A Year in Review: 2013

I've officially had my record low number of posts this year. Which is sad to me because it certainly hasn't been for lack of adventure in the Spencer Camp. But as all healthy things grow, and growing things change... So has our family. Many of my adventures as the mom of so many babies... has morphed into adventures of just a couple babies, a couple of not so little kids with Special Needs, and a couple of "tweens". I'm still in denial that I'm old enough to have a child this close to middle school... When did I go from an always pregnant, early-twenty-something, knee deep in diapers, baby food and hair bows to an early-thirty-something mother with 4 kids in 2 different schools, almost none in diapers, and sharing socks, lotion and lip gloss with my eldest?

And because the children have matured, so have the stories. So while I still have quite a few "we can laugh about it now" stories and sharpie faced toddlers, an increasing amount of what makes me giggle under my breath need to be kept in my heart, unpublished, lest my daughters be "totally embarrassed".

But my blog-related hopes for 2014 are to share general family updates, share stories as we embark on the last days of toddler antics, and (as was one of the original purposes of this blog) share the triumphs and trials we face raising children with Down Syndrome... one being a hansom little adopted Ukrainian.

Since the last year was so poorly recorded here on this blog, here is an entire year, condensed into a one and a half minute video. ;) A Spencer Family year in review. A reminder not to blink because though the days seem to dredge on... they will be gone in an instant. And you'll be left with a flash of memories, a warm heart, and kids that are a few inches taller.