and just like that...

2014 is 3/4 of the way over (almost).  There have been so many times I wanted to or was inspired to post to the blog.  And then there wasn't time, and so a photo went up on Instagram or via text instead.

Since this year has been one to remember (that's nearly laughable at this point!) I thought I should at least try to capture the milestones.  And will photo dump later.  Love my iPhone but hate that I don't take more pics with the camera or make more photo albums.  We will work on that in 2015...

So, here goes nothing...

2014
based on Sara's memory...which is bleak.  Disregard any errors :)

January

• Sara and kiddos survived the polar vortex with David traveling
• Sara conquered Whole 30.  

February (so far, this month takes the cake!)

• Sara, Grammy, Hads & Brady ventured to Boston.  Travel was a success!  
• Sara enjoyed not being on Whole 30 in Boston! Hello wine...
• Hadley's 1st trip to the ER and 1st stitches
• Sara interviewed for and accepted a new job, managed two weeks of overlap between new and old jobs and said goodbye to her LLS family after 6 years (whoa)
• After only a week on the new job, a discovery was made - B3 was on his or her way (WHAT?)

March

• Seriously cannot remember much happening in March (phew) aside from normal 1st trimester stuff, the discussions on "um, should we move??" and prepping for April vacation
• We told the Lehman's about B3 and started car shopping for a third row vehicle!

April

• Sara and David jetted off to Mexico with the Evernhams...what was already their babymoom became one we shared.  The announcement to them was priceless...
• And, while telling the Wannamakers about B3 via Facetime from Mexico...we learned baby W #2 is on the way - yippee!
• We told David's family about B3 and started to tell our friends too!

May

• We make an offer on a house and it's accepted!!  Get ready Carmel, here we come!
• Ramsey drive on the market!
• Memorial Day Weekend getaway to Greensboro...the big girls had a blast as always, Brady survived the girls and a connecting flight and Sara & Cameron sat around and chatted pregnancies. So fun to have kiddos close in age!

June

• Brady turns 1! 
• Sara is 20 weeks pregnant at Brady's 1st birthday (we are still in shock to some extent at this point)
• Ramsey Drive sells!

July

• Close on both homes, within a week, David is a GC for a week and managed vendors and the move like a rockstar
• Sara leaves for a week of business travel right after moving in (poor timing!)
• Hadley starts sleeping in a big girl bed!
• Hadley enjoys two weeks of swim lessons
• New house gets so much needed love...floors, paint, updates, etc.  So much more to come!

August

• The Glenns and Lehmans sneak off to South Haven for a week - so much fun!  
• A third row car is now ours...whoa!
• Hadley turns 3!
• We continue to settle into the house and enjoy the pool a bit more
• The Waldners come to Indiana!  Hadley's best 2 weeks ever!
• Hadley is rocking the big girl potty!

September

• Labor Day weekend pool party is a blast.   This weekend is the start to Sara feeling "different" for some reason
• We have a walker - finally!  He's been able to walk for weeks, but wouldn't use it as his primary mode of transportation until literally 15 months exactly.  Silly boy.  
• Sara is put on bed rest - a shock to her, our home and our work-lives.   

That's all for now...I think I should just continue to update this list to keep to laugh at one day.  One day..

Hilly Hundred

not only was last weekend a big weekend for David, it was a big one for Hadley!  David rode the Hilly Hundred and Hadley experienced Bloomington for the first time!

David kinda amazes me with his continued interest in cycling, and his desire to do the Hilly.  The weekend was beautiful, but windy. DG didn't complain or gripe about the hills (mountains??) and had so much fun! He was proud of himself, as he should be, and was pumped to learn that Mt. Tabor has a crazy grade, something like a 28 degree incline??  Jenny and I drove to the lunch spot to see Matt and David and the drive there was scary enough for us! I was white knuckling the wheel the entire time.  Needless to say we went well out of our way to get back to Bloomington so we could take 2 lane highways. 

The celebratory bike picture!

 and with Matt

100 miles!!  (actually more like 106, but who's counting!)

The Hilly is split between two days so it allowed us to have more fun in Btown!  On Friday night we landed at Grazie for dinner with the Bolings (oh reminiscent of our rehearsal dinner!) to let the boys carbo load :) Then on Saturday we ate at Farm (hello Lugar burger!) and took Hadley to her first Assembly Hall experience!  The Hoosier Hysteria crowd was so big, we were in the balcony - but it was still fun!  David thought it was "easy as pie" to take Hads to AH, so he sees lots of father/daughter IU bball games in his future.  I had a different opinion of the experience :) ha!

On Sunday we were able to dine at Village Deli (yum!!) and browse the shops on Kirkwood.  Check out Hadley's first visit to the sample gates :)

gorgeous day in Bloomington!!

We can't wait to take Hadley back down for more Bloomington fun!!  We just need to find her a cheerleading uniform to wear during games.  We might have to wait for next season to find one that fits. 

Jenny and I are already planning next year's Hilly weekend with a 14 month old and  a 9 month old!  Fun :)

this guy

has been pretty incredible this week. Well, I guess Harley has too, but I am talking about the human guy in the photo.

I don't know if it is his form of nesting, his need to be the man of the house and take care of everything or just the realization that I can't do anything around the house this week  - but he has been motoring around to get things done.



The funniest thing for me this week?  David rushes into the house all flustered with his arms full of random stuff.  As he dumps it on the counter he proclaims "Aren't you proud of me for not using plastic bags?  This is from FOUR STORES!"  crack. me. up. 

of course I am proud, considering he balked at not using plastic bags, among other things, and has really started to get behind and even lead some things around this house to make it more green.  and I love that he loves Fresh Market now, and gets excited about local sweet corn, and chooses good meat and is just cute all around of course. duh.

Just a little shout out to DG, before this blog turns to baby Glenn-only updates.  He is working hard, continuing to cycle and still make sure this house doesn't fall apart.  I really really hope this bedrest ends on Monday so I can nest more too!