Happy New Year

I miss sleep. Yesterday, Dylan was awake for a few hours, started to get a little fussy, so I wrapped him up and put him down. He went right to sleep. However, the rest of the day he continued to sleep, waking to eat every so often. As a result, at night he woke up at 1:30am, then 2:30am and then 3:30am. So today I am really sleepy (I did get a little extra sleep thanks to Nana visiting). Today, Dylan was awake more so hopefully tonight will go better.

Gina has been missing preschool so today I invited her friend Gabriel over for a playdate. She was very excited to have him over. Gabriel immediately headed for the train table, but Gina talked him into going outside to play soccer. It was mostly her keeping the ball away from Gabriel but he seemed to have fun chasing her. Gina was especially eager to try out her new shovel that she got for Christmas so next they headed for the backyard and took turns digging up rocks and getting dirty.

Ever since we moved to this house we have hosted a New Years Eve party with my friend Becky and the Creeches. This year the Creeches to decided to have a party at their house. The one plus to having it at our house is being able to put the kids to bed at a reasonable hour. But having going somewhere else means that I didn't have to clean and prepare everything. The kids had fun at the Creeches, playing with Merrick's old toys, drinking juice and eating a lot of sweets. Dylan slept the whole time, waking up only when all the kids started to blow horns.

The past year has had definitely had its ups and downs. But this year is ending on a high note with three sweet kids, tucked in bed. Happy New Year.