Happy 2010!

Our New Year's Eve was pretty fun this year! Especially when you consider that ever since we had B, we spent the holiday falling asleep on the couch.

My Dad and Stepmom came up to our house on New Year's Eve to celebrate with us. We had a great dinner of roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and all the fixin's. We ate until we were stuffed, and then waited for Ben's parents to come over and join us. We all visited and played with the boy's new presents (which included a large assortment of games) We also ate tons of treats and appetizers. I think we prepared enough food for triple the people, but it was rather tasty nonetheless.

The adults then played a variety of games like "catch phrase," "cranium," and "battle of the sexes." We were having so much fun, that I didn't even realize how late it was until CJ crawled into my lap and said, "Mommy, I so tired. I wanna go night night in my bed." I looked at the clock and it was already 11:30! I tried to convince him to stay up a little later, since he was so close! We got our party horns out and our confetti poppers, and rang in 2010 with the ball drop on TV. This is the first year in almost 6 years that our whole family has stayed awake till midnight!

Right afterwards, the kids were ushered off to bed so the adults could clean up and and get to sleep too. After sleeping in to the late old hour of 8:00, we had a nice pancake breakfast and gathered to watch UP with the kids. Ben and I didn't make it more than 30 minutes into the movie without falling asleep. We got up and got ready to head over for a New Year's meal at Ben's parents house. Jeanne made us a southern traditional meal with black eyed peas for luck, and cabbage for wealth. After eating once again to the bursting point, the ladies ditched the kids and the guys to do some New Year's shopping! We all scored some major deals on shoes, lotions, and clearance Christmas decorations. I got some really great stuff for my new Christmas tree, and I really can't wait for the holidays to come back around so I put up my decorations and do it all again!