Happy New Year!

This was the first New Year that the kids stayed up till midnight! Greenie and Papa came to help us ring in the New Year. Between movies, popcorn, ice cream, cookies and all the fun snacks no wonder the kids were so wired and stayed up. At midnight we went down and got the plastic pots and spoons to ring in the New Year with! Can you believe they were up early the next morning? If someone could tell us the magic trick to get kids to sleep in once in a while...

It looks like Darin made a New Year resolution to sleep through the night because that is what he did for the past couple of nights. Is it luck or are we on a roll…only time will tell! He, also, rolled over for the first time yesterday. It’s still up for debate whether it was intentional or he was just getting plain mad.

As for Ryan I think we are going to work on talking more, potty training and just maybe stopping the thumb sucking. Not sure how we will tackle it but we will see what we can accomplish this year.
For Justin we are going to work out some of those terrible three’s, spelling (he has an interest on how to spell words), remember to put the toilet seat down all the time for the sake of the toys and his brother (Eww…point added that he does get immediate baths with tons of soap!).As for me I hope to lose my pregnancy weight and find the time to exercise more. I am hoping for a new wardrobe by the year end! And I am going to try not to stress so much, especially, as we prepare for Darin's surgery to repair his cleft in the upcoming months ahead.

I look back at this past year and see how much the kids have grown. It amazes me how much they change in a year or how we all have. Here are the boys last year at the same time and we didn't even know about our little blessing to come! Thank you Lord for a wonderful year!