Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2010!

We spent New Years Eve with friends like we have done for the last few years. There were plenty of kids for the girls to play with, so they had a blast! If I didn't check on them every now and then I probably wouldn't have seen them all night!

Juli was excited to wear her "2010" glasses that she made at school. This year both girls made it midnight and were able to ring in the new year with everyone. Livi didn't make it off the block though. I think she fell asleep before I even finished buckling Juli in.

Juli fell asleep a few blocks from home. We dropped Maddie off at Cici and Uncle Joe's. Maddie rode with us so since we had some extra room. When we got home Juli woke up hysterical because she didn't get to say goodbye to Maddie and hug and kiss her. Not to mention we would see Maddie first thing in the morning at New Years Day brunch. I told Juli we would call Maddie to say goodnight as soon as we got upstairs and got Livi in her bed.

When we called, Juli was so upset and tired that she could only whisper when Cici answered the phone. Boy did we give Cici a scare. Sorry Cici! When Juli whispered "hi cic", Denise thought it was me saying "help me". I took the phone and explain what was going on. Juli finally got to say goodnight to Maddie and all was right in the world. :-)

Happy Birthday Katie!!

Yesterday we went to Katie's 3rd birthday party. We had a great time! Juli is looking forward to trying out all of Katie's new toys! LOL

The kids had a great time in the pool!

Livi had a good time too. That's her "cheese" face. LOL

There's Katie's cheese face - and Uncle Joe's too in the background!

Livi wearing "gobbles".

Yummy cake!

Oh, just wait 10 years...

Katie, Juli and Kelly

WAIT A MINUTE! Who's that I see??

OH NO! It can't be!!

It's DORA!!! (And Maddie)

Most of the kids were afraid of the "life-size" Dora, Katie & Livi included. Juli seemed to like her and was excited to get her picture taken with Dora. Since the kids were afraid, Dora was beheaded and Karen was exposed until after cake.

Juli and Dora.

Livi would rather just stick to a Dora hat.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!!"

Ok so Livi didn't really say that, but it's what she meant! LOL

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Here are some pictures of our New Year's Eve:

Maddie, Kelly, Juli & Katie playing with Juli's new kitchen.
The grown-ups playing games in the dining room.

Joe playing 'Fact or Crap'.

James guarding his answer.

Chris' balancing act.

For a second, I thought Karen was giving me the finger!

Katie after a few too many... just kidding, I'm pretty sure they were John and Karen's!

Juli and Katie getting ready to go outside.

Awwww!

Chrissy's ready!

Will James make it???

C'mon, can we go yet?

Juli & Sandy.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!


On second thought, maybe this is too noisy!

Can we go to bed now?

Happy First Kiss of the new year!

Maddie taking pictures of Chris. He had to stay inside with a sleeping Liam.

Good times.

More pictures on Denise's blog.