Happy {almost} New Year!

2014 is right around the corner and will bring the end to a very busy year!

In 2013...

I took a quick girl's trip to Florida over midwinter break with Tina and Laura.

We traveled to Quebec with Jon and Tina for a ski trip...so much fun!!

I had a laid back girl's weekend in beautiful {cold} Pentwater with Tina, Marci, and Tara.

I ran the 10k at the Riverbank Run in Grand Rapids.

I finished out my first school year at my new job in a new grade level in a new school district!

Gil was promoted to manager at his job. I'm so proud of him after all the long hours and hard work he has put in!

A new friend joined the family! Gil's parents got a new dog. Laila and Rya weren't so sure about each other at first, but now they are besties.

We celebrated 5 years of marriage! We had to forgo our anniversary tradition of drinking our bottle of wine from the wedding this year...and it was the last bottle! We're thinking maybe a trip to Traverse City to stock up for the next 5 years. :)

I began a new position when we went back to school in September, moving out of my own classroom and providing support to first grade and multiage students in our building. It was such a good year for that change to happen! I don't know what my work situation will look like next year, but chances are I will be back in my own classroom.

We found out we are expecting a little boy...and will be meeting that little boy in approximately 60 days! In a lot of ways, I feel like this pregnancy is flying by and in other ways I feel like I've been pregnant forever!

This was taken at work around 29 weeks on "pajama day". :) 

We were season ticket holders for the Lions again this year. Sad end to the season!

We bought a new house and moved {about two weeks ago} and sold our old house. We're so thankful our house sold so fast. It was sad leaving our little blue bungalow, our first house after we got married, but we are enjoying the space in our new house.

We still have so much to do in our new house but it's definitely starting to feel like home. We've started on a few little projects around here like starting to peel the wallpaper off in the dining room, and prepping the walls for paint in the nursery. We still need to buy furniture for the baby. Yikes! Ikea here we come!! We also need area rugs, a new couch, and a table for the eat in kitchen...all in good time.

We closed out the year with Gil's holiday party at Joe Louis Arena. We got to go in the {smelly} locker room, which was pretty cool.

Tomorrow, Erin, Matt, Ada, and Wrigley will be coming over to celebrate the New Year. We won't be lasting until midnight this year with a 1 year old and a very pregnant lady on board...but that will just let us rest up for an amazing 2014. :) Happy New Year, everyone!