A New Year

"The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me."

For New Years Eve this year, we all stayed home. I believe we have all been together as a family every NYE. Usually, I am the only one awake at midnight, but this year Tom made it too! Leah and Brandon almost made it. Tom and I watched the ball drop on tv then looked outside at the fireworks. Our neighbor ran down with a couple of her friends to wish us Happy New Year. They're teens and they were in their togas. Looked like they were ready to have fun - I was ready to crawl into bed.

The next day, we left to spend the weekend with family. It was wonderful seeing everyone and spending time together. I think I needed that little "vacation." On the way home - driving behind Tommy since we can't all fit into one car - I just had this feeling that 2011 is going to be a terrific year. I am getting more and more excited to meet our newest family member and I am going to do some new things for myself. Taking some chances, making a couple of resolutions.

As a couple, we are going to plan a budget - and stick to it this time. We are also going to do more "dates."  We have 2 built-in babysitters now. We should go out more often. The last time our boys babysat together, they came up with a good plan. Our youngest girls can be a little demanding when they want juicey. The boys would go back and forth on who would get the drinks, so they came up with a "game" to help decide. Basically, hide-and-seek. The girls have to hide their eyes and count to 10. The boys hide and the first brother that gets found has to get the juicey. It's funny because it takes up more time to play the game than to just get the drinks, but at least they made it into something fun.

And it's fair.

Baby's newest test results came back. All still looks great. We will get to peek at him/her soon. Yesterday was 17 weeks. At 20 weeks we will go in to do a Level 2 Ultrasound. Tom wants to find out if we are having a boy or a girl, but I want to wait. The only trouble is, figuring out 2 names. We are not agreeing on any boy names and there is one girl name that we both kind of agree on. I'm sure we will pick out the perfect name when the time comes.

We always do.