New Year's Eve

Thursday we spent the evening at home. We rung in the New Year as a family. We made fajitas for dinner. They were yummy! Kaitlynn loved the sparkling white grape juice she picked out. She drank half the bottle by the end of the night! Dave played Wii and Kaitlynn and I built a house for her doggy with the MegaBlocks. She also gave her doggy a haircut at her new hair salon station. Dave and I enjoyed some Pinot Noir. We made cheese fondue and watched a little bit of the NYE program on ABC. I attended the Virtual New Year's Eve Party on MomsLikeMe.com. It was a lot of fun! At midnight, we had a champagne toast (Dave and I did, Kaitlynn drank sparkling white grape juice), popped poppers and blew horns. We called family to wish them a Happy New Year. At around 1AM, Dave remembered that we wanted to eat 12 grapes at midnight. So we did, even though it was a little late. Hopefully it will still bring us luck! We ended the night / started the year with some coffee (hot chocolate for Kaitlynn).


NYE through Kaitlynn's eyes

Wild Lights at the Zoo

Wednesday after Aidan went home, we went to the Zoo for their Wild Lights event. Kaitlynn and I went on the 18th with MomsLikeMe.com, but Dave wasn't able to go with us. We decided to brave the weather and go since it was the last night of the event. It wasn't too terribly cold. We were bundled up to the max, though. We looked at lights for awhile, then warmed up inside Lakeside Cafe, where Kaitlynn colored a snowflake. We drank some hot chocolate and shared some fries. We walked around looking at lights again, Kaitlynn and daddy rode the carousel and we visited the penguins.

We loved the lights display this year. It was quite amazing.

Afterwards, we went to Wal-Mart to get food and beverages for New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve Part 2

Kaitlynn woke up a little after 11PM and so did Dave. The 3 of us rang in the New Year, which was great. I couldn't think of a better way to end the year.

After Kaitlynn woke up, she played in her activity center for awhile. These pictures totally cracked me up. Her toes are sticking out of the feet of her pajamas.