2013 in Review

January 2013

 Bi-weekly prenatal visits

Bob & Cindy visits

House projects

Mild weather golf

 

 

February 2013

 Hilton Head weekend

More prenatal appointments

Hospital Tour

 

 

 

March 2013

Weekly prenatal appointments

Welcomed Sara Mae Snegosky!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 2013

Newborn Sara pictures.

Grandpa B. & Linda meet Sara.

Grandpa & Grandma S. meet Sara.

Learning to parent as we go!

 

 

 

 

 

May 2013

Dena, Denise, Amy, and Josh meet Sara.

Tom and Linda meet Sara.

Watching Sara grow



June 2013
Last month of maternity leave.
Miss Kandi and Mr. Mason watch Sara.
Melissa meets Sara.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2013

Brent & Kate (Godparents) meet Sara.

Sara's first flight back to MN.

Sara meets MN family.

Sara's baptism.

Brooke's wedding.

Sara's first boat ride and lake swim.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 2013

Beating the NC summer heat.

Sara tries cereal.

First trip to Zootastic.

September 2013

Grandma & Grandpa S. visit.

Sara turns six months old!

 



October 2013

Sara cuts her first tooth.

Family trip to Kentucky with Hannans

Visit to pumpkin patch.

Lady bug for Halloween.

 

November 2013

Bobcats game

Sara turns eight months old.

Sara starts swimming lessons.

 



December 2013

Christmas trip to Minnesota

More swimming lessons.

 



Happy New Year!

Christmas 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

The weekend before Christmas,

Matt, Sara & I had our own little Christmas

where we exchanged gifts at home.

 

 

 

 

 

Sara just started crawling the weekend prior

so it was fun to watch her going after the presents.

 

She needed a little help with the unwrapping

and it's true - she loved the paper and boxes

just as much as her gifts.

 

 

 

 

We spent the Christmas holiday

in MN with our family.

 

We successfully smuggled Lucy on the flight.

She only escaped her kennel once.

 

 

 

 

We spent a couple days in WI

before driving out to Litchfield.

 

Sara soaked up attention from Grandpa & Grandma.

 

 

 

 

 

We had a great visit with Pastor Paul

on Christmas Eve morning.

 

Last summer, Pastor Paul baptized Sara and

gave her the book "Oh, The Places You'll Go!"

We brought the book back for him to sign for her.

We spent over an hour chatting with him.

 

During the Christmas Eve church service,

Pastor asked if he could borrow Sara

during the end of the sermon.

 

Sara enjoyed her time with Pastor Paul.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeanne spent Christmas with us

and got some one on one time

with Sara & Lucy.

 

 

 

 

I caught a cold and fever and was

* literally *

in bed all of Christmas day.

 

We missed out on Christmas

with the Mallak side because of my cold.

 

Luckily, Grandpa Boll & Uncle Mike

were able to stop by to see Sara.

 

 

 

 

 

Poor Sara caught my cold/fever and was sick

after Christmas through the rest of our trip.

 

 

On Friday, I was feeling better so Matt's parents

watched Sara while Matt & I caught

a last minute movie / date night.

 

We enjoyed our night out

(even though I experienced some personal let downs).

It was a nice reminder of what I'm not missing

by no longer living in my small hometown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall, we had a wonderful Christmas.

Having a baby makes Christmas different

in a very good way.

 

Lucy realized NC isn't so bad

after doing business in sub zero temps

and snow

all week long. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Swimming Lessons

 

 

We started Sara in swimming lessons

through the YMCA once she turned six months old.

This turned out to be a great experience

for all of us.

 

Sara is a natural!

She even caught the attention of her instructor

who told us that Sara will be a great swimmer.

 

Matt & I love the water.

We are very pleased to see Sara developing

the same love for swimming.

 

The shrimp class had her focusing on kicking

and reaching with her hands.

We learned how to enter and exit the water safely.

Every entry beings with 1... 2... 3!

 

We even made a few new friends!

 

Sara will be a Kipper or Inia

in the spring/summer.