And juuuuust as we thought 2020 was the craziest year in the history of crazy years…
[ ENTER 2021. ]
Ho HA Ho… But, oh! WHAT. A. YEAR. full of unexpected blessings
and huge triumphs and great joys! On New Year’s Day, we found
out we were expecting another tiny miracle!
A couple days after that, Scarlett turned 3 and barked her way through a
puppy paw-ty at our house. And a couple months after THAT, Harper turned 6 and finally got to have her YMCA
skating party [the one that was cancelled last year on the first day of
sheltering-in]. Cue the trumpets and
trombones – and heck, the WHOLE ENTIRE BAND… We stand in awe at the blessing of
children and absolutely love celebrating these two three little souls
that have been entrusted to us!
In early May, Brian went back to in-person work at Purina for the first time since March 2020! Does he miss the luxury of traipsing downstairs to work from home in sweatpants and slippers, cup of piping hot coffee in hand? We’ll never ever know! On evenings and weekends, he still managed to construct an outdoor grill and build bunk beds for the kids in addition to keeping up with his honey-do list full of many smaller home improvement projects. Between a week of Totus Tuus and many many weeknights of T-ball and tumbling, we squeezed in a family vacation to Big Cedar in June and also enjoyed many laps around Lake Lou on Grammy and Papa’s new pontoon!
In no time at all, the clock struck August and it was back to school for Harper [1st grade] and Scarlett [Pre-K 3]. On the last day of the month – and 10 days before her due date – our beautiful Juliette Thérèse made her grand debut! Bows be ours forever and ever! She is the most adored little sister and would probably unanimously win “favorite family member” if we took a vote.
October kept us on our toes between the Fleming family vacation to the Smoky Mountains,Juliette’s baptism, and a 2-week quarantine following positive COVID tests for 2/5 of the family. In the thick of the quarantine chaos, my maternity leave[s] ended and I resigned from Mercy Labor and Delivery after being at the bedside for the past decade. It was most definitely a bittersweet decision, though I’m excited to scale back from full-time work and have all weekends and holidays with the fam. I will continue working part-time at Veritas Fertility & Surgery as well as crafting with Cecilia Clare & Co. and managing my shiny new Etsy shop! :D
Whew! I thought about planning for a less eventful 2022, but I think we’ll just go full speed ahead into the New Year with bigger dreams and greater goals than ever! With Love at the center of our lives, I can’t wait to see what the next 365 days will bring. May you also feel His love, see His wonders, and share His grace. We are praying for you always; please pray for us, too!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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