The Buchanan Family - 2014 Year In Review
Daniel, Abby, and Owen Buchanan
Photo by Derrik Ollar
Happy New Year!
Wow - what a year it has been! 2014 has been life-changing for us.
Here's a few highlights of our year, separated into the first and second half of the year (sort of "life before baby" and "life after baby"). We hope enjoy seeing pictures of our life here in Portland.
We are so grateful for our friends and family, near and far, and the incredible support we have received from so many of you. Much love to you!
- Daniel, Abby, and Owen
Wow - what a year it has been! 2014 has been life-changing for us.
Here's a few highlights of our year, separated into the first and second half of the year (sort of "life before baby" and "life after baby"). We hope enjoy seeing pictures of our life here in Portland.
We are so grateful for our friends and family, near and far, and the incredible support we have received from so many of you. Much love to you!
- Daniel, Abby, and Owen
January through June 2014
- We traveled to Virginia for Jesse (Abby's brother) and Bex's wedding
- We had visits to Portland from several great friends, including Amy Travis, Amy and Matt Sawyer, Rebeqa Rivers and Crystal Yingling, Christin Ditchfield, and Heather Roberts.
- Dan took swimming lessons and learned to play guitar (New Year's Resolutions).
- There was a big snowstorm that shut down Portland for several days in February.
- Dan continued his work teaching music lessons and running his music studio, Resound NW/ He also did performances with Portland Baroque Orchestra, Cappella Romana, Playback Theater and played a role in "Giasone and the Argonauts" with Opera Theater Oregon. He hosts several events and classes each month for his voice studio.
- We took a series of birth classes together and were honored to receive 3 different baby showers from our friends and family.
- Abby scaled back on massage and sound therapy sessions but still worked during her pregnancy into June. She also did a series of events called "Silent Song" that included sound therapy, yoga, and acupuncture.
- We took a nice trip to a beach house for a week with our friends.
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July through December 2014
- After patiently waiting (haha, not really! He was 10 days late and we were crawling out of our skin!), Owen North Buchanan was born on July 26, 2014 around 7:00pm. Labor was about 27 hours long and ended with a his beautiful arrival! And he was a BIG baby - nearly 11 pounds and 23 inches long.
- We are totally smitten with our new arrival! We love getting to take care of him, watch him grow, and receive lots of support from friends and family.
- Life changed a lot after Owen was born! We took it really slow and easy the first couple months. Dan took about a month off work, and Abby took 3 months off. Since then, Abby is back to working a couple days a week and Dan is back to teaching and managing his teaching staff at Resound NW.
- Abby's mom came to visit and help out for about a month after Owen was born, which was wonderful and incredibly helpful.
- Lauran and Eric Kerr-Heraly and Daphne visited from London.
- It's very exciting that Dan's parents moved to Portland in September. They live about 15 minutes away and we seen them very frequently for fun and family time. Danette watches Owen at least once a week.
- Wes, Kristen, Cassidy, and Brycen came to visit Portland for Thanksgiving and we had great Buchanan family time.
- We celebrated Christmas in Portland with friends and family, then traveled to New Braunfels, Texas for an end-of-the-year gathering of the Beeghley family, including Daryl Ann, Jamie, Kristen, Jamie, Lance, Paige, Brooke, Jesse and Bex.
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