another year has come and gone and it's that time again for another annual year-in-review post. i enjoy these posts each year because they are such a great way to close out the year and look back on all of the things that we packed into the past twelve months.
here are our highlights from 2023 . . .
in january, we rang in the new year with our families, noah made his magazine debut, we celebrated 11 years with leko, celebrated my birthday, walked around the block, and enjoyed noah's cuteness.
in january, we rang in the new year with our families, noah made his magazine debut, we celebrated 11 years with leko, celebrated my birthday, walked around the block, and enjoyed noah's cuteness.
in february, we kicked off the 2023 show season with anthony nunziata's concert, followed that with a pet show on stage, i celebrated my 5 year anniversary working at the theater, i loved up my valentines, our love story was featured on our university's alumni page, leko and noah bonded, we went on walks in the unseasonably warm weather, noah turned 6 months old, and noah sat in the highchair for the first time.
in march, i was honored to be featured in happenings magazine, noah learned to eat his toes, noah enjoyed tackling dad, we worked a tribute to styx concert, we worked a tribute to garth brooks and shania twain concert, noah helped me with jack and the beanstalk rehearsals, we celebrated ryan's mom's birthday, noah and leko both enjoyed the ball pit, and noah fell in love with his mission control center.
in april, we survived jack and the beanstalk, took noah to the park for the very first time, noah turned 7 months old, we celebrated noah's first easter, and noah and dad coordinated their outfits.
in may, we had another busy weekend in the theatre, noah and i had our photo featured in happenings magazine for the mother's day issue, we had a mother's day photo shoot, leko was featured in the pet section of happenings magazine, noah helped out with lighting at the theatre, noah dressed up in his star wars outfit, noah fell in love with his tree swing, and noah waived the flag on memorial day.
in june, noah learned how to use a sippy cup, we celebrated dad for father's day, had a picnic at the park, went to the butterfly release, and survived a whole bunch of dance recitals.
in july, we celebrated the fourth of july, went to the ribbon cutting of a new goodwill store, bought noah a little splash pad for the backyard, took noah biking for the first time, cooled off in the back yard, took noah on a bike trail, played in boxes, and attended ryan's outdoor concert and played with noah's new tricycle.
in august, we had our 13 year wedding anniversary, noah and i joined my dance studio as they marched in a parade, did more biking, took many tricycle trips, celebrated ryan's birthday, took noah to a real pool for the first time, went to the harford fair, had a photo shoot in a sunflower patch to commemorate one year with noah, celebrated noah's first birthday, took a trip to the zoo, and hiked a trail named noah while carrying noah!
in september, we visited the italian festival, i was on a local tv segment, leko turned 4 years old, dressed up noah for his one year old photos, visited the apple cider mill, noah met his relatives from north carolina when they came to visit, and we had lots of shows at the theatre.
in october, i celebrated 12 years of blogging, we survived the fall main stage production at marywood, noah helped us out a lot at the theatre for a bunch of shows, noah did a lot of playing, and we dressed up noah as an avocado for halloween.
in november, we celebrated my dad's birthday, played with leko and noah, had many shows at the theatre, did fall clean up, celebrated thanksgiving, and really put noah to work on stage.
in december, we spent a whole lot of time in the theatre working christmas shows, noah was a trooper through so many shows, noah helped dad lighting design, we sent out our christmas cards, celebrated christmas, and perhaps the biggest news of all this year was that 2023 was the year that we sold our old house after living there for 13 years and moved into a brand new house that we got to help design as it was being built! what a whirlwind it has been!
happy new year!
love, laurie
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