THE CHANEY FAMILY

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010

How fast the years seem to be going now... I remember when I was little when a year seemed like FOREVER.. now.. in the blink of an eye we have completed another one.

My blogging has not been great and for that I am sorry..  I will try to update it more this year. my resolution!

It has been a crazy year-- I didn't even get a chance to send out Christmas cards and for me that is unusual.

So- with that, I will give you all a recap of the Chaney Family 2009!

Cameron-

It was a year to celebrate many of his "firsts"...  saying DADA and MAMA... his first foods...teeth

crawling..sitting..

standing...cruising... 

He got to have his first plane ride in March when he and I flew to FL to visit my friend Meredith.  That in itself was full of more firsts... (toes in the sand and water)...

We celebrated his first birthday on Sept 23!! 

Another big event was him taking some of his first steps for the first time on Christmas day surrounded by his family! He is now on the move.. watch out world!!!

Noah- he offically became potty trained last January and what a great thing that was!! Only 1 left in diapers!

2009 was also the year of the mohawk for Noah.. well.. he called it his HO-HAWK.

A trip to the Aquarium sparked an interest in sharks and marine life.  He reads his shark books everyday and can identify more kind of sharks than I can (which if you know me is ALOT.. I LOVE SHARKS TOO!)

On May 8th we celebrated with Noah as he turned 3! 

He was diagnosed with sleep apnea in August and underwent his Tonsillectomy back in Oct.  After a rough (ok VERY rough recovery due to allergic reactions, HINI, etc) he is doing great.  In fact, Noah is a very different little boy.  He personality and expressions crack us up on a daily basis...

Braden- What a big year for Braden.  The spring began with Braden's first time playing tee-ball.  The season started off with a trip to see the Frederick Keys play...

He had so much fun playing and many times looked like a mini-Sean out there.. We are looking forward to him playing again this year. 

June brought about his end to Happy Acres where he spent his last 2 years.  Graduation Day was a proud day for all of us..

September came quickly and it was his very first day of Kindergarten!  With tears we sent him off to "big school".. 

December marked another birthday for Braden.  6 years old now!!!

Sean and I have been kept quite busy between the boys and our own adventures.  Sean continues to work for himself and I am still at the University of Maryland as a Clinical Trial Analyst. I decided to follow through on a passion of mine in May and I started my own photography business. Thank you to my sister in law Nikki for help with the name, and to my friend Melissa for the logo:

Business has started really picking up and my website will be up soon (I will post the link when available). In the meantime my business blog is

http://m-a-c-photography.blogspot.com/

Sean continues to play softball every spring and loves it.

Also with spring came our wedding anniversary.. 7 years!!!!

In the late fall we were lucky enough to go to another Raven's game thanks to some of our close friends. It was a bit rainy (thus the fashionable ponchos) but it cleared and the Ravens WON!

I, on the quest for to regain my pre-baby body completed P90X.  I was able to get not only back into my wedding dress but it was a little big!!  I had an opportunity to pose for a trash the dress session this year. It was so much fun!! AND.. no.. the dress isn't really trashed.

As a family we took many memorable trips including ones to Midland to visit Mattie and Re-Re

Pittsburgh to spend the 4th of July with Mike and Nikki (which I hope becomes a tradition), trip to Mt Airy to visit Grammy and Pop Pop, Hershey Park for Christmas in Hershey, hanging out with all our friends and family....

I hope that 2010 is an even better year and brings each of you health and happiness.   Thank you to all my faithful blog followers...