2013 in 13 Photos

This was a big year for us... having a baby, buying a house, and you know, all those other little things in between.  There's no way I can adequately sum up this year, so, I decided to go the awesome route of linking up to House Unseen {Life Unscripted} for a little photo summary of our year.  I have no idea if these are the best or favorite photos of the year, but I think they give a sweet little glimpse into our year.  Enjoy, my friends!

 

Good-bye 2013, you were good to us.  Here's to a brand-new, fresh year!

10 months

Our sweet Lettie turned 10 months old on Christmas Eve... which meant celebrating with adorable candy cane striped jammies, Christmas ornaments and music all day long.  This wee one has learned her first signs (waving hello and milk), her first word (mama!), how to cruise, oh, and continues to melt hearts of any and all within reach of that toothy little smile.  You are loved, Lil' Bit!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  You ready for our Christmas in photos?  Oh, good, because that's what you're about to get.  

We spent Christmas Eve decorating our Christmas tree (after finishing our Jesse tree and then taking them all down a few hours later since we don't have a dedicated tree for each). 

Then, we skyped my dad for the traditional Night Before Christmas reading and Daniel's own reading of the same story continued the tradition.

This was the first year our little Lettie got to take part in one of my favorite Christmas traditions, so it was extra sweet.

Christmas morning, the girls waited quite impatiently for Daddy to get out of the bathroom (I know, tmi, poor guy) so we could all open our stockings.

Then, we headed to Christmas Mass and a wonderful few days with my lovely in-laws.

 

Merry Christmas!

M Week

Our M week was spread over several weeks.  We mostly took a break from our formal schooling during Advent to focus on Advent and Christmas preparation.  M week started out with this adorable mask project our friend brought over.  Aren't our girls sweet?

 

Then we made a super simple mountain craft (cut the mountains out of green paper and then added some "snow" to the top with white paper). 

Not "M" related, but the first time I've seen Anni draw arms and legs!  She asked me to draw the faces in her little circles and then added some limbs.  Oh, by the way, that's Mary, Joseph and their donkey.  

My favorite craft was this little mouse "M".  Isn't it adorable?!  I love his wild little whiskers.

Ugly Sweater 5K

We spent a good portion of our Saturday cheering Daniel on in the Ugly Sweater 5k in downtown Denver.  It was freeeezing (well, for us, Daniel got quite warmed up  running over three miles in his sweater), but I tried to keep Colette warm in the sling while Papa chased Miss Anni as we paced the finish line watching for our runner. 

Happy weekend!