2015 In Review

As I look back on 2015, I can’t help but smile.  This is the year our beautiful daughter was born.  After a long journey to become pregnant, we met our sweet miracle girl on June 30^th, and our lives were forever changed for the better. 

So many wonderful things have happened in 2015, including the following:

Births and Announcements

• My cousin, Rach, had her twin boys in January
• My friend, Lisa, had her baby girl in March
  
• I had Gracie girl in June
  
• My cousin, Aysha, had her daughter in July
  
• My friend, Amanda, had her son in September
  
• My friend, Koko, had her son in October
  
• My friend Viviane, announced she is having a baby boy in January 2016
• My cousin, Maliha, announced she is having a baby boy in January 2016 too

 Celebrations

• My daddy got married to a wonderful woman who I absolutely love!
  
• My big brother got married to a wonderful woman who I adore!  Love my new Sis!
  
• My friend, Ali, got married in NY in July; unfortunately I couldn’t go because Gracie was not even 2 weeks old
  
• I was lucky enough to have 6 baby showers!
• New York baby shower with my college friends
• Pink and sparkly shower with my family
• Star Wars themed shower with my in-laws
  
• Pink and gold Twinkle Twinkle themed shower with all of my mom’s best friends
• Pink baby shower by the beach hosted by my step-mom
  
• Baby shower at work
  
• *Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to blog about all of them, but they ALL were equally as stellar and special!!!

Travel

• January:  NYC to visit all my college friends
• February:  Montana with family to go snowboarding, although I had to sit this one out since I was pregnant
• April:  Palm Springs with my hubby for our baby moon
• August:  Montana with the family including all the babies...Grace's first vacation and first time on an airplane!!
  
  
  

Misc.

• Gracie celebrated some of her first major holidays, including, 4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
  
• I celebrated 6 years in my career at Molina Healthcare
• My hubby and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary with dinner at Morton's followed by the Ducks game (we had glass seats too!!!)
• Ran/walked the Turkey Trot this year with 5 month old Gracie in the BOB jogger stroller...my first 5K post partum and her first 5K ever!
• Dad sold his house, which is the house my brother and I grew up in...we had a final farewell party that was pretty epic! :)
• Gracie took swim lessons for a few months and loved them! 

I'm sure there are other exciting happenings I forgot to mention, but I will just blame that on my mommy brain :)  2015 was an incredible year filled with so many blessings and new beginnings.  I look forward to see what 2016 has to offer!  Until then, have a safe and happy New Year's Eve tonight!