Boy what a year....

This has been one wild and crazy year! Let's see if I can give you a brief recap :)

January - we started off the new year in Orlando with our friends from TN. We went down the day after Christmas for a trip to Disney. It was quite a trip. I was about 8-9 weeks pregnant and can we say SICK! January was also when we spread the word about our newest addition. We told our families on Christmas day and everyone else after our trip to Orlando.

February - no big events....still prego and still sick!

March - comes FCAT at school and my first "almost fainting" attack during the FCAT and one of many unplanned visits to the Doctor. Everything checked out fine. We also took our annual spring break trip to TN. I am glad to say that I was no longer sick and my belly was starting to stick out!

April - moving along in my pregnancy. We decided not to find out what we were having and it was a blast. The girls at the dance studio through me a lovely baby shower!

May - the next several months were very rough for us. Bryan's Papa was very sick and in the hospital. By the end of the month they were going to move him home with Hospice Care.

June - started off with Bryan's Papa passing away and his funeral. Then came Father's Day. We all celebrated at Jason and Jenny's. If I had only known it would be the last time I saw my Dad. Daddy died that very next week. It was so overwhelming. On top of that I was 6 weeks from delivering and huge as a house. Daniel and Jess caught the first flight home. And we buried Daddy that weekend. After Daddy died it was wonderful spending time with my family. It was great for us to be together during that time. Daniel got to stay home for about 3 weeks.

July - brought much needed happy news. Our precious bundle of joy, Cale David arrived on the last day of the month.

August - we were still trying to settle into being parents and having a new little one at home. Bryan started back to school and I was now at home solo. Then, Bryan's Memaw passed away. Just when we thought things were looking up. We made it through the last of our funerals for the year. Boy what a summer.

September - Mine and Bryan's birthdays. We went out to Maggianos. Cale didnt enjoy it in any way. I think he was just still too young and it was too much going on. I also started back to work at the end of the month. Cale started going to Ms. Katie.

October - Cale made it to his first football game and celebrated his first Halloween.

November - Daddy's birthday, a rough day for me. But Cale always makes it better. It was also Cale first trip to TN for Thanksgiving. He did great and everyone up there was thrilled to see him.

December - a lot of firsts.....Cale's first time rolling over, scooting, eating baby food, and Christmas. It was a great month.

This year has definately had its ups and downs, but that is what life is all about. I am looking forward to another year and watching my baby grow up into a little man!

Singley Christmas

This past Saturday we had our Singley Family Christmas get-together. Everyone met at Aunt Joyce's. She lives in Green Cove Springs, way out in the middle of nowhere! The great part is that she has tons of land and play space for the kids (young and old).

Bryan woke up sick that morning, so I was on my own getting Cale ready. It is not bad getting him ready solo when I am prepared for it. But I wasn't prepared for it and quickly started running out of time. Somehow we made it out the door only running a few minutes late.

We had planned to ride with Jason, Jenny & Brody, since it is such a long ride. We all rode in my Tahoe, but I let Jason drive. He was thrilled about that :)

Once we were there we had lots of food and a fun visiting. It was a little strange because this was the first year without Daddy. I miss him terribly. I found myself constantly thinking about him because he and my Aunt Joyce look a lot alike to me. We all miss him, and it is especially hard during the holidays.

But the kids kept us entertained. After opening a few gifts, it was outside to play! The big kids played football and the younger kids played with bubbles and ended with a ride in the wagon pulled by the "tractor". They loved it!

While we were there, we got all the great-grandkids (minus the 2 that couldn't make it) to take a picture with Granny. There were a lot of cameras going off, so nobody knew exactly where to look. Here are a few that I got with my camera.

Tons of Christmas Pictures

Here is a recap of our Christmas day.....

We started off the morning with stockings and presents at home. It was fun watching Cale "open" his presents (I have a short video if I can figure out how to get it from the camera to the blog).

~Stuff from his stocking~

Next we were off to Granny and Papa's (Bryan's Parents) for breakfast and then more presents. Cale was hilarious. He started to get sleepy about the time we were ready for presents, so we did his first. After all of his presents we put him in the swing thinking he would go to sleep. Boy were we wrong. He talked and kicked and played the whole time we did presents. When it was all said and done, he finally crashed!

~Cale and Uncle Brett~

~Cale and Aunt Valerie~
~Playing with Granny's plant~

~He finally went to sleep~

After presents we hung out and ate lunch and then watch one of Bryan's DVDs (a comedian named Jeff Dunham). That was lots of laughs. From there we headed home for a couple hours of quiet before going to our next stop.

~Our rocker from Bryan's parents to match our swing~

Our last stop of the day was Nana and Poppy's (my parents) house. There we tried numerous times for a family picture. Cale wouldn't smile, but I guess that is only because we wanted him too :)

~Mommy and Daddy's best present~

~One of many attempts~

Again we had a great meal and tons of presents. Brody was the best one to watch. He got so excited! Cale will be there next year and it will be fun all around. After all the presents were done, Cale got a bath, bottle and was out. Mom has a crib so it is really nice to be able to put him to "bed" while we are there.

Then it was time for a game of Taboo! We had lots of laughs and "I cant believe you didn't know that"! We always play a game on Christmas night at Mom's. It is usually a game that somebody received as a gift, but no one got a game this year so we broke out an oldie. It was still a lot of fun.

~Cale's Christmas Dinner....Cereal and Applesauce~

Finally it was time to head home. It was a long day, but we would not trade being with family for anything!

Christmas Surprise

I must first start by saying that we had a great first Christmas with Cale.

With that said.....

Here is my Christmas Surprise from my sweet little boy! I was not expecting it and definately blown away. Now let's just see if I can figure out how to get some videos uploaded to the blog :)

Merry Christmas!

Wordless Wednesday

John Deere Baby

Bryan went out to Granny's to mow the leaves today. Cale and I came out to meet him so we could go for lunch. Once Daddy finished the actual mowing part and turned the blades off, he took Cale for a little spin. Cale wasn't too sure what to think. His facial expressions are priceless!