The boys on New Year's Eve. We're party animals, as you can see. Actually, Isaac sent this to me because I was down for the count from the Plague and wasn't even there to wish them Happy New Year. (Notice how happy Jack is. Little does he know that he is a mere 3 hours away from misery himself. Poor oblivious little dude.)
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There were so many exciting things that happened in 2013! It was another really good year for Team Lopez. :-)
I did this meme in
2012 and
last year, so I thought I'd try it again. The rules are to post the first sentence of the first blog post for every month of 2013. I added my comments about the post after. Here we go...
January:
Mostly Wordless Wednesday (1/2/13) "Currently residing in our bathroom..." This was another one of those crazy things the boys make and leave all over the house. In this case, they had made a tool set and left it in the bathroom. lol
February:
Three Minutes (2/1/13) "I'm pretty sure he had no more than three minutes of alone time." This is an example of what happens when Jack gets a few minutes of unsupervised time. I'd like to say that he isn't quite as destructive now, but I'd by lying. He is every bit as destructive as he was then and more!
March:
It's Not a Good Thing (3/1/13) "You know it's not a good thing when the usually non-stop chatterbox in the household has said approximately two words the entire evening." Ah, yes. Being sick was definitely a running theme for our family this year. It seemed like we were sick every other week all year long! Here's hoping to a healthier 2014 for all of us.
April:
Magic Beans (4/1/13) "Last year we started
the magic jelly bean tradition, so of course I was excited to continue it this year." Finding new traditions we can begin and continue has been something I have loved to do. The boys are at that magical age of believing, and it has been so much fun to watch them light up with these types of experiences. :)
May:
Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Camouflage (5/1/13) "He was quiet proud of his camouflaged outfit the other day." Jason loves his camouflage, so much so that now all of the boys have camo shirts and Jay now has camo sheets!
June:
Cute Baby Saturday - Chillin' (6/1/13) "In the tub." A cute picture of the littlest in the tub.
July:
Summer Bucket List #36 - Fly a Kite (7/1/13) "This weekend we went to the park to take our first crack at flying a kite." It was not exactly the experience we pictured when we set out to fly kites, no wind will do that, but we had a lot of fun anyway! I really like that we make these bucket lists every summer. Having ideas to chose from ensures we do a little more with our time than just sit around and
watch television annoy each other.
August:
A Little Daddy and Son Moment (8/1/13) "Reading a book together..." This was a sweet moment of Shawn sitting on Isaac's lap reading a book together.
September:
Fruit Salad (9/1/13) "Today, Jason decided he was going to help with snack time." He made his first fruit salad and was so proud of himself. They'd only been in school for a week at this point, but something had already happened to my big boys. They were just
older and had this new found confidence that they can do ...
stuff. It has been so awesome to watch these two become actual people.
October:
Mostly Wordless Wednesday - Brotherly Love (10/2/13)* "Shawn woke up feeling a little under the weather this morning." The big boys fluctuate between loving each other and driving each other crazy. This was a moment in which they loved each other. It was so sweet.
*This is actually the second post of the month. The first post of the month has poor sound quality and was hard to hear. I opted for the cute pictures of love instead. :)
November:
At This Rate (11/1/13) "He's going to have no teeth left!" Jason was on the fast track of tooth loss. He was losing teeth left and right it seemed. Shawn did his own fair share of tooth losing, too.
December:
Pictures With People We Love (12/1/13) "I have lots of pictures of the boys (boy is that an understatement!), but one thing I need to do more of is to take pictures of the boys with the special people in their lives." Thanksgiving pictures of the boys with the people they love.
The boys have been blessed by having so many people who care about them. They are lucky guys, for sure! It's my job to make sure they have pictures of all of the people who love them!
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2013 was such a great year for Team Lopez. (All except for the sickness, at least.)
I look forward to seeing what 2014 has in store for us--hopefully
it will be healthier and even better than 2013!
We hope you and yours have a wonderful 2014!
