It Starts With Two: The Bishops: 2015 Year in Review

I can't believe another year has come and gone. Here's a look back at our 2015!

January

In January we took a few trips to Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Dayton turned 9 months and started standing up in his crib waiting for us to get him out. Dayton also went to his first Iowa State basketball game in Ames at Hilton Colosseum.

February

In February we celebrate a lot of birthdays - my mom, Brad's mom, Brad's and Beth's. Dayton turned 10 months old and just got cuter every single day. For Valentine's Day we went down to the Quad Cities to go to the Florida Georgia Line concert with friends. Dayton also got fifth's disease, which lasted a week.

March

March was a pretty busy month! Dayton turned 11 months old. He started walking and getting into everything in the house. The Tupperware drawer ended up being a favorite...and still is. We went to South Carolina for spring break. Brad and I took a few days to go to Savannah while Dayton stayed with my parents. We visited the Easter bunny with our friends and Livi. Livi wasn't a fan, but Dayton tried to comfort her. We also went to the Jason Aldean concert at the dome!

April

This month. This month was a big one for us. Our baby turned one.

May

May held the mother's day, which we spent in the Quad Cities having a mother's day bbq. We also went to a friends wedding where Dayton danced the night away, enjoyed Memorial weekend at home with neighbors and friends, and Dayton and I started our first week of summer break!

June

Ah summer. Our favorite time of the year! Dayton and I loved being home together over the summer and we took as many opportunities as we could to make the best of it. Our summer was action packed and memory filled. Our first vacation of the summer was down to South Carolina. We spent a few days in Charleston and the rest in Greenville. My sister drove back with us so that she could spend a week with us here in Iowa. I'm really glad she was able to visit! This is also the month that Dayton got sixth disease for a week. We also had a few play dates, went to the library on Monday's for story time and .spent as much time outside as we could!

July

In July, we celebrated our nephew, Cal's first birthday! It happens to be on the 4th of July, so we started out the morning at the Davenport parade with mom and dad Bishop. Little man continued to love driving his car, he turned 15 months old, and his love for the pool continued to grow. We also took a Bishop family trip to the Wisconsin Dells. Watching all of the cousins play together was priceless. Dayton and I also took a trip to Connecticut to see my mom's side of the family.

August

The month of August went way too fast. Dayton and I soaked up our last weeks of summer. We went down to the Quad Cities to spend the weekend with Brad's parents. While we were there, we went to the Mississippi River fair. Dayton and I had a play date at the petting zoo, which as you can see he loved! We also went to the Iowa State Fair. It was Dayton and I's first time, so we had tons of fun looking around and seeing the butter cow. The hubs and I both got new bows for hunting. Dayton and made our last day of summer extra special and spent the whole day doing our favorite things from the summer. It was pretty hard to go back to school, but we made it. Oh, and I also turned 30.
The big 3-0. The hubs and I took a weekend away and spent my 30th in Galena. It was exactly what I needed.

September

September flew by. Dayton had his last day at Miss Karyn's daycare and started at his new daycare. The hubs and I went on a marriage adventure retreat. We climbed mountains, canoed, and did a high ropes course. All while learning about God and his plan for our marriage. College football started and we broke out all of our gear. Dayton loved being outside mowing with his dada and he also learned how to feed the pups! Dayton also started Kindermusik and got his first haircut.

October

October was a gorgeous month in Iowa. We started out the month with getting our family photos done by our sister-in-law, Karen of Moxie Design. Love. We also visited a pumpkin patch outside of the Quad Cities with the Bishop family. October also started hunting season. Our little family of three met grandma and grandpa Bishop down at camp to enjoy a weekend of hunting. In mid-October my family came to visit. We had our family photos taken, visited the pumpkin patch in town, went to the John Deere museum and enjoyed every minute of their visit. The end of October is my favorite time of the year - Halloween. Little man was the cutest little dragon I've ever seen.

November

November started with throwing my best friends baby shower for her sweet baby girl. Dayton was happy about the nice weather we had in November and invited his friend Livi over for a play date. Little man also learned how to unzip his sleeper and then proceeded to do so every. single. night. Hilarious. I got a new car! The hubs and I decided on a Nissan Pathfinder. I adore it! The hubs went hunting a few more times and snagged his first bow kill. Our friends sweet baby Emma was born on Thanksgiving day and I am loving all of the baby snuggles!!