Considering we are now parents to two littles and we have a 16 year old babysitter who doesn't normally stay past 11:00pm, we rang in the new year at home. It was such a wonderful end to 2012 with the hubs and our friend Josh (aka Slim) who cooked up a delicious shrimp, steak and cheesy bread dinner (can you tell boys created the menu sans anything green?) But hey, I was not complaining since I was out of the kitchen all night long!! Harper and I cuddled up on the couch watching Happy New Year's Charlie Brown and we had a sparkling cider toast and some FaceTime with the grandparents before she went to her last night of slumber for 2012. We then ate our dinner, drank a ginormous bottle of campaign between the three of us, played Wheel of Fortune on the PS3 and watched Ryan Seacrest's countdown to NYC's midnight (am I the only one who finds Carson Daily suuuuuuuper annoying & an awkard host?) . I surprisingly made it up until midnight with the help of cherry coke zero and lots of laughter from my husband and some ridiculous rapping he was making up, and a little You Tube. If you have not seen the ghost girl in the elevator video from Brazil, please do so now, FREAKING HILARIOUS! Mind you I would die if this ever happened to me.
New Years Day was pretty much spent in our pajamas tending to two incredibly sad sick babes. I was so thankful for the fact Josh was home and able to help out. I made an enormous pallet on the floor in our front room and allowed Harper to watch an ungodly amount of Dora the Explorer because it was the only thing that prevented constant meltdowns. My amazing husband got up and made us steak, egg and avocado breakfast tacos alongside mimosas (because every parent dealing with sad sick kids needs a little pick me up...right?) We also spent most of our day in the bathroom with the shower running on the hottest setting to create a steam room to help with the couching fits and congested noses that the littles were battling. By the way did you all know that you are NOT supposed to use Vick's Vaporub when you or your kids have a cough???? Apparently it causes irritation and makes their cough worse. Well I had been literally slathering it all over their chest, back and feet for days..whoops! However, if your child is 1 year or older and you are dealing with a troubling cough you can give them 1/2 to 1 tsp of honey as often as needed. It coats their throats and thins the mucus! I was unaware of this so I thought I would pass on the info =). Thank you to nurse Julie who called me last night after I was panicking that Pax had RSV again.
Today however is a much better day and the kids are finally eating and playing a little. I am excited for Paxton's one year check up tomorrow, minus the shots, to see where is is on his averages of weight, height & head size!
I am still kind of working on my so called 2013 resolutions. Really I am trying to set some goals for myself and the family that are realistic and not ridiculous. I can gladly say that for the first time in quite a while losing weight is not on my list (don't judge if you think I could lose a few lbs =)!) But lots of personal and photography goals are on my list! If I get around to it I'll share them in a few days.
I hope everyone had a beautiful beginning to 2013. We were lucky enough to start it off with a gorgeous snow that helped our quarantine not seem so bad! I am excited for another year of experiences with Josh and the littles. Yay for The Year of the Pluids!!!
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