Year in Review: 2016

These year in review posts are my some of FAVORITE!!! They're always late because they take foreverrrrr but they're so fun to look back on :)

2016...Let's talk about all the fun we had!

January

Jacoby had his first big ouchie + trip to the ER.



We played in the snow as much as we could...



and Jacoby went bowling for the first time.

February 

We spent most of our time preparing for Maddox

and we celebrated my last birthday in my 20's :) 

March





We took maternity pictures and prepared for Maddox's arrival next month.

 We got lots of fresh air as Spring started to roll in



...and I made certain to soak in the moments with just Jacoby.

We celebrated Easter

and took Jacoby to Shedd aquarium in Chicago just for him before becoming a big brother!

April

On April 12th at 9:48 pm, we welcomed Maddox Eric into our family!

Jacoby greeted his brother with a kiss and a "hi bubba!" (a nickname he came up with and has stuck to this day!)

I didn't realize how pale and exhausted I looked! But I love this picture none the less. 

We took the first of many brother pics!

We also welcomed my sister's little girl, Harper Rae, 12 days after Maddox

We adjusted to being a family of 4

We spent lots of time getting fresh air and playing bball ;)

...and we got beautiful pictures of our newest addition!

May

I celebrated Mother's Day as a momma of 2!

Soaked up lots of snuggles

Spent time outside and at the park

My 2 boys really started to bond

and I snuck a couple kisses in during the SB Cubs baseball game.

June

We went on A LOT of walks :) 

met up with besties for lunch

Snuggled...

Went to the doctor

and rocked some sunnies :) 

Ice cream became a favorite of Jacobys...

Maddox went to the cardiologist

we went to a couple weddings

and celebrated Father's Day for the best daddy!

July

We spent more time at baseball games

Nate and I went to a wedding sans kiddos...

and he worked on putting the playground up!

Then we spent lots of time playing in it!

We went to the beach for daddy's birthday

and this little nugget got decked out in red, white + blue for July 4th. 

We threw a 1/2 birthday party (for me, Steph + Jared)- complete with a blow up water slide!

 we also visited the fair (it was HOT!), rode the carousel, and ate too many goodies which resulted in Jacoby's first tummyache + throw up in his crib :( 

August

We hung with our bestie again

We took advantage of eating outside while the weather was nice.

Took a trip to the Lincoln Park Zoo

and daddy came to swimming class with Maddox!

We visited some of our favorites in Lafayette

and I stopped to breathe in the reality that these 2 are mine.

We continued to soak in tiny baby snuggles

and the start of matching these 2 began!

September

We spent time at Papa and Cici's new pool

read lots of books in our new teepee

took another trip to the zoo

and we took a family trip to Dutch Creek Animal Farm.

We ended the month celebrating Jacoby turning 2!!!

October

We got family pictures taken :) 

I stood next to one of my best friends on her wedding day.

We went downtown for Oktoberfest ;)

dedicated Maddox to the Lord

and soaked in some cousin time outside.

To cap it off, we did all things Halloween with our 2 little kangaroos + their sidekick, Sonic :)

November

We continued fall fun with playing in leaves, picking out pumpkins...

and celebrating Thanksgiving (by eating + then snoozing)!

December

We spent lots of time admiring Christmas lights

visited Santa (and no one cried!!!)

went to Bethlehem Live

wore matching Christmas jammies

 

watched lots of Christmas movies

spent Christmas Eve at church

and started Christmas morning with the Christmas story to remind us of why we really celebrate.

We played in the snow and ate it too ;)

We wore all the cozy hats...

had extra snuggles in bed at night

and spent our last night of 2016 playing games with some of our best friends while our babies slept upstairs :)

Oh...and I might have gotten a smooch from my mister!

2016:
You've been so so good to me! Going from 1 to 2 babies has been the best and most exhausting blessing. My heart is more full than ever. The Lord has blessed this little family of mine and I can't wait to see what is in store for 2017.

Hoping your 2017 is off to a great start!!!

xox,

Naomi