2010

2010 was a whirlwind of a year for us. It started off in a very hard way, but ended up being such a great year, full of wonderful memories.

Jan:
Brayden was born 8 weeks early by emergency c-section
Andrea spent 5 days in the hospital recovering
Brayden spent all month in the hosptial trying to gain weight and eat and breath on his own
We spent many hours at the hospital each day with Brayden

Feb:
Slept at the hosptial for 2 days preparing for Brayden to come home
After 32 days, Brayden finally came home from the hospital
Spent many hours at the dr. office with Brayden

March:
Friends and family gave Andrea a wonderful baby shower and celebrated Brayden being home from the hosptial
Had a crazy snow storm in the middle of the month

April:
Took our first family trip with Brayden to Branson
Took the boat out for the first time
Celebrated Easter at home
Our nephew Jude Steven was born
Bought a new vehicle

May:
Went to OKC for Brian's grandma's birthday
Celebrated Brian's 29th birthday
Spent most weekends on the boat in Branson

June:
Took a wonderful week vacation to Chicago
Met our nephew Jude for the first time
Celebrated Andrea's 27th birthday

July:
Celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in Chicago
Spent 4th of July in Branson with Brian's family
Andrea got up on water skis for the first time in a long time
Brian got up on water skis for the first time EVER!
Our niece Alison Grace was born

August:
Sister Lisa came down to Arkansas to visit
First time all 3 of us with our kids were together
Brian's grandma passed away

September:
Spent a week in Disney World on our family vacation
Went to OKC for a weekend to take Benjamin to A Day out with Thomas and the OKC Zoo

October:
Went to the pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins
Went to the craft fair with Brian's mom and sister-in-law

November:
Celebrated Thanksgiving in Wichita with Brian's family
Took the boat out of the water for the winter

December:
Celebrated Benjamin's 3rd birthday
Had a Thomas the Train birthday party for Benjamin
Celebrated Christmas at home with Andrea's dad.

There is our year. It was definetly a tough one at the beginning with Brayden but we are so thankful for how the year ended and look forward to many more memories together.