My Life's Adventure: Playing Catch Up!

OK, it's been about a 1 year and a 1/2 since my last post. Finding time to keep up was impossible with all that has happened in that time and with the fact that my blog is not viewed by a whole lot of people I was never all that motivated. After taking the time to revisit the posts I have done I have realized that I want this to be more for me and my children. A virtual photo album or scrapbook if you will. It's one thing to have all the photos you have taken over the years to look back on but to be able to have a place where you can journal it and have it stored forever to view whenever you'd like is invaluable. I have so many strong memories from my past because of pictures my mom saved in albums over the years. I want my children to be able to look back in time and really remember what their life was like. So here we go playing catch up for the last 17 months. It was hard to narrow down the pictures and memories I wanted to share since there are so many but I'll keep it to just the highlights. I will continue to post about my day care moving forward as well but I won't recap as much on that.

Fall 2012

5 months pregnant with Miss Amelia

Halloween with all our neighborhood friends

Amelia 26 weeks

Thanksgiving parade in Plymouth

Hosting my first Thanksgiving Dinner

Winter 2012

Maggie's 3rd birthday

Bryanne and I, 32 weeks pregnant. Two bellies 3 babies!

Christmas 2012

The Havey Family Kids

Winter 2013

Brielle and Braelyn Bradley born January 22, 2013

Daddy's Birthday February 2nd

Amelia snuggling with her future BFF's Brielle and Braelyn

February 8th my due date and the Blizzard of '13! Needless to say I was slightly terrified.

The before...

40 weeks pregnant

No Power

The After...

I went into labor early Sunday morning February 10th. After a hectic morning trying to get out of the house we made it from Carver to Weymouth by 10am. I was 8cm dilated when we arrived and after a few hours and almost not being able to have an epidural...

Amelia Kathleen Dennen was born! 3:43pm, 9lbs 6oz, 21in!

Big sister meeting her new little sister

The Bradley Bunch and The Dennen Clan

Getting ready to go home

Home Sweet Home

First Bath

Sleeping Beauty

Meeting Mia and Gramps

First Smiles

Spring 2013

Easter 2013

Don't let this adorable face fool you, she was a tough baby. The first several months where tough especially while running a full daycare. Sometimes I look back on these days and wonder how I made it through. Hence the reason I was unable to keep up with this blog.

The Girls

Maggie flying a kite with Daddy

Dan and Andrea's Wedding

April 26th 2013

Nana and Amelia

Maggie and cousin Ethan

Amelia 3 months old

Mother's Day 2013

Visiting Daddy

Mommy decided to cut Maggie's hair

Ocean Explorium

Touching Stingrays

Dan and Andrea's Baby Shower on the Pilgrim Belle

Summer 2013

Amelia 4 months old

My niece Sophia Estelle Hadley

Born June 10, 2013

Nantasket Beach Hull, MA

4th of July Parade

4th of July Cookout

Amelia 5 months old

Visiting with Great Aunt Vicki and Great Aunt Berni

Princess Sophia

Maggie's first time on the commuter rail and subway

Heading to the Children's Museum

Over night trip to New Hampshire and Canobe Lake Park

A Tribute to Katy Perry Concert...Maggie was in heaven!

The Girls

Marshfield Fair

Maggie and Brendan

Fall 2013

Maggie's first dance class

Apple picking at C.N. Smith Farm

Sauchuk Farm and Corn Maze

Halloween 2013

Harper and Maggie

Harper, Isla, Amelia, & Maggie

Amelia 9 months old

Amelia had to have surgery at Mass Eye and Ear, in early December, for a blocked tear duct. Aside from her fall in the hotel room the night before that warranted stitches above her eye, everything went smoothly and the doctors and staff at Mass E&E were fantastic!

The sun rise over the city that day was beautiful!

She was such a trooper!

Maggie's 4th Birthday

Christmas 2013

My Spunky Monkey

Maggie's first dentist visit

This has been a common sight this winter

These ladies are some of the best friends I have in my life right now and the best part is we all live in the same neighborhood and our kids are going to be growing up together. I am one lucky lady!