2014 {Year in Review}

January~ Celebrating Chinese New Year (The day we knew Beilyn was ours!)

February~ Daddy/Daughter Dance

March~ Meet your new sister!

April~ Meeting up with Julie & her family in St. Louis

May~ To China. For Beilyn. Forever.

June~ Vacationing in Florida. 

July~  4th of July camping with family.

August~ End of summer trip to Cincinnati

September~ Happy Birthday to our September Sweeties!

October~ Fall Break at Clifty Falls

November~ Buying our RV and dreaming about all of the fun trips to come!

December~ Beilyn's 1st Christmas

New Year's Day {Christmas at Gramma's}

We celebrated Christmas with Alex's family on New Year's Day. Several of us were sick, but we all made it through the day! Uncle Adam and Aunt Tristen weren't able to make it home, so we Skyped with them throughout the day.

Love these people ♥

Unlce Adam and Aunt Tristen watching the kids open gifts from North Carolina. 😊

Brielle had Ella's name. She just kept picking more stuff out for her.

One of Beilyn's favorite gifts- a diaper bag with lots of baby accessories inside.

Gramma gifted Grandma-Great's keyboard to Braylee, and she LOVES it.

New Year's Eve!

The day after Grammy's Christmas, I could tell Beilyn's cough had changed. She was wheezing and her cough was very harsh and wet.  The next morning, I took her to the pediatrician and found out she had RSV. Poor sugar. It also meant she wasn't able to celebrate the new year with us at the bowling alley. Alex stayed home with her while I took the other girls.  The girls always look forward to celebrating with our church family there. We made it home in time to watch the ball drop though!

Still smiling even when she's sick!

Madison & Braylee

She came to tell me she won! I'm not sure she did but that's ok. 😄

She fell asleep in my arms around 10pm.  

Confetti in hand and counting down!

2014 was a huge year of spiritual growth for our family and for that, it will always be one of my favorite years! It also brought us Beilyn, one of God's greatest gifts to our family! 💖