January- We found out our little bundle of joy was a baby girl! She immediately was called Brinklee! We were so excited! I started my first semester of the bachelors program and Jared started his last semester of his associates program.
February- We bought a new truck for Jared. We celebrated Valentine's Day at home. We spent President's Day weekend in St. George at the home show and hiked Zions. I started to show or as someone at work called it, I exploded!
March- Was pretty uneventful. I planted my hanging baskets at Willard Bay Gardens. Jared went out of state to shoot a ton of geese. I made it up to Lava to see all the snow and soak my legs in the hot pots.
April- Celebrated my 25th birthday with cake and ice cream and grandma and grandpa Stokes' house. I passed my NCLEX and Jared passsed his Rad tech boards. Jared graduated with this associate's degree in radiology technology. My grandma Thornley passed away. I felt like I really started showing and we prepared for Brink.
May- I met up with my BFF from childhood for lunch (hadn't seen her for a year! Jared painted and put up board and batten for Brink's room. He surprised me for mothers day with a glider and setting up our crib. Jared ran the Ogden half marathon. Darcie and I waddled the 5k. Wigeon had an accident with a peg in the tree that required surgery and stitches. Jared and I made a quick trip to Lava and camped in the tent. My sisters threw me a baby shower and I had a ton of friends and family that showered Brink with gifts.
June- We went up to Lava again and camped with Jared's family. Jared's family threw us a baby shower and we prepared for Brink's arrival. Jo found out my belly was the perfect shelf to stand on.
July- I worked my last shift before my maternity leave on the fourth of July. We welcomed baby Rylan on July 7th and anxiously waited for Brink to make her appearance. July 10th we decided we wanted to get things started and were admitted to the hospital to have our sweet girl. She was born via c-section July 11th at 6:03 pm. We celebrated 3 years of marriage at Prairie Schooner. We laid pretty low and enjoyed our baby girl.
August- Jared killed his first animal with a bow (his elk). Brink and I spent a girl's weekend in Salt Lake with my family. I went and saw Wicked with my sisters. We had a surprise party at Maddox for my mom's 50th. Cami announced to my family that she was pregnant. Brink went to her first parade and Box Elder County fair. We went to some soccer games. Jared started his bachelor's program and I started my last semester of my bachelor's program.
September- Jared went to Wyoming to try to kill some cranes. Brink and I went to Park City with my family for swiss days. My maternity leave was up and I went back to work full time. We attended the Brigham City Temple open house. Jared shot a deer. We went to the circus with my family.
October- Brinklee was blessed by her dad on Grandpa Thornley's birthday. We found a house that we (we thought for sure it would be sold by the time that we sold our house) loved and decided to put our house up for sale. Brinklee was a duck for Halloween. We went to Gardner's village to see the witches.
November- I worked and Jared and Brinklee went to Grandma Stokes' for Thanksgiving. We got an offer on our house 2 weeks after listing it and accepted it. We put an offer on our current house and got it accepted on contigency that we sold our house. Brinklee went swimming for the first time at Layton surf and swim. We had a little scare with her heart and got it checked out at Primary Children's. It ended up being a small hole in her heart that will heal on its own (such a relief!!). Jared celebrated his 25th birthday. We had a romantic getaway (with Brink, ha ha) at Prairie Schooner and the Alaskan Inn to celebrate. Jared went full time with lithotripsy and quit the hospital. Brinklee started on solids.
December- We went to the Christmas village in Ogden. We got word at 3pm the day before that we were closing on our old house (we never thought we would!) the next day so we hurried and started packing. We closed and moved out in a day. We then closed and moved into our current house 5 days later. I graduated with my bachelor's of science in nursing. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with our amazing families. We went to aunt Pam's annual Christmas party. Brinklee got her first teeth and started getting up on all fours to try to crawl.
Wow!! Life has been so great and so busy! Can't wait for another fun year!
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Wow you have had a busy year! I am glad that Brinklee's heart is okay...that is scary. Glad you guys are doing well!
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