Our Year That Was | 2015 ♥

It's the last day of 2015 and it seems that the older I get, the faster the years zoom by. 2015 was a great year for my little family and I. We spent a lot of time outdoors, having adventures and enjoying life and I really hope that 2016 will be just the same. This year was our last full year as a family of three and I like to think that we really did make the most of it. Below are some of my favourite memories and significant moments from 2015.

January

We began the New Year the right way when Jacek and I went for a delicious meal on New Years Day. This is something we rarely do so it was quite a treat. We continued the great month that was January with a visit to Dublin to see Slipknot and Korn in concert and even though I was dying sick it was great to explore the city and to see some of my favourite bands again. On January 5th Tyler Lee began playschool and I'm delighted to say that he still loves it to this day. Tyler Lee and I spent lots of quality time together this month and we had a lovely visit to Fota House and Gardens together, in fact, we were the only ones there! We also had a visit to Blarney Castle where we witnessed two seasons in one day with all the gorgeous snowdrops and daffodils in bloom, we love the castle gardens. January was a fab month for us and we actually packed a lot in.

February

In February Tyler Lee experienced his 2nd Valentine's Day and just like the year before I had a mini Valentine's photo session with him - he was so cute! I also was busy making lots of Valentine's Day treats for my boys, which I think turned out pretty well! February is Tyler Lee's birthday month, so we always have a great time planning his presents, party and what we'll do on the day of his birthday. This year we took him to Blarney Castle and I love the pictures I captured of him amongst the daffodils. This year he had an In the Night Garden themed party, which he absolutely loved. My last highlight of February was attending the #CorkBlogMeet15 where I got to meet some more of my fellow bloggers, sample some gorgeous makeup and beauty products and have an amazing time.

March 

March is my birthday month and I had a lovely time with my boys celebrating my 25th birthday. The day after my birthday Jacek and I flew to Amsterdam, one of our favourite cities, and we had an amazing time there exploring the city. My boys and I had a lovely and sunny St. Patrick's Day on the beaches of East Cork and I captured some gorgeous pictures of Tyler Lee in his little vintage green romper. We were also looking forward to Easter and I put together a little woodland Easter egg hunt for Tyler Lee, which he absolutely loved. At the end of March my little blog turned two, it was a great achievement for me to have been blogging for two years.

April

April was a gorgeous, sunny month here in Ireland an we spent lots of time outdoors. We had a great time at an Alice in Wonderland Easter egg hunt with friends, celebrated Easter outside with another mini Easter egg hunt for Tyler Lee and we even frolicked about in the fields with the newborn lambs. Tyler Lee and I also had some lovely woodland walks this month and I captured some more beautiful pictures of him

May

May was a pretty quiet month for us, but once again the weather was good so we were able to get out and about. One especially lovely thing that did happen in May was that Tyler Lee and I were featured in Oh Baby! Magazine. This was my first (and probably last!) magazine feature and it was such a fun experience.

June 

In June Jacek and I attended our first ever blogging conference which was Britmums Live in London. It was such a great experience and it was so much fun getting so see some of my fellow bloggers in person. I also began my Weekenders linky (which I'm going to take up again in the New Year) and my boys and I had such great weekends together during the month of June. We visited the beautiful Old Head of Kinsale, Garretstown Beach and took lots of photos along the way.

July

July was a fabulous month for us. We continued having some great weekends, which I documented in my Weekenders feature. We also went on holiday to Jersey in the Channel Islands to see my Dad and his girlfriend. While we were there Jacek and I took a daytrip to the neighbouring island of Sark, which is absolutely beautiful. We also had a visit to Jersey Lavender Farm, where I captured some of my favourite photos of Tyler Lee ever.

August

In August we returned to Jersey to spend more time with my Dad, the weather wasn't as nice there as it had been but we still have fun nonetheless! We had lots of fun outdoors in August with Tyler Lee making friends with the animals on my stepdads farm. We also had a visit to the Fairyland in the woods, just two minutes away from my parents house and Tyler Lee loved all the magic and wonder of trying to spot the fairies.

September

In the first few days of September we were still in Jersey and I was in awe of the nature on the island. I just had to capture some photos of Tyler Lee amongst the sunflowers and I still love these photos to this day. We also had our annual September visit to Fota Wildlife Park and it was great to see Tyler Lee paying more of an interest to the animals there - he's getting so big! September is also Jacek and I's anniversary month and on the 24th we celebrated four years together.

October

October began with a gorgeous, sunny woodland walk, where we also made it to the beach. I love spur of the moment outdoor adventures like this with my boys. October was the month that we revealed we were expecting baby #2 and we had a fun pumpkin themed photoshoot to announce our good news. I also took Tyler Lee trick-or-treating for the 1st time on Halloween night and he loved ringing the doorbells and interacting with the people when they answered the door - the boy is so social!

November

In November I began posting my weekly pregnancy updates and it's so lovely to have these as a keepsake as I never documented my pregnancy with Tyler Lee. I also began preparing for Christmas and was busy trying to figure out which gifts to get Tyler Lee. I wasn't feeling very well with my pregnancy and ended up in the emergency room with chest pain, luckily all is fine now. Jacek's mother visited us for three weeks from South Africa and he was delighted to have her here with him to celebrate his birthday and to attend his graduation. He graduated with his law degree and we couldn't have been prouder of him.

December

December for us was all about preparing for Christmas and as the weather was so bad - it literally rained from November all the way through December, we couldn't go outdoors much or take many pictures as the light was so bad. We did get to see Santa at Wish in Fota Island Resort though and that was an amazing experience. Our Christmas was simple but perfect and just the way any Christmas should be.

I'm really looking forward to 2016 and all it will bring us. We have so much to look forward to, the most important thing being welcoming our new baby to the world in May and beginning our life as a family of four.

I would like to wish you and yours a very Happy New Year 2015, I hope it's filled with happy memories, wonderful adventures and lots of love and luck for us all!

 

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