2013 for the bodtchers

- I was called into primary to teach the CTR 5B class and fell in love with my kiddos

- Jeremy purchased and sold 4 fish tanks

 

- I started my 225 hour capstone at IMC Labor and Delivery

- celebrated Amelia's first Chinese New Year with my parents

- were sleep deprived and truly learned to appreciate naps

- built a snowman in Park City during Spring Break

 

- remembered our Savior and celebrated Amelia's first Easter

 

- Amelia and I started daily walks to the mailbox

- Jeremy built a "built-in entertainment center" for the ghetto gaping hole in our living room

- Amelia fell in love with swinging and slides and swimming pools

-graduated with my double bachelors

 

- chopped 11 inches of hair off my head

- Jeremy and Amelia gave me a gorgeous red planter box for Mother's Day

- celebrated memorial day by listening to stories by the veterans in our neighborhood

- celebrated Jeremy's 29th birthday at the zoo

- forked over $300 to take the NCLEX-RN. and passed it, thank goodness

- weeded too much

- flew a dragon kite with our baby dragon

 

- ran a half marathon. and another. and another. okay, 13 of them

- threw a giant party for our little one year old

- Amelia started walking and running

- Jeremy got a grill for Father's Day and we enjoyed our barbeques all summer long

- Jeremy went back to working in his dream field - home health

- I applied to countless jobs and eventually started my nursing career at a skilled nursing facility

- Amelia fell in love with green smoothies

- celebrated America's birthday with a parade, breakfast, nap, and fireworks

 

- welcomed a nephew and a niece

- I was blessed with the opportunity to go to girl's camp as the stake camp nurse

- celebrated pioneer day with the Frys

- made huge dents in our basement: framing, basement entrance, electrical, plumbing, sheetrock, doors, mudding/puttying, and now paint.

- had our family pictures taken at daybreak lake

- purchased a cannon t3i to better preserve memories of our bebe(s)

 

- Amelia loved swmming lessons, dance lessons, and loved going to the library for toddler time

- went to the rodeo for Amelia's 14 month birthday

- picked some beautiful pumpkins at the pumpkin patch and carved into them with our toddler

- enjoyed walking to and from church

 

- Jeremy and I celebrated our three year anniversary at the SLC temple

- I had my golden birthday: 22 on the 22nd

- dressed up as little Red, the wolf, and grandma for Halloween

- celebrated Thanksgiving with both our families

- watched our best little friend Bosten receive a name and a blessing

- I got full time status at work, meaning only three nights a week and no more Sundays!

- Amelia turned 18 months and started nursery.

- we celebrated all December long: lights at temple square, zoo lights, gingerbread festival, gingerbread houses, fotofly santa, etc.

 

- was spoiled for Christmas

- Jeremy and I fell more and more in love with each other and with being parents

- we grew closer with our neighbors

- Amelia grew up right before our eyes

 

- I was released from primary and may have cried a little

- welcomed the New Year at 10 pm on the eve, because we're old.

 

 

 

 

2013, you were incredible to us.

january at the bodtchers

most of my pictures are of amelia. sue me.

1. ringing in the New Year with a kiss 2. love her sleeping lashes 3. prepared with puffs at the restaurant 4. sometimes, it still blows my mind that I'm a mommy 5. dada pushing amelia around the house 6. learning to reach down, for the good stuff anyway 7. love me some kisses 8. darling water bottles for Melissa and Kohen's baby shower.

9. attack!! 10. "come 'ere and gimmee a bath, mom!" 11. visiting sweet Kohen in the hospital 12. 3 musks on the first day of school 13. Emmett's face says it all 14. gotta have that carrot, even when I'm climbing 15. found some new entertainment in pushing that swing 16. "hmmm, yeah I think I'll try some of that..."

17. this is one of my favorite pictures of all time. cutest baby bum in the world. 18. successfully trained in going to sleep by herself 19. I passed. my heart still races a little thinking about it 20. playing with a mirror while dada looks for shoes 21. love me some cream cheese wontons 22. appreciating the finer things in life- daddy's in trouble! 23. loves these matching outfits 24. full out date at noodles&co, followed by les mis.

25. this girl can climb a full set of stairs 26. "dad's always sleeping, while I'm wide awake!" 27. this is what doing laundry looks like for a mommy 28. I have been to the store three different times to buy a storage bin for our christmas tree. I gave up. we're ghetto and this is still in our front room 29. Nemo was a pillow that night 30. "mom, can you please bring me my cell phone and the salt?" 31. only the best kisses for the cutest girl in the world 32. just enjoying the refreshments at the bridal shower.

33. ah gong's glassess are her fav 34. story: once upon a time, my baby starting screaming bloody murder when I put her in her bathtub. no really, it was out of nowhere My brilliant friend advised me to start back to basics with swaddle baths. ta-da! did the trick. now we bathe the normal, "big girl" way 35. all of this gets eaten in about two weeks 36. "get back to your situps, dada!" 37. loving on her new bathtime sponges 38. mommies should really not be able to get sick. seriously, how do you take care of your babes? 39. "...and the house on the sand washed AWAY!" works everytime.