Here goes...
Over the past eight months, so many exciting things have happened to our friends and family!! We've been very lucky to be a part of these incredible events and wanted to share a few pictures and stories. Starting in June of this year (er...last year!), at least one of our friends had a baby every month!! I have so many mommies in my life now that I can go to for baby advice. And in other happy news, two gals in my life got engaged in the fall! More on that below the cute baby pics. :) And even more updates - two of our friends are now pregnant!!
First up for the baby events, one of my oldest friends, Lisa, and her husband Seth, welcomed their baby girl Kiyomi in June. Sadly, I haven't been able to meet the little darling yet; maybe next year! But I have been able to see some really cute photos. Here's one of her in the 4th of July outfit I sent her. How sweet is she?! Since Kiyomi is the oldest of the babies this year, she's been the first to hit all the milestones. I can't wait to meet her in person! Kiyomi is a little halfie baby like Aron and I will have...I only hope our son is as cute as she is!
Next up, my cousin RaChelle had her baby boy, Rekker, in July. I was finally able to meet him up in Spokane at my baby shower in December. Here are a few photos of the cutie pie (if you're following our blog, you'll recognize that first pic since I've already posted about the shower :)! He wasn't feeling too great (ear infection) on this day but still managed to be a trooper and hardly cried during the shower. This first picture is with me, RaChelle, Randi and our Grandma. Also exciting in RaChelle's life - she got secretly married to her man, Justin, last month!! Their 2013 was pretty awesome. :)
In August, our friend Sara and her husband Brian welcomed their baby girl, Calliope. She's adorable! I first got to meet her when I was in Seattle in November, and then Aron got to meet her at Christmastime. There is a pic of Aron, me and Calliope from December but it's not so flattering...so here's one of me and Calliope in November. I look a little goofy but Calliope is cute! In December she showed off how awesome she is at rolling over by herself. Babies grow up so fast!!
In September, my friend Michaela and her husband Joe had their baby girl, Emilyn. This was their second baby, younger sister to big brother Lincoln. I got to meet baby Emi in November when they took a road trip out to San Diego. They stayed with us and we had a great weekend! Michaela and I went to Babies R Us and she showed me her top picks for everything. I know that a lot of what Aron and I decide on will be what works for us, but it's nice to have a starting point! Here's a photo of Michaela, Emi, and me at Dog Beach...Emi was a little tired of all the pictures. I don't know why we didn't take more photos during the weekend with their family!
In October, two of our friends had babies! Lulu and Clement had their baby boy Theodore (calling him Ted) and Lilian and Eric had their baby girl Sabrina. We haven't had a chance to meet Ted yet (DC is so far away!) but we did see Clement last
Here's a photo of baby Ted that the Kam's sent out and below that are a few photos of me with Sabrina at the hospital and one of the happy family.
In November, two other friends had their babies! My friend and coworker Corinne and husband Tyler had baby girl Elliana (their second baby after big brother Kai!) and my bestie Amanda and husband Chris had baby boy Charlie. Amanda's due date was originally 3 weeks before Corinne's but Corinne's little girl decided to arrive early and Amanda's little boy decided to arrive late so their due dates sort of swapped! I've had the chance to see adorable Ellie a few times now and I was able to spend two days with cutie pie Charlie while we were up in Moscow over the holidays. Here are some pics of me and Aron and Charlie, followed by one of me with Ellie. They're both such good babies (at least when we were around...)! :)
(oh! My heart! I can't wait to see Aron with our son!!!)
(Charlie was not so happy in this posed photo with me and his mama, Manda!)
In December, my friend Yesenia's sister, Blanca, had a baby boy they named Christian. I've had the chance to meet Blanca a few times and Aron and I went to her shower to celebrate their baby boy. Congrats to Blanca and their growing family!! And speaking of Yesenia, she is expecting a boy boy due in July!! It will be fun to raise our sons together!
I *think* that wraps up all the baby news for 2013! There were so many other people from different times in my life (old high school acquaintances, college pals) that also had babies (thank you, facebook!) or got pregnant last year. Congrats to all of them - 2014 is going to be just as exciting!!
In other awesome news, my baby sister got engaged last November!! I was able to fly up for the surprise party that her fiance, Erick, organized. It was so much fun and I loved seeing her so happy and in love. He really pulled off the surprise and his proposal was perfect. They're getting married this August and I get to be Matron of Honor! (WHY do they call it that?!) Here are some pics from the party. Congrats, Randi and Erick! I'm so excited for you two!!!!
My friend and coworker Jane also got engaged last fall! Her ring is spectacular - super blingy and it catches the light every time she moves her hand. I love looking at it at work! Jane and Jeremy are getting married in Bora Bora this November. Sigh...how perfect does that sound?!
And one last piece of exciting news...some good friends of ours here in San Diego are expecting their second baby! I won't name names because I'm not sure if they've told everyone, but I will say they sent an awesome email announcing the pregnancy! Everyone is so creative these days. I'm lucky my hubby created such a cute announcement when we shared the news that we were expecting! We are very excited for our friends and their growing family.
Ok that finally wraps up this entry!! I really hope I didn't forget any 2013 babies...or engagements...or announced pregnancies...!! We're so happy for our friends and family and can't wait to see what this year will bring.
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