Happy New Year

A few days before New Years we packed up and headed to the ranch. My sister and her family joined us there. Dylan was super excited to see his cousins and the moo cows. We had a great time and the boys (Craig and Steven) also got a lot of work done there. They hauled two loads of junk to Giddings and even made $200! I did not drive by but the old furniture from the ranch is suppose to be for sale at an antique store on main street in Giddings - too funny. On New Years Eve we did not make it until midnight but before the kids went to bed we did shoot off the fireworks Uncle Brandon had given Layla. Layla ran in the house to watch, I was holding Dylan and he was shaking from the noise and then started crying. Later he wanted to do them again but he kept telling Steven he was scared. Dylan and River are starting to play really well together and enjoyed pushing their trucks back and forth and also just running around yelling! Steven was sad we did not drink champagne on New Years Eve so him and my sister drank it for breakfast! I was too tired to indulge.

Around the time we went to the ranch Levi has stopped sleeping good at night. He now wakes up about 5 times instead of 2! This has been a difficult adjustment for me and I am still trying to figure out how to make him sleep better. We came home on New Years Day because Steven's mom, Joe and Bryan were flying in. I made our traditional New Years dinner and we had a nice celebration with them. Dylan really enjoyed seeing Unlce Bryan again and even let Bryan read books to him before bed.

We are looking forward to 2010 and Steven and I made the resolution to move to a safer, more kid friendly neighborhood and bigger house this year! Yeah!