So Long 2011

January: Finally finished Buggy's room!

February: These cute little buns started wearing panties! Potty training!

Also in February, we met Ryan's grandparents from the Lightsey side of our family.

March: We celebrated 3 years of marriage!

And 2 years of Ava Grace!

April: We died Easter Eggs for the first time!

And had fun using our Easter buckets as hats!

May: We took the kids to their first baseball game at Manatee Stadium.

We also celebrated Mother's Day at our house, we had a beautiful brunch followed by a love bug infested dip in the pool!

June: We celebrated Father's Day with the best Daddy ever!

And we welcomed my precious neice, Hailey!

July: We had lots of fun with friends!

Grady got his first haircut!

And we watched the Shuttle launch into space for the last time.

August: We got this beautiful shot, the first shot of our babies with my best friends babies! We are all mommas now!

We celebrated 1 year of Grady!

We all had a "Whaley" good time at his pool party!

More party fun!

September: Grady mastered walking, and went right into running!

We celebrated Daddy's birthday in Savannah, GA! Paula Deen's Ladies & Sons was the perfect birthday treat!

October: We visited Green Meadows Farm with friends.

And took our first official vacation as a family of 4! Helen, Ga...

& Charelston, SC!

The kids went trick or treating in Mom made costumes...Flounder

& Ariel

November: We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for!

And some baby girl cuteness!

December: The kids got to visit with Santa, Ava was happy to tell him what she hoped for but Grady just wanted Momma.....are you surprised?

Daddy ran a crazy race called the Tough Mudder, he was tough & muddy, that's for sure!

And here we are at 1 or our 5 Christmas celebrations! Did I tell you how blessed we are!?!

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Farewell 2011, thank you for being so good to us. You brought us good times & good memories. Bring on 2012...this momma is ready! I'm feeling encouraged, inspired, creative, loved, and OH SO BLESSED! Here is a review of our year in photos: