goodbye 2012 (a look back at our year)

2012 has been a huge year for us

we started the year in Pullman, WA 

with our three little darlings

20 something weeks pregnant with Eleanor

and planning on michael taking a permanant job in Pullman

then a week or two before we had eleanor

we found out michael got accepted to BYU and we'd be moving this summer to Utah for grad school

then nine days late, weighing 9.5 eleanor was born via c-section

michael graduated with his bachelor's in electrical engineering

then around 5 weeks eleanor developed an allergy to milk protein and probably soy

and a few days later had a hospital stay on michael's birthday

we weren't sure what exactly was wrong

possibly a kidney infection..

but she developed roseola
(none of these things helped with my first ever bout of postpartum depression)

then in july we packed our boxes and the day before we moved, olive got stitches

then we moved to utah

and have had fun exploring it and living back in civilization

and enjoying living in and decorating a house

we celebrated halloween

olive got reallllly busy

we got lots of visitors and we hosted thanksgiving 

i wrote my 1000th blogpost and tried my hand at fashion blogging

and we hosted Christmas

phew! i'm tired from just writing this

it was such an eventful year

and a hard one, for me at least

i'm looking forward to 2013 

our only plans we have for the year are

michael and i running a half marathon,

a trip to disneyland with michael's family this summer,

and a family reunion with my family

i'm excited and hopeful that it will be an easier year