Wow. That went fast. But at the same time I cannot believe how much our lives have changed in 1 year. One of the best year’s of my life thus far.

Here is a look back at all the things we have to be grateful for this year.

I turned 30 this year! Celebrated with friends at Oceanaire, one of my favorites around here.

We had so much fun seeing our little guy all the time… the benefit of having an OBGYN as a mother 😉

We went on a cruise to the Carribean with friends and family. Don’t worry, that was a virgin cocktail in front of me! Being on vacation and 24 weeks pregnant was quite an experience… way too depressing to not be able to drink the fruity cocktails all week long.

We had LOTS of baby showers celebrating the arrival of our little one… what a fun spring getting ready for our little man!

One of the biggest changes this year for me was my starting my own design firm! What a scary leap but oh so worth it! I love my job more then ever now and it has allowed me to stay home with my little man too. Truly the best of both worlds!

My brother Nicholas and my cousin Anna graduated high school… so fun watching these kids grow up!

(sorry about the poor picture quality… I was a bad sister and only brought my camera phone!)

And our biggest addition of the year…

Our sweet, precious, little boy Louie.

We were out and about with Louie right away… he definitely loves to be on the go!

We went to Harmony, MN when he was a week old, Balsam Lake, WI when he was 4 weeks old, and Kansas City when he was 8 weeks old!

We went to Arizona when Louie was 4 months old… his first plane ride!

And mommy and daddy got to sneak away for a few days to Palm Springs to have a little mini-vacay on our vacay 🙂

It was so fun on Halloween with Louie… gives the holiday a whole different meaning now 🙂

We welcomed our new niece into this world in November… Louie is lucky to have 4 GIRL COUSINS now!

And this past month we had SO MUCH FUN celebrating Christmas…

Oh what a year! Cannot wait to see what 2013 has in store for us 🙂 Happy New Years to you all, I hope this coming year brings you many love and blessings!