Christmas and New Years

I know I said I'd keep up with this blog...I haven't been the best at it, but I'm trying. Ok? :)

I can't believe 2008 has already come and gone. The year flew by. However, I'm left wondering where it went. Crazy how time flies. Lauryn is already almost 2 years old. She is growing fast and she thinks she's 16.

Christmas this year was fun with her. Last year was fun, but she didn't quite grasp the concept of presents....this year though, we had to watch her ever second she was near the tree. If not, she'd be over there opening whatever she could get her little hands on. By Christmas morning, she was ready (with practice even) to dig into her gifts. The toys she was very interested in and would get side tracked with each one, she wanted to open it and play with it immediately. Clothes, she'd kind of open and toss to the side as if she wasn't at all interested in them. And she probably wasn't, but she got a lot of cute outfits that I can't wait to put her in. That is part of the fun of this age...she has no say in what I make her wear. It's my way for now and I like it that way. :)

Lauryn and I both got vehicles this year. She got a Dora the Explorer 4 Wheeler and I got a 2009 Acura TSX. Yes...Mike got me a car. I was totally surprised. We had talked about getting a new car this summer or sometime later this year. But Christmas morning, our friend Kate and her husband show up and Mike herds us all outside and there it was....a Pearl White car with a big bow. Wow. I love it.

New Years is never a big deal for us. It should be though, it's the anniversary of when we got engaged. But we never do anything big. Never go to any parties. And this year, Mike was working at Smith's til 9. So, Tabitha and Ethan (my friend and Lauryn's little boyfriend) came over and ate pizza and watched TV and hung out. It was fun. We had a couple drinks and just chilled out. Mike got home a little after 9, the kids were in bed so the 3 of us just sat around talking and watching Dick Clark's countdown thing. I was, of course, in bed before 12. Not much before, but I can never seem to make it to watch the stupid ball drop. Oh well. I woke up and it was 2009. It's hard to imagine where a new year will take you...I know this year will be another one full of memories for us though. Lauryn turns 2, Mike turns 30 (ha ha...30!!!)...just those 2 things alone will create happy memories I'm sure. And we'll travel to CO to see my parents, and possibly take another vacation (hopefully).