January:
Our little princess decided it was really time to scare mommy and daddy at only 5 weeks old. After several instances where we "thought" she looked a little blue around the mouth, she went full on smurf on me. We took her to Children's, where they decided to admit her for observations for the night. That same night, I had my first gallbladder attack, although, at the time, I thought it was a kidney stone. Fun times. We spent the rest of the month hanging out at home because of the snow and finding balance as a family of 4
February:
February was my surgery. The night of Valentine's Day, I started running a fever and not feeling very well. The next morning, I woke up with a bad backache and signs of dehydration. I pushed water all day but nothing really helped. We went to a few parties and I felt off, but not so sick that I needed to stay home. Sunday morning I woke up feeling awful and as I was nursing Loralei, I noticed that I looked really yellow compared to her. I went the Urgent Care where they took some blood and recommended I see the Doctor in the AM. Well, that afternoon the pain got unbearable so we headed to MOBAP. Admitted Sunday Night with a complete blockage of my bile duct and an inflamed gallbladder. Monday I had a scope to clean out my bile duct and the stones. Tuesday I had that pesky gallbladder removed. Wed and Thurs were spent pacing the hallways waiting for my Bili levels to return to normal so I could go home!! It was a miserable experience but the Staff at MoBap was amazing! The rest of the month was spent watching the Olympics and eating Packzi's!!!!
March
Our March was pretty low key. Mainly spent time with family. My FIL had his knee replaced so I got to help take care of him. We hosted a Trivia Night for my friend's little girl who was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. Loralei was baptized at Bellefontaine United Methodist Church. Also, The Cardinals season kicked off with 2 excited little fans!
April
A month of firsts for our little princess. Loralei's first Easter, first Cardinals game, first Blues heartbreak! We visited the Zoo for a bday party and Loralei's first visit. We explored the Lewis and Clark towers and the Great Rivers Museum and started hunting the Stl250 cakes! We spent the month enjoying the beautiful weather. Loralei learned how to roll over. I ran in my first Graffiti Run which was really fun!
May
I turned 32 in May. We celebrated Mother's day and the wedding of some good friends all in the same weekend. We went to a few Cardinals games and spent a rainy Memorial Day weekend visiting cemeteries and watching the Cardinals play extra innings at Busch!!! Kenny got his first buzz cut and we spent a lot of time in the water!
June
We celebrated Kenny's 2nd birthday, Father's Day and Travis' birthday. We went to the zoo, Daddy's work to see his new boat, and Kenny started soccer! Father's day plans of raging rivers were cancelled because it wasn't even 80 degrees so we went to a splash park in the afternoon instead! Kenny's party didn't go exactly as planned because it rained all day. We had about a 4 hour window of no rain and then the sirens started going off!!!
July
July started off with a bang as we celebrated the 4th of July. We spent a lot of time outside enjoying the unseasonable cool weather! We went to quite a few Cards games too! Kenny continued with soccer and we celebrated Christmas in July with the Wunderlichs
August
August was pretty low key! More baseball and lots of swimming! I also saw El Monstero Live on Art Hill! Very awesome!!!
September
We celebrated Logan's and Jacob's birthday and Kenny continued to improve in Soccer. Loralei had her 9 month check up and was still in the 20th % for height and 90th % for weight. My little chunky butt! More Cardinals games, a visit from the Fitzgerald's, another Wunderlich Family reunion and the 150th anniversary Battle of Pilot Knob, where Travis and I renewed our wedding vows, made for a busy month!
October
October was another busy month for us! We had the Flanagan family reunion, Cardinals playoffs!!!!, the wedding of 2 beautiful friends of ours, Liesl and Ashley, and Halloween! The wedding was at a vineyard in Augusta and it was simply stunning. We spent halloween with my dad trick or treating around South City. We even went to Mayor Slay's house! Travis and I also celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by taking some photos at Fort Bellefontaine, recreating some of our wedding photos
November
November was pretty relaxed. Loralei got a pretty good shiner. We made a ton of cookies at our annual cookie day, and celebrated Thanksgiving, first with the Flanagans and then with the Woelbling/Muilenburg side of the family. We had to miss the annual Hessel thanksgiving get together because, surprise surprise, we were sick. 3 years in a row!!! We also started packing up and getting ready for our family trip to Branson!!!
December!
Bring on the holiday season. We started the month by taking a family vacation to Branson with Travis' mom. We did Silver Dollar City, the Dixie Stampede, Six, saw Christmas lights, the Titanic museum and the Polar Express! It was a great trip! We celebrated Loralei's birthday with a big party the day after we got home. I can't believe my baby is 1! It is hitting me hard! We did a toy drive in honor of Murphy Baker and collected over 100 items! We donated those items to Children's Hospital! We had a few Christmas celebrations and the kids were spoiled at each and every one. We ended the year with a low key dinner at Olga's and everyone except me in bed by 9!
I hope each and every one of you has a healthy and happy 2015!!!
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