2012 was a big year for my little family, but I’m so glad it’s over!! We’ve had lots of ups and downs along the way.

Here’s a breakdown of our 2012.

January: We finally let everyone know that we were having a baby. It turns out my mom had told everyone already, but it was nice not to have to hide being pregnant anymore!

February: On Valentine’s day we had our big ultrasound and found out that we would be welcoming a little girl into the world. Then we went into nursery decorating mode!

March: We went on a little “babymoon” and celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary a couple months early since I was due so close to our actual anniversary. We went to Milwaukee and ate our way through the city, stopping at places like The Safehouse, Maders, Comet Café, the Art Museum (where parts of Transformers 3 was filmed), and Lakefront Brewery (my husband got double the samples since I was pregnant!). It was a great way to have fun before our little one arrived.

April: Nothing special, just pregnant  and probably miserable! haha

May: I had my baby shower! It was a lot of fun and we were most definitely spoiled!

June: I don’t remember much about June, just that I was so done being pregnant! I refused to leave the house or have any visitors. We had our real anniversary and went out for lunch at Olive Garden.

July: Probably the biggest rollercoaster of events that have ever happened in my life, I hope I never have a month like it ever again! On the 3^rdmy husband had carpal tunnel surgery. I went into labor on the 5^th, had Aliceana in the 6^th. On the 7^th  she was taken to Meriter hospital in Madison. After 2 weeks of us all staying in Madison, Aliceana was diagnosed with NEHI and we got to bring her home on oxygen. A little fun fact, Aliceana, my husband, and myself all had IVs for the first time that same week, what are the chances of that?

August: Not much happened, just a lot of sleepless nights and doctor appointments. I also turned 22 on the 30^th.

September: My husband turned 28 on the 3^rd. Aliceana had her last home nurse visit! Thinking back I don’t know how I handled the home nurse visits with a newborn. I’d have to run around the house like a crazy person making sure that our house was somewhat presentable when the nurse came over. Aliceana also had her baptism!

October: Aliceana’s first Halloween. It was pretty uneventful, she didn’t fit into the original costume we bought her so I had to improvise. It was also way too cold to actually take her out, yay Wisconsin weather..

November: Aliceana’s first Thanksgiving! She played in her jumper during most of it. The week before Thanksgiving, we found out that there was a possibility that she could be taken off the oxygen. We kept it a secret though, as we were anxious enough without people pestering us about results.

December: It was official, Aliceana is off of oxygen! It was so nice being able to share the happy news with everyone! Aliceana got to celebrate Christmas like a normal healthy baby! We still have a long road filled with lots of specialist appointments, but our little girl has come such a long way in the past 6 months! 

Here’s to hoping that 2013 is a little more boring for this family! 😉