The Last Post for 2012: Memory Jar

I started a memory jar for our family last January.  Throughout the year, Jon and I would randomly add  little notes of things we wanted to remember to it.  I loved going back through them.  It was fun to remember these moments, and to realize how much our girls have grown in just a year.

We finally went through them, and this is what we found:

• 1/12/12- Date Morning :)  Breakfast at Rialto Cafe, Ice Skating at Skyline Park, and a visit to The Tattered Cover.  Perfect!  I love you, Jon!
• 2/3/12- SNOWSTORM/ BLIZZARD  20+ Inches of snow.  We got Cecilias new car seat from UPS and the girls played in the big box together for hours.
• 2/21/12- Lilly is teething.  Mom and her were up all night.  Jon got her out of bed this morning and she said "Mama" :)
• 2/25/12-  Fantastic Date Night with SOC WCC at Indian Tree.  Good drinks, bad food, good people, great dancing!  Mary C. watched the girls.
• 2/26/12-  Lillian Jeanne figured out how to drink from a sippy cup.  Next week she will teach Daddy...
• 2/26/12-  Cecilia and Lilly were TERRIBLE at church!  They both had to be hauled out durring the Eucharistic Prayer.  After Mass, Cecilia planted a sweet little kiss on Robbie.  Too Cute.  Little Stinkers.
• 3/1/12-  Chelsea and John came for dinner.  We remembered Aunt Lisa's death, 15 years later.
• 3/2/12-  Cecilia wore big girl panties all day and did great!  Only a few accidents and she initiated all day long.  WOOOOHOOO!
• 3/6/12- Close to 80* today!  Cecilia insisted on wearing her swimsuit and begged to have her pool filled up.  I filled it with two kettles of boiling water and a few inches from the hose.  She was happy as a clam in July.
• 3/7/1-  Cecilia was in Big Girl Panties all day with NO accidents for the first time!  YIPEEE!
• 3/14/12-  Pi Day 2012- First family bike ride, high of 78*
• 3/30 - 4/1/12 -  Cecilia went to Grandma and Pops' house and we had a Lilly, Mommy, and Daddy weekend.  80+*, swings and a walk.  Lilly fell asleep in the stroller.  
• 4/8/12-  Happy Easter!  We had a wonderful day at Ma & Pa's.  The weather was perfect,  Cecilia filled 2 big baskets full of eggs and we flew kites on the hill.
• 4/28/12-  Jon and I had and amazing date shopping for Mother's Day and eating at Bloom!  Jon had the pork tenderloin, and I had the Ciopinni.
• 5/12/12- Happy Wedding Day to Kirsten and Greg!  It was a beautiful ceremony and super fun reception.
• 5/13/12-  Happy 1st Birthday Lillian Jeanne!  We had a backyard party with family and friends.  It was bee themed.  You loved the black frosting on your cake and got lots of wonderful gifts.
• 5/22/12-  Cecilia sang Johnny Appleseed at dinner tonight: "the sun, and the rain, and the A B C".  Too Cute!
• 6/2/12-  2nd day of yard work on the new playground.  Took the family to Roadhouse for dinner and learned that at 1+, Lilly does not like eating out.  She melted down before our food even arrived and we had it boxed up as soon as it was delivered.  Check please!
• 6/4/12-  Cecilia went to Grandma's with Uncle Pete last night.  She was so cute waving goodbye to us! Bonus: Lilly slept through the night!  Wooohoo!!
• 6/4/12-  Lillian Jeanne walked 10 steps to her Daddy by herself tonight!  Walking: age 12 months 23 days.
• 7/5/12-  Cecilia started speech therapy today.  When Brianna showed her the front of her tongue, she pointed to it.  When Brianna asked where the back of her tongue was, Cecilia turned around. Hehehe :)
• 8/4/12-  Jon was right!  (about the weather)
• 8/17/12-  Beth ran her first 5K and finished in 33:43!  Ran the whole way!  Raced the Firefly race with Mom, Emily, Chelsea, Tanya, and Rhonda.
• 9/12/12-  It rained all day!  I put Lilly in long sleeves this morning and she freaked out and was so confused.  She cried and pulled on her sleeves for most of the morning until I changed her shirt to short sleeves.  It was actually quite funny :)
• 9/20/12- Rest in Peace, Eva Eby.
• 9/20/12-  Cecilia: "Mom, my hair, MATCH!"  While holding my hair and her's next to each other.
• 9/25/12-  At dinner, Cecilia interjects in conversation and tells Dad, "No hunt Dad, hurts!"  Jon asked why, and she very seriously said "No Dad.  Hurts. No Hunt. NO!"
• 10/7/12-  Fantastic weekend getaway in Manitou Springs!
• 10/13/12-  Fun, wet morning at Miller Farms with he Strassners' and Trenck's.
• 11/22/12-  Pops wins tow consecutive games of Mexican Train on Thanksgiving Night.
• 12/8/12-  Yesterday, Jon, Lilly, and I were all really sick!  Yuck!  We were starving by lunch time today and treated ourseves to Panera.  On the way home we all sang "Woody's Round Up".  It was a good day.
• 12/12/12-  Headache, nauseous, and TWO PINK LINES!!!
• 12/20/12-  At dinner, Cecilia says "the sun is upside down!"