What a Year!

Whew, 2010 was a busy one for us! It's hard for me to remember all the way back to last January when Erin was mastering walking, we were moving her to her new bedroom, then Ansley turned one and we had a big snowstorm. Then was February when we went to visit newborn cousin Jimmy in Boston. After that was a business trip for Bob over St. Patrick's Day and our laid-back Easter with the smallest egg hunt and best Easter bunny present ever - the plastic slinky that has brought hours of entertainment. She and I went to Concord to see Great Grandma and Grandpa H., then we went back for Logan's fun birthday party. Erin went strawberry picking, then on May 18th, we welcomed sweet little Anna Kathryn to the world!

Things really got interesting after that - Daddy went to England for work, cousin Jimmy came to visit, and we had a really busy summer just trying to get by on little sleep while entertaining Erin and keeping Anna happy/fed/napped, with trips to Concord here and there (including checking out the ImaginOn library in Charlotte). Our days were filled up with trips to the park, library, grocery store, and the couple attempts at the pool that failed miserably. Anna got baptized on August 14th, and then we had lots of fun at the beach with Grandma F.

We put our house on the market just before Labor Day. 3 weeks later, it sold, and we hunted for our new house. October was full of house repairs and packing, picking out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, a trip to the State Fair, and Erin's 2nd birthday on the 23rd, complete with Elmo cupcakes! November 17th was the big/stressful day of closing on both houses. We moved in, unpacked, went to Concord for Thanksgiving, and came back to finish unpacking and get ready for Christmas. We managed to squeeze in a trip to the Natural Science museum among the Christmas prep, had Cookie Fest in Concord, and of course as much outside time as the weather would allow!

It was a great one, but I for one, am hoping for 2011 to be more relaxing, just as fun, and filled with long nights of sleep! Bella agrees - all this change has worn her out! We couldn't have done all this without our wonderful family and their help along the way...so thanks, everyone, and an early Happy New Year to everyone!