Mike & Cicely 2.0: A Year in Review, Part 1

Somehow as I was looking something up on the internet the other night, I accidentally typed in my blog address. When it popped up, I was shocked that the last time I posted was a year ago. A year!! I knew it had been a while, but it's so hard to believe that the time has gone by so fast.

So here I am again, determined to start this blog back up. I would make a promise to keep it up regularly, but I've promised that before and look what happened- a year went by! This time, I'm just going to say I will do my very best. And hopefully I will update more frequently than once a year.

Here is the Augustine family's year in review. These are just the highlights, but it's a year's worth, so it's going to be lengthy...

MARCH 2013

I can't resist adding this picture of my baby in bunny costume during Grace's school's Easter Egg Hunt. She was only 11 months old here and just starting to walk.

APRIL 2013

My baby girl turned one! Why does she have to grow up so fast? Our baby ended up having two parties and four cakes. First party was just a family party where I made a butterfly cake and a smash cake. Second party was at my parents' restaurant where I made the smash cake and Grandma bought the one for guests. I know it might seem like overkill, but she's our BABY! And in many ways, the baby in the family has got it good.

Party overload!

As for Grace, she is my little bookworm and I am loving it! And she enjoys school so much, especially when she gets to go to Daddy's school.

I found her napping one day while hugging on her books.


Going with Daddy to his school for the day. She even brought her own 'coffee cup'.

MAY 2013
The big event in May was Aunt Megan's college graduation. We are very proud of her and can't wait to see what the future has in store for her.

Mother's Day was wonderful. I was served breakfast in bed and then we traveled to Virginia Beach to spend time with the other important mothers in our lives, Lola and Grandma.

Grace had Storybook Character Day at school and she dressed up as Mouse from "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie". Claire was her cookie. I had so much fun making their costumes. You can only get away with this kind of cutesie for so long!

Claire had her first visit to a water park and loved it!

And I just had to add this picture because I love it so...

JUNE 2013
June marked the beginning of lazy summer days lounging...

Sisterly love...

Trips to museums...

Mariner's Museum in Newport News

Claire's first trip to the beach, the same beach where Mike proposed to me...

Father's Day with the greatest dad and his two little ladies...

And our first kid-free vacation in a long, long time. We celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary by going to Newport, Rhode Island and touring all those gorgeous mansions.