memories,dreams & reflections [11]

welcome to memories, dreams & reflections - two thousand and eleven style!

LAST YEAR

1. Me! 
definitely most proud of having another baby and suffering through labor [even though i caved a little over an hour before he was born and got the epidural]. giving birth to rhys was amazing and i am definitely proud!

2. I Love You 

hub and kids. 

love <3

3. Still Laughing... 

atlantic city. lezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzbehonest!

4. Winter Wonderland 
i am fairly sure that we got snow jan/feb of 2011
but i don't have any pictures of it
SO
this is the closest to winter wonderland ;]
ICE @ the gaylord national harbor 2011.

5. Birthday 

my loves planned a day trip for my birthday, limo included.

we had an absolute BLAST!

best birthday ever.

6. Friends 
my b's :)
i'm obviously missing a few though. 
i swear one day i'll get a picture with ALL of my friends in it!

7. I Was Inspired... - 
by this woman!
girlfran can put together some stuff, that's for sure.
she threw me an AMAZING baby shower and i only wish i had HALF of her creativity! 

8. Spring Fever 

WITW 2011

always the kick off of spring!

9. Travel or Vacation - 

myrtle beach  - our last trip as a family of three!

10. Summer Days 

community pool, where most days are spent!

11. A Day In My Life - 
couch time with both boys is a daily staple!

12. All Smiles 
this kid has a very contagious smile :)

13. Autumn Harvest 
an impromtu trip to a local pumpkin patch/farm shortly after rhys was born!
we got locally grown apples and honey too!

14. Family or Home 
how about both?
the entire family AT home! rare moment here ;)

15. Celebrate!

kullen turned two!!!
we had an awesome 'yo gabba gabba' themed party and big boy partied hard!

16. Let's Do It Again... 

kindergarten reunion. SUCH a blast!

17. I Miss You  

my pea. miss her all the time!

18. Beautiful 
sissy. 
[she also could have fallen into the above category!]

19. Dress Up 

me and the hub all dressy for our friends wedding!

20. Macro -
lunch break trip to the botanical gardens in DC. 
AH-mazing!

21. Holidays 
kullen digging into his presents on christmas morning.
it was SO awesome to see him 'get it' this year!

22. My Favorite 
[thing/memory of 2011]
becoming a mother twice over!

23. Don't Ever Change 
these kids ... and their love for me, each other and life in general.

24. Just Because...So There! 

mustaches were the 2011 thang!

25. Hopes and Dreams 

hope this year brings great things for my boys! they deserve the best.

looking back on last years prompts - i'd say this was a great year.

i even achieved my hopes and dreams' category!

i am SO looking forward to 2012 and seeing what it holds for me and the boys!

quake!

i expected a lot more blog posts regarding the quake

maybe not everyone was as shaken [pun definitely intended] as i was!

being that i am nine months pregnant

and could possibly go into labor at any given minute of the day

when i first felt the shakes

i thought maybe it was labor time! 

LET DOWN MUCH!

i noticed the panic in my coworkers face as we sat around the lunch table 

and realized something much bigger was going on.

then the second, BIG SHAKER, occurred.

HOLY!

we were on the third floor of our building, in our lunch room

and it felt like the entire building was swaying back and forth

during, we all jumped up and ran into the hallway

where all our coworkers were shuffling around, panic faced 

and our boss shouted 'GET OUT NOW!'

that being said - this big mama GOT OUT!

i ran passed everyone, completely abandoning my lunch buds, and hustled down the stairs!

we convened at our meeting place and accounted for everyone

of course, i had to tell a billion people that i was alright and not in labor! ha!

we spent the next hour or so, outside roasting! 

luckily, our supervisor parks in the lot we meet in and opened up his truck

for us to sit in - these ankles needed it! ;)

they dismissed everyone from work but unfortunately for me and my lunch buds

all our stuff was at our desk, in our building

which was on complete and total lock down. LOVELY!

we spent the next couple hours, sitting on a bus stop bench

chatting about the unreal events that just occurred!

at this point, we kept hearing it could be another 5 hours before they open up our building

so i called adam from a coworkers phone and told him to come get me!

he got there around 5:30-6ish

and luckily had the spare key to my car with him, so i was at least able to drive her home!

[shh, yes i broke the law and drove without my license!]

we finally got home around 7:30 and i was BEAT. 

even though i didn't do MUCH 

sitting out in the heat and stressing about a freakin' earthquake 

sure does take a lot out of a girl! especially a big pregnant one!

so, that's my quake story!

luckily, everything at my house was alright

a few things fell off shelves but nothing major!

i'm back at work today, even though there are huge cracks inside and outside of my building.

SCARY.

i feel like with every step that i might further a crack 

and cause the entire building to crumble! 

pray for me ;)

so, where were YOU and what's YOUR story!