2012 was a great year and probably one of the fastest and slowest years that I have experience so far. Here's a quick review of our year:
January: We brought in one of the most memorable years of our lives. I was 7 months pregnant at the time and we spent the month starting to buy things for KJ's arrival, both of us tackling spring semester of school, and working hard. We I tried to stay busy hoping that time would pass by quicker if I did.
February: We spent our last Valentines day alone as a party of 2 for our family. Eric bought me flowers and made me feel extra special considering I was starting to feel miserable at this point. We moved from our 1 bedroom apartment next door to a 2 bedroom apartment. I also had my first baby shower and it got me very excited for the arrival of our baby girl.
March: This month was extra special and life changing month for us. We celebrated our first anniversary together on the 12th. We spent lots of time talking about the past year and how far we had come in just one year. We talked about the future and laughed at the fact that we made it at least one year with no baby. We enjoyed our last big celebration with just the 2 of us. On the 16th we had the big arrival of the girl that would make the biggest changes of our life (obviously only good). Kennedy Jean Castro finally arrived and we couldn't be more ecstatic to finally meet her! We feel in love instantly! We also enjoyed watching Quin be baptized.
April: We celebrated Easter and spent the month adjusting to being new parents. We spent many hours with finals for spring semester and celebrating the fact that it was over.
May: Kennedy was blessed by Eric and it was special. I also celebrated my first mothers day! It was nice day and I enjoyed the day spending it with my family. It started to really warm up so Eric, Kennedy, and I spent a lot of time going on walks and enjoying the spring weather!
June: We spent enjoying the first summer that we both had off at the same time. We soaked up all the time that we could spending it as a family. This is the month that Kennedy finally got over her colic and so we spent more time out of the house then we had the past 2 months. We made a quick day trip up to bear lake for Kennedy's first time and that is where is fell in love with the beach (only the sand not the water!). Jimmy was baptized!
July: We celebrated our favorite holiday, the 4th of July. I had to work so I missed the parade but I got to grandma Johnson's house on time to play in the water. I also turned 22 this month. Eric spoiled me and gave me the perfect birthday! At the end of this month we got the opportunity and made a quick decision to move into a house. Kennedy also started baby food and has been in love with it ever since.
August: We started off the month with the annual Johnson family reunion. Eric got to be part of our friends mikes wedding. We went on our usual year vacation with Nicole down to Duck Creek. It was tons of fun and a big success for Kennedy's first real vacation. We spent a lot of summer as well as this month swimming. We started our fall semester of school which was hard going back considering we had such a great summer together.
September: Eric and I started playing coed soccer together on Friday nights with some friends. We went on vacation with my family down to Saint George. It was so much fun and we enjoyed all the time we got to spend with my family. We celebrated grandpa Stevens' 98th birthday in Saint George.
October: We spent the month focusing on midterms, soccer, and the last bit of any warm weather and the beginning of fall. We celebrated Kennedy's first Halloween and as a family of 3 dressing up, visiting friends, and family.
November: Eric got some time off of work so we made a trip up to Logan to hang out with our friend Tim and go to a Kalai concert. We also enjoyed a date night to the REAL game. The first snow fall of the year happened. We celebrated Thanksgiving with my family. Eric and I enjoyed black friday shopping where we walked away with some good deals.
December: We went with our friends the Ackermans to temple square to look at the lights. We finished Fall semester of school and Nicole and I celebrated by having a much needed girls day. Eric turned 24 and we went to the grizzlies game. Finally took some much needed family pictures. We celebrated Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Years Eve with family and friends. And since Eric was sick and went to bed early on New Years I received a New Years kiss from Kennedy! It was a busy but exciting month.
We are exciting to bring in 2013 and see what it has in store for us. Goodbye 2012 and thanks for the wonderful memories some that we will never forget!
