I have to say that 2010 was full of adventures. To be honest, this time last year we would have never imagined picking up and moving to California. This post is dedicated to 2010, detailing some of the most awesome pics and our lives played out.
January 2010 (7 Months)
Major milestone: Bottom Teeth and Sippy Cup
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| Zach (I remember Tessa (old Nanny) telling me she walked in to get Jack and there was Zach rolled up like a burrito) |
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| Jack and Zach (I think this is still one of Steve's favorite pics) |
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| Jack and Zach (Hard to believe they already had their bottom two teeth in at this time) |
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| Jack and Zach |
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| Jack, practicing drinking out of a sippy |
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| Zach, practicing drinking out of a sippy |
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| Jackson |
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| Aww, Zachary |
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| Go Bears! Jack and Zach |
February 2010 (8Months)
Major milestone: Sitting up, Army Crawling, Holding onto items from one edge to the next walking around items
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| Zachary |
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| Zachary, handsome |
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| Jackson |
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| Jackson |
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| Boys watching GMA |
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| Jack and Zach |
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| Jack with his arm around Zach (tissue moment) |
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| Jack and Zach |
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March 2010 (9 Months)
Major milestone: Crawling, 1st surgery, Top Teeth
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| Jack (crawled under the saucer) and Zach |
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| Zacharoo Sleeping |
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| Jack |
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| Mommy and Zacharoo (Just before surgery) |
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| Zach |
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| Jackson (just before surgery) |
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| Daddy and Jack |
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| Jack with his scar after surgery (What a trooper, he and his brother for everything they endured on 3/16/09) |
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| Zach and Jack crawling around |
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| Stylin' duo (Zach and Jack) |
April 2010 (10 Months)
Major Milestone: Reading, Teething of course...for the next several months :), "Talking" from babbling to talking, they started to say words starting with "D" and "B"
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| And they are off... |
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| Exploring |
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| Jack and Zach |
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| Jack and Zach |
May 2010 (11 Months)
Major Milestone: Eating improves immensly trying many new foods, Continous talking, *I am sure there are more...baby book is at our house in Fox Lake...working off of memory!!:), Pointing (probably started at 10 months)
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| Jack and Zach...Sippy Cup Time |
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| Reading, Reading, and more Reading |
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| Jack |
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| Jack, Look at me... |
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| Zach and Jack, what else can I fit in my mouth |
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| I want it, no I want it...who wins...? |
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| Jack got the blankey (but I have several other pics that show they have shared the blankey...even thou we have two.:)) |
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| Bring on the love! |
June 2010 (12 Months)
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY!!!, First haircut, and let the walking begin!
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| Zach trying out his new chair. |
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| They love their wagon rides. |
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| Zach playing with one of his new toys...came with plastic fish |
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| Walking with toys |
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| Happy Birthday Love Bugs! |
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| Zach...1st Haircut |
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| Jack...1st Haircut |
July 2010 (13 Months)
Bittersweet Month: Move to CA (not a lot of pics this month), Boys move into their big boy car seats (I know a month early but heavy boys + heavy car seats = Let's move the timeframe up a bit because our arms are going to fall off!
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| Miss you all, including Jeff and Suzanne (they had to leave to get home to the kiddos) |
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| Our lovely home...A lot of memories! |
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| Boys getting adjusted to their new temp home, although they sit up fine so not certain why we had them in their bumbo chairs...HA! |
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| Zach looking sooo cool! |
August 2010 (14 Months)
Boys are now running everywhere, Teething...well that continues, self feeding with spoon (during 13 months), Talking continues..."WHOA" and "WOW" favorite sayings, Officially no more bottle!
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| Mommy loves bath time! |
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| Zacharoo playing away! |
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| Boys reading the new books daddy brought home from Costco! Daddy is always surprising them! :) |
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| Zach and Jack |
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| Jack eating his peas! |
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| Zach eating his veges too...and PB&J (yep we gave our boys PB before the age of 2...gasp) |
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| Zacharoo in his big boy car seat! They love them. |
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| Jack in his big boy car seat! |
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| Their first carnival |
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| Their 2nd haircut...sporting faux-hawks |
September 2010 (15 Months)
...they keep surprising us each day on of how much they are able to do...amazing!, Learning to stack blocks
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| Jack trying beets for the 1st time |
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| Eating out of the bowl |
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| Daddy and Zach watching the Vikings game... |
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| They love football, hockey, and monster trucks |
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| On one of our many wagon rides around the complex, enjoying the view of the fountain |
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| Coming back from our ride...getting ready for snack |
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| Snack time...I think I can get this to fit...somehow... |
October 2010 (16 Months)
Last well check-up until 2yrs, Talking continues...
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| Grandma and Grandpa Helland came to visit before their big trip to Down Under |
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| Jack (in back) and Zach at the zoo Halloween Weekend |
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| Running the courts |
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| The last day I was a stay at home Mommy...miss you boys! |
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| Happy 2nd Halloween...ruff ruff |
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I love to see a puppy cleaning!
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| HA... |
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We found the boys a home!!!
Home Sweet Home...Daddy is doing a fab job getting ready for us! |
November 2010 (17 Months)
Teething coming to an ENNNNDDD!!!!, learning to match
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| Zach being lovey dovey, as always (He just walks up and gives you a hug out of the blue...talk about making a mommy cry) |
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| Boys starting to get into Elmo's World |
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| Jack, 1st time in a real hospital gown |
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| Boys' 1st recliner |
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| Zacharoo's first boo boo (they now let you kiss their boo boo, so sweet) |
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| Loving on Jack! |
December 2010 (18 Months)
EXTRA EXTRA...ALL TEETH ARE IN! Yippy!, officially matching shapes to puzzles, talking improves immensly (if you listen closely you can hear "tree", "cherries", "jack", "zach", "tator tot", "diaper", "down", hmmm the list goes one..., since the past few months boys have learning sign language.
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| Music Time |
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| Beep Beep |
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| Merry Christmas (boys 2nd Christmas) |
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Helping Mommy pack
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I hope you all enjoyed a walk down memory lane with me as we reflect on 2010. I know I had a good time, laughed as I went back to some old pictures, cried at some old memories, but ended knowing that 2011 is off to a good start. Steve and I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions. We believe in turning the page letting go and moving on! We very much are blessed with what life has given us. Sometimes we think that we don't deserve all the good things, but in the end, we try to be good people and hope that we live up to expectations. We believe that good fortune happens to all, it did for us. People ask all the time how do you do it? You must have your hands full? You must have a busy life? We answer yep, sure, yes we do, and to the first question...not sure since we have nothing to compare to. As busy as our lives may seem, we would not trade it for the world. The end of one year is not meant to refocus and start new traditions, rather focus on what you did, the person you are, and the person you want to be!
We wish all our family and friends a wonderful beginning to 2011 and wish you all the joy life has to offer!
XO
Julie, Steve, Jack, and Zach
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