I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands, to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Looking Back on 2014

Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015!?!

Every year I blog a recap of the last, and I'm always in shock how quickly time seems to pass.  The majority of this year was unbelievable.  My husband and I lived in the same house for 2/3's of the year and it was bliss.  We can't remember a more happier time in our lives.  We visited four countries, five states and only moved (him) once, only lived 6 months apart this year vs 9 months last year and created a fetus!  Enjoy a flashback of our last year!

January:

Happy New Year!


4 Year Anniversary

26th Birthday

I went TDY to TX for 2 months and I had a handsome visitor!  We snapped this after my husband ROCKED his law school interview and we had just received a call that he was ACCEPTED!

MLK weekend visit to OK, Kit met his niece for the first time!

MLK Weekend




MLK Weekend
 February:

Another Valentine's Day apart, but he made up for it with lilies!

My first polar plunge in TX

Polar Plunge

Reunited finally!
Ran the Disney Princess Half Marathon together!

Disney World


Hogwarts

 March:

Visited our first lighthouse in St George's Island


Went cave exploring in Marianna, FL



Fun day on 30A


April:


Kit turns 27!

Beach Day

ATL visiting the aquarium 

First Braves game as a couple!

May:

Another beach day





30A with Zeus
30A

Our first Murph together!


 Trip to New Orleans for Memorial Day!

NOLA


NOLA

NOLA

NOLA

NOLA

Then we jetted to Europe with our best friends!  We hit Barcelona, Munich, Luxembourg and Paris!

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Munich, Germany

Eagle's Nest, Austria

Germany


Germany

Luxembourg

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France

Paris, France
June:

We took a snorkel excursion out to shell island!  Most fun we've had snorkeling, and we even saw a manatee!





So clear

 We also tried our hand at paddle-boarding, and LOVED it!  We paddled next to dolphins only a few feet away from us.

I found a hermit crab!

Kit


Me



July:

For the fourth of July, we hosted at our home a McVay Family reunion!








Our first Crossfit competition!




Our first professional photo shoot since our wedding day!













August:



Date night horseback ride on the beach!

Date night horseback ride on the beach!


 Then came mid August, that time for Kit to get ready to move to Oklahoma for law school, so we squeezed in as many date nights and photos as we could.




One more family photo before he left!

Our last CF class together!

Kit's new home for the next three years!

September:
I came to visit for labor day weekend in Tulsa!





Hair did!

Army Wives

Our Soldiers 


September 12: Biggest Surprise of our Lives!




September 19: I surprised the new Dad with the news in Tulsa!










October:


8 Weeks!



I RX'd Grace at 4:10!

Killing CF too

His first professional law school head shot.



Hunting with a buddy

Uncle Kit trick-o-treating for Halloween!

Uncle Kit trick-o-treating for Halloween!


Our Halloween in Florida!

November:




Finally reunited for Thanksgiving in Oklahoma!!



Expecting two McBabies for 2015!



December:


Christmas Day

Christmas Day

Bonfire on the beach

Bonfire on the beach




Christmas Eve Gender Reveal

It's a Girl!

Norah's nursery started

What an insane year we've had.  Thankfully we've got to start the year together and end it that way.  In one short year we went from a living together in Florida, to Kit moving away to pursue law school in another state, to finding out we're going to be parents!  This year by far has been the best we can remember, and we both know the best is yet to come.

As for 2015, it will be a doosey!  We both will finally become parents, and we'll have to make a very hard decision on whether I stay in the military for another commitment (my commitment is up soon!) or to pursue a life as a civilian.  If we choose to stay then that means another move for the McVay family, so this upcoming year will definitely not be short on life-changing events.  I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel a little scared about some of the decisions we have to make, but I couldn't imagine a better person by my side to levy these life choices with.  As time creeps by and we become more to each other than just husband and wife, I can't help but tear up at how truly lucky I am to have my husband.  Life just wouldn't be life without him to share it with.  We're so incredibly excited for this next year, and really can't help but feel so blessed despite our current living situation being less than ideal.

Cheers to 2015 and the chance to meet our beautiful baby girl Norah!