2012 is almost over. And a favourite blogger of mine, Grace from With Some Grace, is hosting her usual Flog Yo Blog linky party with a twist this week.
My task? To link up a 2012 year-in-review post.
I’ve thought about ways to approach this. Month by month? Most visited posts from the year? Recap by category?
Then I logged into my (personal) facebook account and found that facebook had done all the work for me. So, you get an insight into my personal life as I share the nine things that attracted the most attention on my facebook page in 2012.
Enjoy!
DECEMBER
Ashleigh – angel or devil?
My girl is pretty easy-going most of the time. But I recently had a horrible day with her, which had me reminding myself she’s just two.
So which one is she?
So far today, she’s the one on the right. You may get a different answer tomorrow.
OCTOBER
Guess what? I’m pregnant!
After telling what I thought was pretty much all the important people in my life, I posted this photo on facebook and announced the pending arrival of bub.
And the overwhelmingly loving, supportive response reminded me that there are far more wonderful people in my life than I generally realise.
As did the responses to the many posts I’ve written on being pregnant, morning sickness, hiding your pregnancy (both the first and second time), avoiding certain things when pregnant, and the troubles we had conceiving.
I am blessed. Thank you all.
Muffcakes take over the world
I botched some decadent chocolate chip muffins. I dubbed them cuppins.
Unfortunately, I mentioned that I had considered calling them muffcakes. Facebook, my blog and the internet in general imploded as a result.
I relented to the pressure and wrote this blog post. In which I discovered I had not invented the term muffcake. Not so surprising, really.
Ashleigh discovers her calling
My girl is a girly girl. Despite my best efforts. She loves dolls, she loves pretty things, she loves to look good, and she’s forced me to rethink my view on whether nature or nurture has a larger role to play in personality development.
She chooses her own clothes, loves having clips in her hair, and has even developed a signature pose.
And people went nuts for one photo in particular.
AUGUST
Being a parent is hard, but beautiful moments shine through
Friends and family loved this facebook status update (which features Ashleigh in angel mode):
MAY
Turning thirty
I hit a major milestone with no big fanfare. We were still renovating, still trying to conceive, and just generally still exhausted. But the lovely people in my life let me know they cared.
And I got lots of special gifts, providing the inspiration to write a special 30th birthday song.
Renovation ups and downs
I decided we’d been renovating too long when this happened:
For the record, it’s been more than three years. And we’re still going. We’ve had joy with no roof, scaffolding, splashbacks, no kitchen and no laundry. But our friends and family eased the burden.
And we’re past the worst of it. Surely. Just the backyard, bedroom, three wet areas, front porch, garage and front-garden-slash-forest to go.
Sigh. Renovations always take longer than you think they will.
APRIL
Professional poses
We had some professional family photos taken before Ashleigh turned two. They turned out better than I could have hoped for.
JANUARY
Beach time
And before we had those taken, this photo had already become a firm family, and facebook, favourite.
2012 review complete, courtesy of facebook’s top moments. Of course, more than that happened, and muffcakes don’t rate too highly on my own top moments list, but what can you do? (What do you mean I could decide the contents of my own blog post?)
I hope you all enjoyed 2012. And that 2013 holds even better things in store, whether you enjoyed 2012 or not. Thanks for reading this, and for sharing the You learn something new every day journey so far. I’m taking a bloggy break for Christmas, but hope to see you again in the new year.
What did your 2012 look like?
And if you’ve been a visitor here before, what was your favourite You learn something new every day moment for 2012?
I love the August month … a few years ago (my now 5 year old) told me I was being a “good little helper” when I ‘helped’ him pack up his toys :). I hope your beautiful family and the new arrival have a great 2013 đŸ™‚
That’s adorable! I love when you hear your own nice words coming back at you. (Not so much when the yelling is returned!)
Love love love your year in review Em!! It’s been a pretty awesome year, hey!! xx
Cray-cray-crazy!
Excellent review! I must admit I found it hard to remember everything that happened and well, some months, there just wasn’t all that much interesting stuff happening!
I hope you have a fabulous Christmas and New Year. I’m a new follower to your blog so I’m looking forward to learning more about you and your growing family.
Thanks, Kylie. I found it hard to decide what to leave out so leaving it to facebook was a relief! My first draft of this post was oh-so-ridiculously long!
Good idea turning to Facebook! Lucky we have all this technology to do it for us now. Love Ashleigh’s signature pose – hands on hips… with a TWIST.
She’ll be perfecting the bend and snap in no time!
Muffcakes. Hehe.
Great review and hope you and your family have a great Christmas!
Thanks Mandie – you and yours too!
fantastic post…I look forward to reading more of your posts next year…love the muffcakes
Surely you mean cuppins?! Thanks x
Clever upside down year! I hadn’t thought of checking FB.
In January we are starting our big extension, Well not -us- but the builders. I’m scared!
Good luck! And I’d say not to to be scared, but we’re still renovating (I’m waving to people out on our deck right now) so can’t do it with a straight face. So good luck again!
Great post! It was a smart idea checking Facebook. I have loved following your blog and look forward to much more of it in 2013. Have an excellent Christmas. Rachel xx
Thanks, Rachel. Smart, fluke – same same!
Well I’m glad I’ve found your blog just recently, look forward to reading more in 2013!
Thanks, Janet!
I love your blog, Emily! Your sense of humour always gets me giggling out loud.
Ashleigh’s pose is just classic.
Good luck with the rest of the pregnancy and I look forward to hearing all the baby stories next year! xxx
2013 may be the year of re-learning baby things I’d forgotten! I’m sure there’ll be some new lessons in there too. More than I’m ready for!
Coming from FYBF! Your daughter is so lovely! Best wishes for the New Year!
And happy new year to you, too! Thanks for visiting.