2012 Year in Review -- Part 2

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I was going to make this a three part series, but time, as always, seems to have gotten away from me.

Oops.

Now I'm going to run through the last eight months.  Enjoy!

May

• We discovered we were sharing our home with a colony of Little Brown Bats (No, not a typo).
• We bought Gene a swimming pool!  He seemed to enjoy crawling out of it just as much as playing in it.

June

• I went into detail about the Plague of Bats.  Warning: this post is not for the faint-of-heart.
• I shared a bucket list of all the cloth diapers I hope to eventually try.
• Gene had his first big tumble and ended up with a goose egg.  Things got scary that night when he started vomiting and we took him to the emergency room.  A CT scan and an x-ray later, we realized he'd caught a stomach bug whose onset coincided with his bump.

July

• I reached 100 followers and celebrated with a giveaway!
• My handsome husband turned 28!

August

• After living here since 2008, we finally went to the Illinois state fair.
• Gene started swimming lessons at the local Y and proved that he can sleep anywhere.
• I proudly showed off my cloth diaper stash.

September

• I got a haircut!  It'd been nearly a year since I'd been to the salon.  I'm growing it back out.
• We traveled to Chicago and went to the Museum of Science and Industry. 
• I really started using Instagram (follow me! @cheeryhomemaker).

October

• My sweet baby boy turned 1 on the 19th!  We celebrated with a small party here and a big family party back in Missouri.
• Gene was a garden gnome for Halloween!

November

• The Thankful For Fluff giveaway hop finally happened!  We had tons of great sponsors and prizes.
• I took a huge leap outside of my comfort zone and made some new friends.
• We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving at home.

December

• I had my first (and likely last) craft show.
• Michael and I forgot to celebrate our 9 year anniversary.
• We spent Christmas with family in Missouri.

2012 was a year full of blessings.  I spent lots time with my two favorite guys and made several new friends.  I have a feeling that 2013 is going to be even better!