2014 Year in Review

2014 was so good to our little family. It really has been my favorite year and will always be so special to me as it is the year I became a mother. I had a really hard time narrowing down this post, but here are a few (and by few I mean many) of my favorite memories:

*The best moment in 2014 was the birth of our little girl, Claire Olivia, on January 19* 

*Celebrating Valentine's Day with our tiny valentine*

*Taking our first family pictures with Claire*

*Documenting Claire's growth through weekly & monthly pictures*

*Seeing Claire's first real smiles*
*Celebrating Rory's 1st Birthday in February*

*Celebrating our 3rd anniversary in March*

*Celebrating Easter*

*Spending my days playing with this cute girl*

*Claire's Blessing Day in May*

*Celebrating Bryce's 24th Birthday in May*
*National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day*

*Taking Claire to her first drive-inn movie with Laci & Lydi*

*Feeding Claire her first solids*

*Finding any excuse I could to put Claire in her adorable swimsuit*

*Celebrating the 4th of July with a parade, concert, & fireworks*

*Swimming at Pineview*

*Celebrating Claire's 6 month birthday in July*
*Going to the Pioneer Day Parade*

*Camping trip to Tony's Grove & Bear Lake*

*Back to School Feast in August*

*Taking Claire & Rory to the Castle Park*

*Going to the Ogden Temple Open House*

*Watching Claire learn to crawl*

*Claire's first ponytail*

*Seeing Claire & Rory become the best little buddies*

*Celebrating/inventing Oktoberfirst*

*Taking new family pictures in the October*
*Dressing up for Halloween as Russian nesting dolls & Bryce as a Russian Folk Dancer*
*Celebrating my 25th Birthday*

*Showing Claire the first Snowfall of the year*

*Claire's first pigtails making her look like a toddler instead of my little baby*

*Decorating for Christmas & putting up our Christmas Tree*

*Updating everyone's stockings in time for Christmas*
*Seeing Claire take her first steps*

*Going to see the Christmas lights at Temple Square*

*Taking Claire to see Santa*

*Celebrating Christmas*

*Ending the year with the annual Mecham Family Crabfest*

I have loved 2014 so much.  This will always be one of the most special years I've had.