We enjoyed a pretty low key New Year's Eve. I would say that this was our first low key NYE we've had in a long time, but that'd be a lie. We often for some reason end up having relaxing NYE's--we can't just blame it on having a kid:-). We went to Darrell and Lindsey's and although it was low key, it was still a lot of fun! They were nice enough to have us all over even though they had just gotten home from vacation.
Layla texting her friends before we left to make sure they were coming...
Posing her with her buddies (except Ava wasn't there yet)...Jonathan is already grabbing at both girls!
We played quite a few rounds of Catch Phrase...us girls weren't doing so well...without Julie we really wouldn't have done so well!
Ah, the nice days when babies can just fall asleep on you!
Layla, why are you awake at 1am?!?
Brad and Elvis were too sleepy to play anymore rounds of Catch Phrase:-)
On New Year's Day we finally had time to open gifts with my family. We missed my mom, but Layla still was able to open gifts from Grammy! Actually, Layla was eating during most of the gifts so I just opened them for her...
I wanted the traditional picture like I always had growing up of Layla by her gifts. Layla does not do well sitting on her own, so this is what happens...
After she got her jammies on we tried again with a little help:-).
Family pic from the night--too bad Elv's eye is bright green!
It's hard to believe that 2008 is over and done with! It has been an exciting year for us as we welcomed Layla into our family in June, but also a difficult year for us as we watched my mom pass away. I am excited to see what 2009 will bring for us--hopefully more good things in our lives and not much pain. But I suppose that is why we can't see into the future--I wouldn't want to know what's in store for us. We will just have to wait and see!
