That pretty much sums up our New Years! As most of you know I am not one to go out on NYE, so instead, Greg and I ventured downtown on NYEE (the 30th) to celebrate with dinner at Sullivan's. The party animals that we are, we got home about 9:45. Whoopppeee!
The following night we had the Alexander crew over, who were just getting over the flu, along with Mom and Marv. Greg and I got festive and decorated the house, got obnoxious horns, hats and of course tiaras! Which fit perfectly for Pyper, she brought her party dress (aka princess dress) with her to change into. We cooked home made pizzas, drank some champagne, overdosed on munchies and of course went outside and blew our horns and banged some pans. Granted it was about 7 when we did this, but there was no way the kids were getting to stay up that late! We had games to play.
Once the kiddos were either asleep or tucked into our bed watching Sleeping Beauty we started playing Newlyweds. Greg and I are the reigning champs & once again kept the title, while the 2 other couples tied for..... oh wait there is no 2nd place; "If your not first, your last". We then headed into the living room to do a little Guitar Hero and Bowling. Mom even got into the action with her gimp foot, it was quite comical watching her bowl. Marv took the championship for the bowling, with me taking it in Guitar Hero, I strum a mean Hotel California. Greg and Tony were too busy geeking out with a new puzzle to come and play with us! We all did make it to midnight and popped open some more champagne to cheers to another year of health, love and maturity. Oh wait the maturity may have been just me. We then of course talked about our resolutions, but I don't know if anything was ever written down or really decided!
New Years day brought us all back together in the morning for breakfast and more puzz. Once everyone had left and we took a nap, Gavin woke up and decided that, yep, he is going to walk full time. None of this crazy crawling anymore. I think that was his resolution, no more crawling, no more talking back and of course no more pooping his pants. Oh wait, those last two are probably mine also! On another note, he now has 5 teeth, which he loves to brush and in the shower the other day we found out he likes to brush his "privates" also! Gavin has also added to his vocabulary, with Mama, Dada, Circle, Papa, Crash, and Elvis (which sounds like Elvie, courtesy of his cousins!).
The following day (or I should say that evening) I came down with the flu that knocked me literally out for a full day. I think I slept 20 out of 24 hours- I never left the bed. Greg kept coming in asking, "are you going to come out now?" Poor Mom and Marv got it also. Greg and Gavin got it, but got the "end" of it. Yesterday, when I finally made it out of the room, Greg and Gavin were on the floor when Gavin let out a toot that could have brought down the house. Greg and I both accused each other and then the dogs, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT CAME FROM MY PRECIOUS SON! But alas, we soon saw the "bubbling brew" come out and over his diaper and drip on the floor. DRIP ON THE FLOOR! I immediately started dry heaving again. Imagine me cleaning the carpet, while trying to keep Crash from licking it up, I am dry heaving a little just thinking about it. Fun days around here!
The following night we had the Alexander crew over, who were just getting over the flu, along with Mom and Marv. Greg and I got festive and decorated the house, got obnoxious horns, hats and of course tiaras! Which fit perfectly for Pyper, she brought her party dress (aka princess dress) with her to change into. We cooked home made pizzas, drank some champagne, overdosed on munchies and of course went outside and blew our horns and banged some pans. Granted it was about 7 when we did this, but there was no way the kids were getting to stay up that late! We had games to play.
Once the kiddos were either asleep or tucked into our bed watching Sleeping Beauty we started playing Newlyweds. Greg and I are the reigning champs & once again kept the title, while the 2 other couples tied for..... oh wait there is no 2nd place; "If your not first, your last". We then headed into the living room to do a little Guitar Hero and Bowling. Mom even got into the action with her gimp foot, it was quite comical watching her bowl. Marv took the championship for the bowling, with me taking it in Guitar Hero, I strum a mean Hotel California. Greg and Tony were too busy geeking out with a new puzzle to come and play with us! We all did make it to midnight and popped open some more champagne to cheers to another year of health, love and maturity. Oh wait the maturity may have been just me. We then of course talked about our resolutions, but I don't know if anything was ever written down or really decided!
New Years day brought us all back together in the morning for breakfast and more puzz. Once everyone had left and we took a nap, Gavin woke up and decided that, yep, he is going to walk full time. None of this crazy crawling anymore. I think that was his resolution, no more crawling, no more talking back and of course no more pooping his pants. Oh wait, those last two are probably mine also! On another note, he now has 5 teeth, which he loves to brush and in the shower the other day we found out he likes to brush his "privates" also! Gavin has also added to his vocabulary, with Mama, Dada, Circle, Papa, Crash, and Elvis (which sounds like Elvie, courtesy of his cousins!).
The following day (or I should say that evening) I came down with the flu that knocked me literally out for a full day. I think I slept 20 out of 24 hours- I never left the bed. Greg kept coming in asking, "are you going to come out now?" Poor Mom and Marv got it also. Greg and Gavin got it, but got the "end" of it. Yesterday, when I finally made it out of the room, Greg and Gavin were on the floor when Gavin let out a toot that could have brought down the house. Greg and I both accused each other and then the dogs, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY THAT CAME FROM MY PRECIOUS SON! But alas, we soon saw the "bubbling brew" come out and over his diaper and drip on the floor. DRIP ON THE FLOOR! I immediately started dry heaving again. Imagine me cleaning the carpet, while trying to keep Crash from licking it up, I am dry heaving a little just thinking about it. Fun days around here!
Some highlights and the best of '08:
*A full year of my retirement! Loving it!
*Finishing all the landscaping! Yea, no more nasty-grams from the HOA
*Celebrating our 1 year anniversary
*Living in Brighton with our abundance of Mexican restaurants!
*And of course GAVIN! He has brought so much into our lives, we are so lucky!
2 comments:
Awww, the pics of Gavin are so cute! I love the one of him in the hat and red and white striped outfit. We have some similar ones of Braylon.
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