This is the first year in review that I have done since 2016!! I can’t believe it’s been three years since I’ve recapped one of our years. I thought it would be fun and really special to go back and see how we spent the year. If you want a blast from the past, you can check out my past year in reviews here:
2015: Part One + Part Two (the year we got engaged)
2016: Year In Review (our first year married!)
January
- We celebrated Shane’s first birthday at our house with a small group of friends and family. It was a really sweet time. I recapped his birthday here.
- We got 5 Etsy orders, which was a lot at the time and rewarded ourselves with a table saw.
February
- We spent lots of time working on collaborations for our Etsy shop this month.
March
Our winter months are pretty slow here in New Jersey. It’s very cold and doesn’t start warming up until April or so. We had lots of family time inside, spending time with this sweet boy. Nothing too significant happened.
April
- We took a trip up to Lake George, NY this month and Tommy and I snuck away to our favorite cafe and had a little breakfast date one morning.
- We celebrated Easter as a family!
- We gave Shaney his first lovey to sleep with and it was the cutest thing ever. 😍
May
I gave Shaney his first haircut in May! It was super nerve-wracking but it turned out not so bad!
June
- We took our first family vacation to the beach in Ocean City, NJ and had a BLAST! We discovered how amazing this beach and town was, had some delicious breakfast sandwiches, and enjoyed time at a zoo!
July
- We took another beach vacation to Seaside Heights, NJ this month with Tommy’s parents! This beach was not as nice as Ocean City, but we made the best of it and had fun anyways.
- We also went and looked at the home we currently live in and got our offer accepted on it this month! How exciting!
August
- Two out of four of my cousin’s kids came to visit and ended up spending the night with us! The carnival was in town so we took all three kids to the carnival, it was super fun!
- We took a day trip to a local beach, Belmar, NJ and had lots of fun.
- Shaney had his first hamburger! 😍
- We started preparing/selling stuff in our house to move next month!
September
- We moved into our new home! This has been a lot more emotional and difficult than we had anticipated but we are enjoying making the home more our own. I would love to start blogging our home improvement projects! Maybe soon I can blog the before and all of the plans we have for the house.
- I also faced a giant fear of mine and got all four of my wisdom teeth out! 😣I was so scared but it went well and the recovery wasn’t easy, but it wasn’t the worst thing ever either.
October
- We celebrated an early Thanksgiving with my family and I got to spend some time with my cousins who I haven’t seen in over two years. I actually don’t have a picture of them, but this is from that day. 🙂
- We brought Shaney apple picking for the first time! Apple picking is one of my favorite traditions and it was super fun to bring Shane this year especially because he loves apples!
November
- We celebrated Tommy’s cousin at her baby shower where Shane got to hang out with his cousin all day.
- We found out some very exciting news that will be coming to the blog soon enough! 😉
- We enjoyed a park day because the weather gave us an abnormally warm day for November!
December
- We celebrated lots and made lots of Christmas cookies.
- We had three different Christmas celebrations this year!
- Shaney loved all of the Christmas decorations and made this Christmas so much fun!
If you made it this far, you are a champ! Let me know what your favorite memory was from this year! Happy New Year!
