2018 In Review

I can't believe that we are at the end of 2018. I'm not going to lie, I am ready to see the year close and am looking forward to starting 2019. This past year was a very dark and difficult one, and while I like to think that I'm good at finding the silver lining in most things, I still can't really seem to find one in the past year. maybe other than more than ever I realize the importance of family, and never, ever doubt that among all the hate in the world there is still way more love then you'd ever imagine.

All that said, here's a recap of what happened this past year. Click on the highlighted links to be taken to the post I'm referring to!

January.

Here in Upstate New York January is always a long, cold, and snowy month. And this past year did not disappoint. We spent a lot of time indoors, reading, and hanging out. I featured my all-time favorite new baby bed, and put together a list of some of my most beloved toddler items on Amazon.

February.

Another cold and snowy month. If I remember right, we crashed our car twice, got both the truck and the car stuck in our driveway on the same day, I posted about our nightly routine, and I talked about the man of the blog ;) Oh, and we went on our annual vacation to a hotel and it was the best! 

March.

March. True to form it started out with a ton of snow and ended with a little less ;) We celebrated St. Patrick's Day, our rabbits had babies, and I wrote about breaking up with your phone.

April.

The snow melted, it warmed up and we were happy! We explored the Nature Center, and I talked about how I make money blogging. I also did a DockATot update, we celebrated Easter, lost our pet snake in the house,  and I put together a list of my favorite children's reads.

May.

The hardest month, of the most difficult year of my life. My mom passed away unexpectedly and overnight our world turned upside down.

This is still something that I don't really talk about much on here because it's still something that I'm working through every day.

June.

June held a visit to the ocean for Father's Day, my dad made the decision to move back to Connecticut and we began helping him to pack up the house.

July.

In July we were super busy. We celebrated the 4th of July, went blueberry picking, explored the prison across the road from us, and packed boxes all month long. We also visited the zoo, and went on vacation where Adri caught her first fish!

August.

My dad bought and moved into his new house, I took a lot of trips down to visit them, we hung out, I wrote a book review, and I wrote a day in the life post.

September.

More of a busy month, celebrating someone turning ONE (Piper Mae), trips to help my dad move, I put together a little list of current library checkouts,  I wrote about what resources I'm using to homeschool, and we were able to spend some more time together as a family.

October.

I went to visit in Connecticut for almost two weeks. We went hiking, visited Old Sturbridge Village, made cupcakes, I wrote a book review, and we went trick or treating.

November.

In November we celebrated Thanksgiving in Connecticut, talked more books (surprise!), got our tree, and had our first snow here in New York.

December.

In December we did lots of baking, spent Christmas with Adam's family, and read SO MANY books. It's been a busy month.

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We have lots of changes coming to our little family in the year 2019. Many of which I haven't talked about on the blog yet, but will in the coming months as things unfold and develop. 

Happy New Year!

Past Years: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

Link to my top 12 most visited posts here on Rosie's Ramblings in 2018.