Farewell 2010!

Farewell 2010 from Abelingland! 

2010 started as Nicky celebrated his 20 month birthday and Brandon turned 6 months, was crawling, and sprouted 4 teeth. January and February were cold months in Austin, and we even go some snow. Nicholas learned to count to 10 and say his full ABCs, and Brandon started crawling and eating solids.
In February, we got Brandon his nifty helmet that he wore for 10 weeks and Nicholas learned to go potty, throw full blown tantrums,  and tied us around his pinkie. We watched the 2010 Vancouver Olympics with heavy spirits; wishing Val was healthy enough to participate, but so proud of Auntie Shauna.
In March, the seasons started to change, the boys turned 8 months and 22 months respectively. Brandon started taking his first steps, his head started making great progress, and Nicky practiced his big boy words.
In April, Brandon's helmet came off, we hosted Easter weekend and Auntie Val, Shauna, Grandma Booba and Papa Bob came for a visit. We also took pictures in the Texas bluebonnets - a new Abeling tradition; an old Texas tradition.April was also the beginning of our summer at the pool.
May was a big month for me - Nicky turned 2! We celebrated with a huge circus themed party at the house and Nicky invited all his friends. Brandon slept through his whole party, despite a face painter, a roller coaster, and lots of treats and cakes. 4 days later, Nicky's best friend, Kylee Jo turned 2. May was the month I also created my Adventures in Abelingland Fan Page on facebook :)
In June, we got the fantastic news that there will be a new Abeling cousin: Frank and Amy were expecting a baby boy in November. Dan and I also celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary, and I took "special" pictures for him. ;) Grandma Larissa and Auntie Alex stayed with the boys for a weekend, so Dan and I could have a 'stay-cation" in downtown Austin. We had a very nice time celebrating at the Four Seasons and celebrating our marriage. We also took the boys to So Cal for a wedding and had a Cal Poly Romper Room Reunion - 13 kids in all. While we were there, Auntie val surprised us and made a stop at the beach to see Auntie Amy, Auntie Alex, and Uncle Frank. Grandma Booba went with us for a final stop at Disneyland. The boys did not want to wait in line, but churros helped. We also got a notice that Brandon was graduating from the nursery to the Young Toddlers class at Primrose! That also coincided when he started walking
. We also formed the "Sunday Morning Church Crew" for weekends at the pool.
In July, I had pictures with Tara at Life is Sweet of Brandon and his cake smash for his 1st birthday. We celebrated Brandon's 1st birthday back home in Foster City with an orange and blue giraffe themed party. We were able to see family and friends and catch up with everyone's kiddos. he also slept through most of his party.  By now, Brandon was walking and starting to form some words. This also marked the time we started to have concerns about his development. We took our annual pictures with Pinkletoes and had my family album made. You can see it here
In August, the husband I thought I knew went green and organic. We suddenly had 10,000 worms for a composting bin, a brand new composter, 2 100 gallon rain barrels, carnivorous plants, and a bat house. There is not much to do when it is 105 out, so we spent most of the time in the sprinklers and pool. Roxy celebrated her 3rd birthday, and my BLOG HAD ITS 1ST BIRTHDAY!
On to September...Oh September you. So Dan and I left the boys at home with Grandma and Grandpa Bob and flew to Santa Barbara for a friends wedding. We stayed at the Biltmore...and little did we know...we'd have news to share in a couple weeks. We took a trip to San Antonio with our friends the Moler's and spent the weekend at the JW Marriot. The boys had a blast with Davis, and Anna Caroline and loved the water slides. On the way back, Dan and I thought how perfect 2 kids are.I have to also mention that in September we also started a pretty stick sleep training program with Nicholas. We have spent the last year trying to get him to have good sleep habits, and we finally got fed up. You can read about it here and here. We also celebrated 2 Abelingland Birthdays: Dan turned 32 and Zeus turned 2!
In October, we got 2 big announcements: 1. I was pregnant with my 3rd baby, and Grandma Booba and Papa Bob bought a house in Texas and would be moving to Austin! The San Francisco Giant's won the Wold Series!!
In November, my mom put our childhood house on the market, I had my 12 week sonogram and got a 75% chance it was a girl. Amy and Frank welcomed, baby Jack Francis! We had a quiet, but nice Thanksgiving at home with Papa Ray, and spent the last weekend of of November getting our Christmas tree.
Finally we make it to December. December has another great month for us; we found out both boys are moving to new classrooms, we took pictures with Santa, sent out Christmas cards, and I found out at my 17 week appointmentsold their house. We flew back to San Francisco for our last Christmas back in the bay area (for a while). Dan and I rang in the New Year with both boys asleep before 7! Happy New year to us!

and Happy New Year to all of you!

Abelingland will change over the next year...as I mentioned before we grow from a family of 4 to a family of 5. To keep up with us, subscribe to get my posts in your email and friend Adventures in Abelingland on facebook!

Above was a 2010 review of my boys in pictures - some of my favorite, and obviously not all of them. All of my sets can be found here. All our videos can be found here

I stole this from my friend Melissa, but I thought it would be fun to look back one day and see what was popular in 2010.

iTunes Most Popular Songs:
1. Hey Soul Sister -- Train
2. California Gurls -- Katy Perry
3. Love the Way You Lie -- Eminem
4. Airplanes -- B.o.B.
5. Dynamite -- Taio Cruz (My #2!)
6. OMG -- Usher
7. Break Your Heart -- Taio Cruz
8. Tik Tok -- Ke$ha
9. Need You Now -- Lady Antebellum
10. Not Afraid -- Eminem


Top Box Office Champs:
1. Toy Story 3
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Inception
4. Shrek Forever After
5. The Twilight Sage: Eclipse
6. Iron Man 2
7. Despicable Me
8. How to Train Your Dragon
9. Clash of the Titans
19. The Karate Kid


Most followed on Twitter
1. Lady Gaga
2. Britney Spears
3. Justin Bieber
4. Ashton Kutcher
5. Barack Obama