Old Year

First, a brief year-in-review of 2012: In January Justin finished his Master's degree, and the O'Shay family celebrated by taking a road trip to Florida to see Mari, Chris and Isaac in their new house. The boys got to spend some quality time together.

In February Justin started working full time at Apache, where he continues to enjoy his work! Ezekiel enjoyed some time outside on the deck on one of those cold February days.

In March we got to see some lovely Texas bluebonnets!

In April the Alaskans came back for an Easter visit, and Ezekiel got to participate in his first Easter egg hunt!

In May we got to really start enjoying the warm weather by going to the pool.

In June we went out to East Texas for a crawfish boil.

We also went out to Colorado for a family reunion to celebrate Grandfather's 90th birthday! Zeki got to see his cousin Isaac again.

In July we all enjoyed a trip to the Blue Bell Factory, as Ezekiel continued to develop his flirtatious charm.

In August our dear little guy turned one! He also took his first steps!

In September Ezekiel's love for climbing into things continued to grow. Here we see he has climbed into a drawer and shut it on himself.

We also got to enjoy some nice outside time as the weather got cooler.

And we got some big news about something to happen in 2013.

In October we went to Alaska to visit those eskimoes (see previous post). The scenery was nice too, but my favorite part was spending time with our loved ones.

And Ezekiel got to go trick-or-treating, dressed as the world's cutest zebra, or, "Ezebrakiel".

In November our family in Dallas came down for Thanksgiving and we had a super fun time seeing them. Zeki got to enjoy a wagon ride with his cousin who is just a few months older than him.

We also got a play set at a neighbor's garage sale. Little guy was so excited to play on it, he couldn't even wait for his daddy to finish setting it up.

He also continued to work on using a spoon to feed himself. Breakfast time is when he really likes to joke around with his mommy.

In December he demonstrated the he has inherited his grandma's love of stacking things precariously- he did this all on his own.

He also improved in his ability to stand on top of things, with a posture that says, "look at me!"

He shares his parents' interest in books.

We ended our year the same way we began it- with a trip to Florida! This time the boys were much more interested in interacting.

It was tons of fun having Ezekiel able to really enjoy Christmas for the first time. I even knitted stockings to him and Justin to match the one my grandma made for us years ago!

Looks like I'll save the 2013 year-in-preview for another time.