It's a new year

And obviously January has almost slipped away from us! So here's a recap of our month...

New Year's Eve was very low key this year (as it usually tends to be with young kiddos :) We shot fireworks at Lolly and Poppy's house with the Reid boys. Ty was terribly sick with a fever virus :(. Brantlee had it just before Ty but was better by NYE. So Kyle stayed home with Ty so he could watch football in peace rock him in the recliner for the evening :) The kids had a large time with the fireworks naturally!

New Year's Day was just what it should be. Crazy laziness and brunch. Followed by cabbage, black eyed peas, cornbread and pork.

In this month we celebrate Paw Paw Bob's birthday. Every year we all pose with him and Mee Maw in the exact same spot. It's fun to look back and compare from year to year. Have I mentioned how grateful we are that our kids know their great grandparents?? Well we are very grateful!! On the few days it hasn't rained and the sun has actually shone, we've gone outside and soaked it in.

Both kids are still enjoying school, but NOT the going to bed part or the waking up part. Go figure. We got a little snow last week. It was not enough to cancel school, but thankfully Collin's class got to go outside and play in it. He was so upset he couldn't stay home and play in what very little we got. Also we finally finished our chalkboard in the kitchen. Already very functional and put to good use!

So, I turned 30. And I'm glad I now have that behind me :) We had big plans to go out with friends Friday night and eat at Cotton Blues. All 3 kids were staying with different people so we planned to have the whole night to ourselves. Well, little TyTy wasn't feeling well and just wasn't having it and we came home early. He gave Nana a run for her money and ended up spending the night at home. Oh well. (He had bronchitis again!! UGH! So over sickness!) Saturday night we went out for hibachi with the kids. So fun! Then we had a little "party" at home. Notice Ty diving for the cake, ha! Kyle played a nice little joke giving me some "old lady" goodies. Sad thing is that I secretly am excited about a few of these items :) Then he totally redeemed himself by giving me a VERY fancy purse!! Very sweet! Mom cooked a delicious lunch on Sunday and we had more birthday cake. I felt super blessed!!

Before going out to dinner the other night Collin decided he needed to "shave" with the kit Santa brought him. He said he didn't want any hair on his face because he wanted to look like a kid, not an adult, ha! He takes his shaving very seriously!

My oh my! Our B is now a gymnast!! She had a permanent smile plastered across her face for her entire first class. This makes me soooo happy to see her so happy about gymnastics. I loved it as a child! I loved it almost as much as I love seeing her in these sparkly gym shorts and leotard. Love. 

Ty is just plain rotten. Still so sweet and good, but totally rotten. He commands your total attention now days. This is probably more my fault than his, but that's neither here nor there. But how can you resist this smile?!

Well that's our new year so far!