How quickly this year has gone by! It's hard to believe everything this year has blessed us with. It's been an amazing ride!
Our year, chronologically:
Dec 30, 2011 (maybe the 29/31, I've forgotten)- we found out we were expecting again! Right around this time we found out two other friends of outs were expecting as well! (Oddly enough we all ended up having beautiful baby girls!)
January was pretty uneventful from what I recall. I'll look back on my blogs and Facebook to be sure later. We did have an ultrasound done that showed a healthy baby implanted in the right spot.
February was my birthday and valentines day. Mike also started clearing the army in Korea at the end of the month signaling the countdown to going home.
March is where the fun began! We cleared our apartment around the 7th I believe. We owed nothing which was amazing given the dog had eaten a wall. We already had fixed it before the landlord looked through the apartment. He spoke no English but had brought pjs for Rosalie as a gift. A very kind man.
The LeBlancs were kind enough to let us stay with them until we left rather than in a hotel. It was a bit rough for Rosalie's sleep. She's never done well sleeping in new environments.
Our flight was scheduled to leave on march 13 but got delayed a day due to snow in Japan. We had to fly the next day and had to rebook out connecting flights. Talk about a super headache and blow to the pocket!! Rosalie did alright on the flights. She was up the whole flight from Korea to Japan and Japan to Seattle. She slept the rest of way to indiana.
Amy's cousin did an ultrasound for us while we were home and showed that Rosalie would have a little sister to play with!
At the end of the month our journey to Washington began.
April continued our trek west. Rosalie did well, no major incidences and lots of sight seeing. We arrived in Washington and amber and her husband Michael graciously accepted us into their home and made us feel welcome while we waited on housing. Thankfully on the 17th we were able to move in! Our possessions from Korea arrived about a week later.
Rosalie's birthday was the 26th and we spent the day loving on out girl, buying her a ball pit and getting her some McDonalds which she loved of course.
We had a birthday party for her on cinco de mayo and invited the few people we knew. We grilled and let her smash a cupcake. We loved having a small party just for her. It was perfect.
Mike was gone in California all of June so it was just baby girl and me. Nothing too eventful happened that I recall. Lots of hanging out and time inside as it rained a ton.
4th of July we spent at a baseball game on Seattle. It was freezing and we ended up having to buy Rosalie a blanket! A blanket. It July. Wrap your head around that!
August was exhaustingly hot in this hugely pregnant mama! Lots of Popsicles were consumed! We walked to the commissary a lot trying to get gabby to come out to no avail. Mikes car was also hit by a moving truck and we ended up with a rental for a couple weeks. We visited Portland and ate at voodoo donuts. Yummmmmy!!
September is when our lives changed forever. Gabrielle Elyse was born sept 7. You can read about her birth here:
http://fronckowiakfamily.blogspot.com/2012/10/september-7-2012.html?m=1
October we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary, watched a lot of cardinals baseball and came back to indiana. It was a long few days but not terrible and the girls did well. We celebrated Halloween where Rosalie was a monkey and Gabby a banana.
We were living in our apartment by November in terre haute and celebrated thanksgiving in connersville. Mike also started his new job that month. Both girls adjusted to the apartment well though I'm positive Rosalie would like more room to run.
We put an offer in on the house at the beginning December or sometime around there. It was accepted and were nearing closing now. It was also mikes birthday as well as his moms. Of course Christmas, too. We were all spoiled this year and loved being able to be home. Mike and I were both sick though which was no fun at all. My grandma died chrisymas morning but is in a much better place. The year ended with kisses and snuggles for the babies.
We're so excited to see what 2013 will bring us. I'm not sure what could top last year but I know it will be great. I'll have to add pictures to this later. The blogger app stinks on 3G and we have no wifi.
May the year bless you all, much love from the Fronckowiaks.
