So its January 31st…. its officially been 2014 for a month and I just realized I have not done ANY blog posts yet this year!
I have my reasons. For starters January is a horrible month. Its depressing. Its cold. There isn’t anything fun going on or anything to look forward to. Its hard to make any kind of plans because you never know what the weather is going to do. Bottom line – January is incredibly boring. But there are a few things we have done in the last month that are worth recapping. I have only taken a few pictures the whole month, so if I have a picture to accompany my story I will add it! Here we go:
1. New Years Eve:
That afternoon we went to visit my friend Sammy and her family. We wanted to see their new house and since we all have kids and Sammy is pregnant none of us were going out so we had a quiet evening in. Sammy and I thought it was hilarious that we dressed our girls in the same shirts that day! We stayed there until about 9:00 then we went home. Lyla and I went to bed and Gary watched the ball drop on his own. I told you – January just stinks.
2. Burge Holiday Party:
Our party wasn’t so much of a “party” this year, I would call it more of a “get together”. We still had a lot of fun though! Amanda, Justin and Becca came down. Ashley and Jeremy drove up. And our neighbors came over. I made some fun new appetizers. We ate. We drank. We all had a nice night.
3. Lyla’s First Movie:
Gary and I took Lyla to see her first movie at a movie theater. We went to see Frozen. It was fun. Lyla was a perfect angel and just sat and took in the whole thing. It was a cute movie, I think Gary liked it the most out of the 3 of us! He is still talking about it! He downloaded the soundtrack for Lyla (himself) so the two of them are constantly singing Frozen songs!
4. Lyla’s First Slumber Party:
Lyla got to have her first friend sleepover. Her and Becca are so cute together! They really just adore each other. I hope they stay friends for a very long time! I camped out with the two of them in the living room. They stayed up until 11:30 when they both got in trouble and FINALLY went to sleep, only to wake back up at 5:30 in the morning! Oh well, we all survived and the girls had fun, that’s all that matters!
5. Amanda Had Her Baby:
In a very bittersweet coincidence, Amanda went in to labor this past Sunday and gave birth to a healthy baby girl – Angela Joy. Sunday was also the one year anniversary of losing Cassie. Its very strange how the world works sometimes. But we are all so happy that Angie is here now! I have not got to meet her yet. Lyla has, so I’m a bit jealous of that! J We are going to their house tonight to take them dinner and spend some time with the newest addition to their great family!
So those are the highlights – I’m going to just refuse to talk about the “polar vortex” that hung on for 2 weeks and I’m not going to mention all the snow/ice/slush/crap crap crap all over the place outside. And I wouldn’t dream of bringing up how terrified I am to get our gas bill……
Happy 2014!
