Happy New Year!

We would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! May it be filled with happy days, prosperous times and new memories to be cherished. We spent the evening at our friends Katie and Adam's house. They are the ones who have really helped us get started and find the right path toward foster parenting. They are great friends and good examples. Another nurse friend and her family were there so that made the grand total of children under the age of 3....wait for it....8!!! It wasn't as chaotic as you would think, it was a lot of fun (and picking up after they went to bed). At one point we had all 8 sitting on the couch and got a ton of pictures. Most in various stages of one child or another trying to get off the couch, poking another kid, or making some goofy face. After the kids all went to bed we popped the champagne and played some board games. It was fun, but it got even more fun when the gals figured out how to "help" each other win and the guys were never the wiser!! I couldn't hardly believe it when it was 2am and we were just loading up the car to head home. I can't remember the last time I was voluntarily up that late! Thankfully we were all able to catch some good naps today, and should get back to our normal life tomorrow. Jake's still only taken two steps at a time, and is preferring to crawl....(he must have some stubborn Arbuckle in him) I guess he's going to tell us when he's ready.