What a great year it has been for the Rausch family,
here are just a few of the highlights...
January:
*Natalie's 1st time sledding outside in the snow
*Spending the cold days inside making cookies
*Going bowling with my family, Natalie's 1st time bowling
*Natalie was out of daycare for a couple days for RSV
February:
*Celebrating Valentine's Day with our lil' cutie
*Finding out we were expecting
*Natalie started Kindermusik class thru UNI
*Nights together reading, working on puzzles & coloring
March:
*Weekend trip - hotel/water park with the Rausch's
*Visiting the Easter Bunny, Natalie was not a fan
*Hosting the Sents Easter @ our house on Palm Sunday
*Celebrating Easter
April:
*Making the "BIG" announcement to family & friends
*Enjoying some time outside playing
*Celebrating Weston's 1st B'day
May:
*Finding out we were having another girl
*Having family over for "Gender Reveal Party"/Mother's Day
*Celebrated Kaylee's 1st B'day
*Natalie's 1st haircut
*Daddy's b'day - pizza & ice cream with us girls
*Natalie's Spring Program @ Daycare
*Rausch Family Wedding @ Pike's Peak
*Played with bubbles outside
*Daddy built new back deck on house
June:
*Went to My Waterloo Days Parade
*Painted Natalie's new bedroom & moved her into it/new toddler bed
*Wellsburg Parade with the Brouwers & Frannie
*Natalie picked out 2 fish for her new fish tank
*Baked cookies & delivered them to "the guys" for Father's Day
*Visited Grandpa Sents @ the University of Iowa Hospital after hip surgery
*Started our garden
*Natalie 1st time fishing
*Painted the baby's room
July:
*Played outside in our jumper
*Celebrated 4th of July at home, playing in the sprinkler and showing off Daddy's finished John Deere tractor on the front lawn
*Family trip to Des Moines/Blank Park Zoo
*Brouwers moved into their new house in Parkersburg so Carson & Weston hung out with us for a couple of days
*Daddy & Natalie participated in the Hudson Days Kiddie Parade
August:
*Went to the Bremer County Fair with Carson & Weston as they got to spend the weekend with us
*Celebrated Frannie's B'day with an outside BBQ at our house
*Played at the school playground
*Natalie's 2nd B'day - Grandma Sally in town for the party
*Went to CEC on Natalie's "real" b'day with the Asche's
*Took a weekend trip to see Papa & Frannie in Prairie
September:
*Celebrated Grandparent's Day with all the grandparents we love!
*Sents get together at the Brouwers' house - outside pool party for the kids
*Natalie's 1st trip to the dentist
*Grandpa & Grandma Sents' Anniversary Party @ Church
*Angie took snapshots of the Rausch Family of 3
*Attended Oktoberfest in CF for the 1st time
*Addison Marie Rausch was born
October:
*Addison had her 1st bath at home by Frannie
*Natalie started Kindergym class thru UNI
*Decorated pumpkins/made caramel apples & cookies
*Natalie's 1st field trip - to the fire station & Daddy went along
*Grandma Sally came to visit, got to meet Addi
*Natalie's open house at daycare
*Celebrated Gary's B'day with a Hawkeye Party
*Took the first of many "sisters" snapshots
*Mommy & Natalie went to Barn Stahl's Fall Open House
*Celebrated Halloween/went Trick-or-Treating
*Celebrated Carson's 4th B'day
November:
*Addison got baptized at Orchard Hill Church
*Celebrated Thanksgiving with family
*Addison's 1st overnight trip...to G&G Rausch's
*Decorated our house for Christmas
*Attended Holiday Hoopla for the 1st time
December:
*Elfy came to visit for most of the month
*Mommy attending the Women's Advent Event at OHC with Angie & Gma Sally
*Natalie' Christmas Program @ Daycare
*Annual Baking Day
*Natalie's 1st tractor ride with Uncle Chris & Papa
*Visited Santa (just Addi sat on his lap)
*Addison's 1st day @ daycare.....Mommy went back to work
*Christmas Eve Service @ OHC
*Celebrated Christmas as a family of 4
*Addison got to meet Great-Grandma Lansing
Looking forward to making lots of new memories in 2014.
