Goodbye 2010!

It seems like just yesterday we were ushering in 2010, and now it’s over! But what a fantastic year it was…filled with so many fun memories!

In January, we celebrated Emory’s half birthday. February brought an unexpected snow… and we took a trip to Miami…our first vacation as a family of four. In March we celebrated Watson’s first half birthday… and Watson’s first best friend with the arrival of Baby James ! In April, we enjoyed Easter activities… and baptized our sweet Watson. Come May, it was time for Emory’s first dance recital… and we got to meet the famous Bill Murray at BirdFest! During the month of June we headed to the strawberry farm with our cousins… and enjoyed lots of family time at the beach. Emory turned three in July… And later that month we took another trip to the beach with our friends.

In August, we celebrated the start of school with a Back-to-School Breakfast.  Emory began dance classes…ballet, tap and acrobatics!…in September… then we celebrated Watson’s first birthday with a cowboy party!

Pregnancy got the best of me in October, which forced me to stay off of my feet, but we were still able to dress-up and enjoy Halloween with our Alice in Wonderland and White Rabbit!

In November, the kids got haircuts {Watson’s first!}…

just before we welcomed our sweet Baby Boland! December rolled around and although we were still settling into our routine as a family of five, we celebrated the Christmas season by opening our Thanksgiving basket… decorating our tree and making a gingerbread house. Santa visited and we enjoyed wonderful Christmas celebrations with our families! 2010 was a wonderful year for our family, and 2011 already seems to have tons in store for us!

I’m not one to make a lot of New Year’s resolutions, but there are just a few goals I’d like to set for the coming year.

First, it’s back to the gym for me! I’m ready to lose all of the pregnancy weight from both of the boys! I’m not gonna lie-I’m TERRIFIED to start working out again, as there is no ‘ease-your-way-into-it’ approach, so the only option is to jump right back in. I’m sure I’m gonna be sore for the entire month of January. Hopefully it’ll pay off come bathing suit season!

Secondly, I want to try and take more ‘everyday’ pictures of our life. Looking back over the blog from the past year, I’m so glad to have captured a lot of the fun memories so that we can look back for years to come. Unfortunately I tend to only take pictures of events or milestones and not quite enough of our day-in and day-out activities. While it probably won’t be very interesting for anyone other than myself, I’m going to try a project I’ve seen on a few other blogs. Snapshots 365…and I’ll {try to} take and post a  picture each and every day for the next year. We’ll see how long that lasts, but I’m hoping I’ll be able to document the little details that might not have been blog-worthy otherwise. Wish me luck! Or better yet- join me! Let me know if you do so I can follow your pictures!

Last, it’s my goal to NOT GET PREGNANT THIS YEAR! :) I’m more than ready to take a break from pregnancy and enjoy running around with my three babies, eating oysters and drinking beer! We definitely look forward to adding a fourth {and final!} Dupree to the family, but plan on taking a small break beforehand. Please remind me of this when Boland hits six months old and I begin to get baby fever again!

Wishing you a healthy and happy New Year!