Ahhhh, the New Year!!! But first, it was T's birthday yesterday, YAY for being 5. I am having a hard time seeing my little guy, my baby, becoming a little boy. He is such a sweetheart. We celebrated by going to the zoo yesterday. We had such a good time. It was T, my nephew J and my mom and I. T took his new digital camera that he got for Christmas and took a ton of pictures. We walked all over the zoo and it was a beautiful day to be outside and running around. T had a great time and was so happy with his birthday suprise. We aren't having a party for him until we move, which we are doing this weekend.

Our house is a total disaster in the midst of packing everything up. Our Christmas stuff came down the day after Christmas so we could start packing. I am loving the house we are moving into and I can't wait til we are set up there. It has wooden floor and tile floors in all the common areas. It also has the pool in the backyard, and having the yard itself is a huge plus for T.

Our Christmas was good but very busy. F went and got his daughter and her sister (not F's child). The younger sister H is seven and that was really hard, and I doubt we will have her over again, at least not for Christmas. She only wanted to play with whatever T had in his hands at the time and was really loud and spent the whole visit lying. It was a lot to handle and took away from some of the joy I had at seeing T so very happy and having a good time (until his toy was snatched from his hands). We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's house. It was very busy with my whole family there but a lot of fun. Then we came home and opened presents here, we tell Santa he can visit us early, he has such a busy schedule, you know. We didn't do a lot Christmas day, we had stuffed pork and salad and mac n cheese for dinner, it was really good. T was so happy with his Christmas, we had really paired down how much we got this year as it seems like he is often overwhelmed with gifts and this year it was really perfect. He did get a Wii from my mom and that has been a huge success. I do reccomend this for anyone with younger children. I am sure it is good with bigger kids too as we have a good time with it but there are not many games really geared to the 5-7 crowd with the PS and Xbox games and the Wii really seems to be a good fit for that age range, at least with the games he got for his.

I will post some new pics soon of both our Christmas and T's birthday :)