, I think this girl might have her dad's affinity for tools:

We celebrated Olivia's 3rd birthday with a puppy party with just our family:

We took Christmas pictures on our porch by my sister (no photography this year):

 

Our little man grew up quickly before our eyes, going from sitting independently to standing while holding and now he is crawling!!!

We celebrated Thanksgiving:

We got a visit from Santa (aka Marc's dad) at our house:

Here he is standing while holding onto the couch:

They enjoyed walks with the nanny while mom and dad worked, all snuggled up:

We celebrated Christmas with way too many presents (per usual):

 

And finally we rung in the New Year around 7pm, cause that is what you do when you have kids...don't worry everyone, its sparkling cider!  And that is a wrap on 2020!

It is certainly easy to see the many blessings when we look back at all the wonderful pictures!  I hope 2021 will be a great year for everyone--did anyone make any fun resolutions?