2010 in Photos

2010 was quite a year for us. We spent quit a lot of time apart but the time we spent together we made the most of it.

We started the year off enjoying Hawaii together with a local hike ending at a nice cold waterfall.

In March while Gil and my Dad were both gone for work, my Mom flew to Hawaii to surprise me for my 25th birthday.

In June Gil took a lot of long lunches and time off to come home and watch the World Cup. We had lots of early mornings and donuts for several weeks while the games were on.
We finally got to spend a 4th of July together in Hawaii. We cooked a big dinner then took Kai down to the water and watched the fireworks.
July we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary with an amazing dinner in Honolulu at a Sicilian restaurant.

In August we moved to a brand new house on base.

All the while this stuff was going on, my belly was growing bigger and bigger with our baby girl.

September started with the purchase of a new car after my little Focus died.

And just two weeks later we welcomed Aubrie Ann Desroches into our family!

We had newborn and family photos taken when Aubrie was 2 weeks old.
We spent October enjoying our new family and getting Gil ready for deployment. We celebrated Thanksgiving, Gil's 25th Birthday and Christmas all in one night.
The end of October we said goodbye to Daddy.
And celebrated our first Halloween as a little ladybug.
November took us to the Zoo for the first time...
and to the airport for our first flight of 5 by the age of 15 weeks!
Not only did we fly across the country we then drove for 2 days to Ohio to celebrate Thanksgiving with family.
We received our first photo of Gil and his marines in December. We were very happy to see his smiling face (even if he was forced into the photo!)
We took a trip to the Yankee Candle Factory were Aubrie met Santa Claus.
And on December 25th we celebrated Christmas with the whole Desroches Gang.
By the end of December we enjoyed our first snowfall and made little baby snow angels.
We rung in the new year by meeting Great-Grandma Desroches and all of our Aunts, Uncles and Cousins...
And having some Mommy/Daughter time while we waited for Daddy's phone call.
2010 was an amazing year and we are excited to be in 2011 (the year Daddy comes home!) We are looking forward to Gil coming home, enjoying time together as our new family and moving back to the mainland!

We wish you all a wonderful 2011!