It seems entirely appropriate to celebrate the end of 2009 by going to bed early (and NOT due to pregnancy). This year exhausted me. Too many big events happened this year not to document, and since I posted so irregularly this last year, I thought one mammoth photo post might give some justice. Thank you Kristen and Tim for your contribution (in case you were wondering, their pics are the good ones.) Well world, here it is: our rearview mirror.
We woke the boys up at 11:00pm, and Mark, Tim, and Kevin took the boys to the see our friend’s show at a local venue. Responsible parenting of a 3 and 5 year old? Probably not. But the boys still talk about it.
January 2009: the boys’ first midnight rock ‘n roll show
February 2009: a field trip with friends to the museum of natural history and science
March 2009: Olive’s birth
April 2009: the entire Douglass family visits us to see Scott and Diana
May 2009: Mark graduated (but didn’t walk) with his MA in European History
Olive has her FW debut (4 generations)
we acquire chickens
June 2009: trip to Corpus Christi
July 2009: Olive starts sitting up at 4 months
our friends Tiffany moves in with us for 2 months
we travel to D/FW to see family
. . . and more family
. . . and more family
August 2009: travel to David and Karabeth’s wedding on the Tennessee River (with the much needed help of our friend Emily)
our niece Iris is born to Scott and Diana in Morocco
Mark starts a new job teaching (no picture)
family camp with community church
my Grandma. . .
and Mark’s Poppy pass away within a few days of each other
we miss them both.
September 2009: Olive turns 6 months, starts crawling, & gets tutu pictures
I start school at home with the kids (pictures — are you kidding?)
October 2009: our niece Rowan Grace is born to Joseph & Kayla
Olive turns 7 months, starts pulling up, and saying “da-da”
November 2009: Jordan & Christa get married at a vineyard in Grapevine
our nephew Shepherd Gray is born to Kristen & Tim
December 2009: the Wall grandbabies (minus yet-born Adelyn) 
Olive’s first Christmas (9 months), says “da-da,” “ma-ma,” and signs “more”
our niece Adelyn Elizabeth is born to Josh & Bethany just after Christmas
and DONE.
Comments
wow what a fun and crazy year! it was exhausting to just look at the pictures! ;)
with the way Olive is growing I would guess that she is walking by now! Reed is 4 months and I can’t imagine him sitting up (he does weigh 16 lbs, so maybe it’s the double chin that is holding him back)!
Thank you soooo much. GBY an happy new year.
Yes! You did it! You got your year in review post up. I think it is great that you did this, you will always be able to look back at 2009 and have a captured picture of what it was like-all in one place! Love it.
Loved the retrospective, you do such good work!
That was totally my first thought too! Though I’m sure the mothering of 4 is sufficiently exhausting even without another within. I can’t wait to read the details. I was asleep at 9:40pm last night, incidentally.
very funny jenny. No, I’m definitely NOT PREGNANT.
pregnant?