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2013 Year in Review
January:
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I took a photography class and decided I was the
new Annie Leibovitz. I’ve managed to
capture a lot of Erin’s life on film.
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Max goes missing overnight and the family pulls
together for search and rescue. Tommy
found him the next day at the Animal Shelter
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Erin’s vocabulary explodes and she has full on
conversations with us. She says the
funniest things and it’s hard to stay in parent mode and not laugh.
February:
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Erin has some kind of spell that lands us in the
ER. They never figured out what it was,
but she stopped doing it. Very scary.
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Erin moved up a class in school because she was
getting bored in the old class. She
loves the new teachers, Ms. Doe and Ms. Amanda.
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It was “Bring a Friend” Day at the Little Gym so
Erin took her best friend Avery.
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Erin develops a “crush” on Ethan at school. It’s her first crush!
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It was Go Texan week and Erin dressed up in her
best cowgirl/boots outfit – Mommy and Daddy saw George Strait in his farewell
performance at Reliant. It was incredible.
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Roxie lost her battle with a heart
complication. It was terrible. RIP Roxie Anne Mize. You are missed every day.
March:
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We bought a new puppy and Erin named her
Mae. She is very, very energetic! Erin picked out her name.
April:
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We had Easter at the Ranch with Aunt Lolo and
the Ammerman crew. We took bluebonnet
pictures and the kids had a blast hunting Easter eggs.
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It was the St. Jude Trike-a-Thon at Erin’s
school. She raised $450 dollars
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Erin took school pictures and the turned out
great. I bought all 3 poses!
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We celebrated Easter in the County with Granny
and Pepaw. Granny bought the kids the
cutest ever swings and they all picked one and made it their own. (No fights either!) Every time we go back they get on their “assigned”
swings. No fuss, no muss!
May:
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Tommy and I went to see Jimmie Buffet in
Dallas. It was freezing! But like any good Parrotheads, we bundled up
and sang along.
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Mae had her girlie surgery. She had to wear the E-collar for 2 weeks!
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I took another photography class and learned way
more than I did in the first one. Now I
am truly a professional! LOL
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We bought Erin a “big girl bed” and moved her
out of her toddler bed. I went crazy with
the Minnie decorations and did her bedroom and bathroom together. Turned out super cute. I put it on Pinterest and it’s exploded with
the number of strangers repining my pin!
June:
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We attempted potty training again and this time
it stuck. She did super!
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Tommy and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary
and took a cruise while Erin stayed with Gram and Pawpaw.
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Erin started swim lessons, she caught on very
quickly and loves the water
July:
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We celebrated the 4th of July with a
family party at our house and Erin and William are caught on tape singing
“Happy Birthday Dear America”.
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Erin turned 3 and had 2 parties. One was just family on her actual birthday
and the next week she had her big party with all her friends and family at the
Little Gym. She loved it!
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Erin gets a trampoline for her birthday. Fun for the whole family
August:
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Erin has her first ever dentist appointment and
does super great. We got a super report
too.
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Bailey spent the week with us while Mark and
Steph were in FL. Mae had blast, but
Bailey went home very, very tired.
Puppies are hard work!
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We took a family vacation to Florida again this
year. Erin did great on the drive. She watched movies and didn’t complain at all
about being in her seat for so long. She
loves the water and had a great time at the beach and in the pool at the house
we rented. Mae stayed with Bailey and
wore her out again.
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Like any good stage mom, I started Erin in
ballet. I am more excited then she is.
September:
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We started “Treasure Box” to get Erin to poop on
the potty. She’s had the tinkling down
for a while but had trouble getting the poop mastered.
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We took a mini-vacation to Sea World with Gram,
Pawpaw, William, Aunt Mimi and Uncle Matt.
The kids a terrific time and we plan on making it an annual trip.
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I went to my first ever Texans game. The won in the last minutes of the game. It was exciting.
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Erin started a new class at school and they have
a color system of Red, Orange and Green for bad, okay and good. Erin has a streak on red.
October:
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I decided to go high tech and I developed a
family website and bought the domain name www.threemizes.com. Very impressive.
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Mae bites a man while we were on our walk
today. In her defense he did come up
behind us and scare us both and it was 4:30 in the morning and very dark.
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We had our Christmas lights hung because if we
did it before 11/1 it was 20% cheaper.
Ho Ho Ho
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Mae continues to destroy every toy she has and
anything that is left laying around.
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Erin is a Glitter Witch for Halloween
November:
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We washed up in ballet. She got to where she didn’t want to go so we
didn’t want to force her into it. We let
her quit.
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I taught myself to knit and now I have a new
hobby. It’s amazing what you can teach
yourself with a step by step book and Youtube.
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We went to Santa’s Wonderland in College Station
with the Ammerman crew and Gram and Pawpaw.
It was so much fun!
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We had Thanksgiving at our house and had a huge
crew over here. It was perfect.
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Erin refuses to wear anything but her pink star
glitter boots.
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The Christmas tree goes up
December:
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Sparkle is back this year and continues to delight
Erin with her daily escapades.
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Gram, Aunt Steph, Jake, and Luke go with us to
the Polar Express train in East Texas.
It was so much fun to see the kids have such a great time. Thanks Granny!
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The 3 of us decorated giant Gingerbread Men and
Erin get the decorating bug and we end up decorating Christmas cookies about 6
more times!
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We have 4 separate Christmases. (Christmas in the Country, W.A.M. Christmas,
Christmas at home with just us, and the Mize/Wiseman Christmas) Erin is still asking when she can open more
presents.
Looking back on this year, I know that I am truly
blessed. It was another year with family
and friends and especially Erin in our lives to keep us smiling. I have a want/wish list as long as my leg
most of the time, but when I stop and think, I know that I have everything I
need. I have my health, my house, plenty
of food to eat (too much), great friends, and of course my family. They are the most important thing to me! I also have a relationship with God and I
thank him every day for how much he has blessed this little girl from Vidor,
Texas.
May each and every one of you have a great New Year!
Hello 2014!
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