I love you mom, sooo much!

You know your doing something right when out of the blue your child comes up and says this to you. Best feeling ever! New Year status as of today: Happy!

When do we get to bang pots and pans?

Poor little Avery was so excited on New Year's Eve to stay up late and make lots of noise. We had it all planned out. We would order pizza out, watch movies all night and then right before midnight we would go out front with our party poppers and pots and pans to meet the neighbors for a night full of noise. The night progressed as planned until 11:31 pm when Avery fell asleep. I tried and tried to wake her, but she was out like a light. Needless to say, the next morning - New Years day her first question was none other than......