Our new year celebration

For the last four years I'd say, we rang in the new year by staying home and enjoying each other's company..some years we watched the ball drop and others we watched movies or when we waited for 2010 to arrive I made our wedding favors! (I'm fully aware of how big of party animals we are!)

This year we did non other than stay in. It dawned on me as I was doing my friend's hair for her night on the town, I want to spend all our new year celebrations at home with our kids and who ever else would like to join us. Why? Because I never want to not be able to kiss my children at midnight and wish them a Happy New Year!

So our evening went as such.. The day was like any other, we both had a full days work and once I got home I did my friend's hair. My husband got home and I gave him his early anniversary gift (more on that later) we decided to get take out (Mexican) for dinner. Nicolas was a little rambunctious so I decided to go get the food instead of sending my husband and took Nicolas with me. We got back and my mom and brother came over. We ate, hung out and watched some good old TV. After a while my family left and it was just us. We put Nicolas to bed around 9:30pm and Raegan followed about a half hour later. Ryan and I started to watch a movie that was playing on TV and when I came back from the kitchen after getting a glass of wine, my husband was fast asleep! I could believe it because for us it was a regular day, we worked and went about our normal weekday routine. 10:30pm hits and we become zombies pretty much. I watched the movie for a bit (you know to drink my glass of wine I had just poured) and once I was finished we turned everything off and went to lay in bed. My husband fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow like every other night. I started watching Friends because I really did want to stay up until midnight so I could wake him up and kiss him. I drifted off to sleep and was woken up by fireworks going off, I checked my phone and it was 12:05am. I woke up my husband and we shared yet another New Years kiss. Then I got up to kiss my kids and whisper happy new year to them although they were happily dreaming. As I laid back in bed my heart was happy to start off this year with my absolute favorite people in the whole world!