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I have been a horrible blogger this year (being a better one is one of my 2013 resolutions!), but I thought I’d at least write out my “Year in Review” so I don’t forget what all happened this year….and what a big year it was!
January:
- Rang in the new year with my sweetie
- Saw the Tide win #14 in New Orleans
- Threw a baby shower for my friend, Crystal and baby Colton
- Celebrated with family for baby bro’s 21st
February
- Presented to a group of master’s students with some colleagues of mine
- Celebrated my 27th birthday
- Had a gender reveal lunch with my friend Lauren (it’s a boy!)
- Celebrated Alex’s 27th birthday in Montgomery
- Attended a beautiful engagement party for our sweet friends, Nick & Kelse’
March 2012:
- Went to see “Wicked” with my sweetie
- Presented to a group of faculty
- Celebrated St. Patty’s day with Alex’s family in Decatur
April 2012:
- Attended (well, worked) Bama’s A-Day game
- Alex and I got to meet baby Hudson!
- Baby bro got inducted into yet another honor society
- The 27th marked one year since the deadly tornadoes
May 2012:
- Celebrated Mother’s Day in Montgomery (Josh had to take his MCAT there that weekend, so Mom and Dad came down to surprise him!)
- Went to Nashville to celebrate my sweet friend, Lauren’s graduation from med school!
June 2012:
- Attended Nick & Kelse’s wedding
- Worked lots of football camps
- Attended the wedding of my dear friend, Neika and her “prince” Sam
- Threw a couple’s shower for Lauren, Nick, and Baby Emerson
- Presented at the ISTE conference in San Diego (Baby E was born while we were there!
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July 2012:
- Celebrated Alex’s mom’s birthday in Nashville
- Went to the beach with our best friends, Casey and Taylor
- Went to Lexington to visit our friends Nick and Lauren and meet baby Emerson!
- Alex took me to a sushi dinner to tell me he was moving back to Tuscaloosa
August 2012:
- I went to Montgomery to help Alex pack up his apartment
- I was appointed to the University’s Information Technology Committee
- I began house-hunting for Alex and found one for him!
September 2012:
- Football season kicked off!!
- Alex got the keys to his new house, and slowly began moving his stuff in
- I stepped on a roofing tack in Alex’s backyard and had to go get a tetnus shot
- My college girlfriends came to town and for the first time in a long time, we all had a chance to get together!
- At the end of the month, Alex moved his last bit of stuff in to stick around for good
October 2012:
- Alex started working from Tuscaloosa on Oct. 1. It was wonderful getting to work side by side
- We hosted our first “away game watching party” at Alex’s
- We had a Halloween get together at his house with lots of trick or treaters!
November 2012:
- Alex and I celebrated our 8th anniversary with a belated trip to our favorite restaurant in Tuscaloosa, Kozy’s (I was deathly sick so we had to push it back a week!)
- Football season ended with a bang! We found out we were heading to the National Championship (as long as we beat Georgia in the SEC)
December 2012:
- We kicked off the month with a trip to Atlanta to see the Tide take home their 23rd SEC championship with a win against the Georgia bulldogs!
- We traveled to Florence to see Alex’s little brother get married
- We watched my “honorary little bro” (i.e. Josh’s best friend and our upstairs neighbor) graduate from UA
- I attended Christmas Eve service at Alex’s church with him and his family
- I celebrated Christmas with my family
Whew! What a year! Here’s hoping that 2013 is even better!
