The biggest event of 2012 was certainly Julia's birth, but 2012 was a wonderful year for us. It was an expensive year (new baby, tree on the house leading to new siding, windows and paint, new car, new water heater, new microwave, multiple plumber visits, etc.), but a wonderful year. We expanded our family and spent lots of time with our extended family, made some really wonderful new friends, built stronger friendships with the friends we were already blessed to know, escaped for a few fun trips, and just generally enjoyed the every day life of our young family.
Here's our year in pictures. It's not every little thing, these are just pro shots or pics from the big camera, which I don't always remember to take it or upload pictures from, but it's a pretty good summary. 2013 has some pretty big shoes to fill!
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| Our trip to see Jodie in mid-January. |
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| Ashley, Eliot, Clara and me. |
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| Clara learned to feed herself. |
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| Valentine's Day 2012. |
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| KD Girls at the Beach. |
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| Group shot. |
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| Snow! |
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| A rare picture with me in it before church. |
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| Getting into spring time. |
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| More spring. |
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| Easter Egg Hunt at Church. |
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| Welcome Baby Julia! |
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| Clara meets Julia (non-plussed). |
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| First family picture. |
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| Julia's Homecoming |
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| Sisters : ) |
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| First Bath. |
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| So tiny! |
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| Easter Egg Hunt (1 week late). |
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| Professional Newborn Shot in a Bucket. |
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| Outfit by my sweet co-worker. |
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| Sisters checking each other out. |
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| Julia starting to play (between 1-2 months). |
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| Love this sister shot! |
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| My grandmother visits around mother's day. |
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| Julia at the pool. |
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| Quincy and the Kids at the Pool. |
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| Slip&Slide MDW. |
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| Slip & Slide MDW. |
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| Elliot & Julia. |
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| Getting bigger! |
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| Happy 40th Anniversary Mom & Dad! |
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| Brunch at Coquette for their Anniversary. |
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| Table of friends. |
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| Music on the Porch. |
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| Sleeping baby in the Ergo. |
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| My first baby. |
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| Dancing! |
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| Forward Roll. |
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| Julia 3 Months |
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| Family Pic. |
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| Three Months! |
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| The Three girls. |
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| Emily Green Cough comes to visit. |
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| Aunt Jenny. |
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| Uncle Danny. |
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| Clara's 2! |
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| Second Birthday Party |
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| Julia at 4 Months. |
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| Tree on the house. |
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| Mega-watt smile. |
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| Clara on her bike. |
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| Beach--LDW. |
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| Julia's first trip to the ocean. |
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| Hoping for one of these shots every year. |
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| Julia with Aunt Judy. |
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| Five months and so excited (she started daycare right around this time). |
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| First day of Sunday School. |
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| Clara headed to Sunday School. |
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| Little Wolfpack Fans. |
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| Goodbye Tahoe! |
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| Music on the Porch--Clara and Soph. |
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| Just love this one. |
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| Julia's Baptism. |
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| Clara and Annalise. |
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| Julia and me at her baptism brunch. |
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| Sassy Clara. |
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| Hysterical. |
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| My mom and me. |
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| A teething baby ready to get on the move. |
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| Julia and Elliot. |
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| The four of us at the church. |
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| Lisa married us and has baptized two babies. |
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| Clara on the steps at Church. |
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| Julia 6 months. |
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| Julia 6 months pro shot. |
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| Julia 6 months pro shot. I painted this later in the year. |
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| Pumpkin patch. |
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| Visit to see PK |
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| Julia around Thanksgiving. |
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| Family holiday photos (taken in October by Beth Tilley Green Photography.) |
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| Sisters. |
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| Beautiful. |
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| So big! |
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| Love this one. |
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| Daddy and his little girl. |
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| Halloween. |
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| Clara was a great trick-or-treater. |
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| Quincy was not such a great picture taker. |
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| Friends at the beach in Duck, NC. (Julia, Evan, Soph, Clara) |
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| 7 months already! |
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| The girls beginning to play together. |
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| A little fall weather. |
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| Clara's water table switched to sand table. |
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| Julia feeds herself. |
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| My grandmother came for another visit right after Thanksgiving. |
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| Clara dressed up for Tea with Santa. |
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| Clara & I at Tea with Santa. |
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| Julia 8 months. |
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| My girls! |
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| So sweet! |
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| Visit with Santa. |
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| The whole fam and Santa. |
Clara is still in her pjs with the bow she wore to bed (yep, the bow she wore to bed) and Julia is sitting on a cookie sheet because I'm like the MacGyver of motherhood. Because of the forecast, Clara's class spent the whole week talking about snow. When I told her it snowed she ran outside and said, "that's not snow, what IS that?" She was expecting more of a blanket. Both girls had a great time tasting the snow, and then wanted to go in after they got cold.
