Another Year Complete

Dearest Joshua David~

Hello little man!  You are sixty three weeks old .... but, who's counting?  ;-)

Happy New Year's Eve!  We ran some errands early so that we could 'Ring in the New Year' late.  ;-)

First, we all got up and had breakfast together.  Daddy worked from home again today, but ended up turning his computer off when nothing came into his work account for hours.  :-P  I'm sure no one was really working that hard today.  ;-)

Afterward, we played upstairs for a little bit and then went out to get some errands done.  We wanted to go back to the carpet place that made the rug for the master bedroom.  We might be able to find another big carpet remnant and have them cut it in half for the two remaining smaller bedrooms.  We went there first to see, but we should have called ahead .... they were closed for the new year.  Oh well.  From there, we ran to the bank to deposit some Christmas money and then quickly picked up some more formula for you.  You're not going to run out today, but it's on sale plus we have a coupon, so we went ahead and got another container.

While out, we ate lunch at Chick-Fil-A .... someone was dressed up as a big cow and walked around the place waving at people.  You stared and pointed at him!  You also kept smiling at the table next to us after we gave you a bottle and some cheerios. 

The weather was beautiful today .... it's funny to think that a week ago we were snowed in for a few days!  

After lunch, we headed to the grocery store .... we had a list so we weren't planning on spending a lot of time there.  I held you on my back in the carrier as we shopped around the store .... boy was it crowded!  I don't know why everyone was buying groceries at that time, but we tried to get out of there as soon as possible.  :-P

By the time we got home and put all the groceries away, it was already mid afternoon.  We played with you in the bonus room and then put on some movies to relax for the rest of the evening.

We did something simple for dinner .... you had more of your broccoli and cheese mixture, cheerios, and a bottle .... I made bacon, eggs, and english muffins for daddy and I.  Then, we had some hot chocolate for dinner as a special treat!  Also, as a special treat, daddy and I went online and used one of my birthday gift cards to order some DVD's and a CD for fun!  It's the last day of my birthday month, but we made it fun!  ;-)  I still have some other gift cards too, but I'll save them for next year!  ;-)  Ha!

After dinner, you had your last bath of 2010!  :-)  You woke up with a funny hair style from your bed head, so we tried to wash your hair well so it wouldn't keep sticking up!  Oh, you figured out how to scoot backwards when crawling on the kitchen floor!  I tried to get a video of you doing it, but then you stopped.  It's so cute though with you sliding backwards on the hardwoods! 

You ended up falling asleep between us on the couch while we were watching movies this evening.  So, needless to say, you didn't see the ball drop and help us count down the new year!  Daddy and I watched it on the television .... wished you and 'Happy New Year' and then gave you little kisses!

There are so many things to be thankful for from this past year of 2010 .... we were blessed with so many things .... your health, our marriage, a new house, loan repayment, the expected arrival of Peanut, family and friends, our jobs .... God is so good!  I pray for continued blessings as we head into 2011!  

As for New Year's Resolutions .... mine would go something along the lines of being a better mommy and wife .... to read the Bible more (I slacked off this past year whereas in previous years I read a portion everyday!) .... to play the mandolin more .... and to keep a sense of humor about things and not forget to laugh!  I want to be able to slow down and really enjoy you and Peanut before you start to grow up too fast!  

Your resolutions could be something like .... grow more teeth, start to walk, say 'mama' more (we all know you can say 'dada' though I think daddy is paying you!), to be good big brother, and to remain as cute as ever!  I know you'll accomplish all those things, so I'll need your help to accomplish mine!  ;-)

Sleep tight little miracle and blessing from God .... I'll see you next year!  ;-)

I love you forever and ever!  :-)

~Mommy