Happy 2012

Watch Out 2012, He Means Business!

New Year's Eve was a blast. We were sad not to ring in the new year with our friends, but it's just hard to get everyone together these days (we are a group of at least 14..makes going out to dinner nearly impossible haha) and then keeping kids awake past midnight on top of that just makes for a crazy night for whoever hosts!!

This year we celebrated with my mom's BF Joe's family. Started off with delicious pulled pork sandwiches, courtesy of Mr Robinson himself. And tons of other yummy sides like my mom's amazing guac, Jacyln's artichoke dip, bruschetta, etc. It was a great "end" to the food madness the holidays always bring. Joe's kids were there with their kids, and one of them is 2. It is so nice to have another toddler boy running around for Austin to watch and play with. Austin was in heaven the whole night. He LOVED his New Years hat, and was walking around the house like he had some serious business to do.

Austin always seems to love going to big gatherings like this. He is so happy and in his own world; exploring, watching, playing, and being a part of the action. He is definitely Jake's kid. Totally outgoing and excited to see new things.

The night was a mixture of Wii games..pretty sure my mom and I kicked butt at the dancing game... Card games, scrumtrulescent food including fondue, magic tricks, and watching the kiddos just have a good time! Jake also played The Man Game (Ashley- Nick needs this game), which was pretty entertaining. We put Austin to bed around 10 and he did AWESOME. I was a little nervous about how he would do, since we've never put him down at someone else's house then taken him home to put him to bed again. But it was easy peasy. He went to sleep, slept through our partying and some serious fireworks. We packed him and his pack n play up at like 12:30am, took him home, laid him in his crib and he slept all night. SO great to know he does well with situations like that.

Very tired after the clock struck 12!!

Oh my can I just say I have never witnessed such awesome fireworks standing 20 feet away!? Thanks to Cole and the rest of the boys for a kick-a show! I think we smoked out the entire street but big deal, it's New Years people!

Joe and my mom..Hey how did she get the blanket?? Not fair ;-)

Fondue! We were arguing how there was something missing..cinnamon bears. Don't knock it till you try it!

Here are some silly pictures of Austin, the outspoken 15mo old that seems to be the man of the house sometimes...

Jake and I got Cafe Rio and Austin loved the black beans. This kid requires a baths more than he gets them!

He recently figured out the concept of "blowing" on his food if it's "hot." What he doesn't grasp, is that there are other things that are hot in which blowing does not help haha.