December 31, 2012 - Last Day of My Blog...just kidding!

So today marks 366 blog posts for 2012.  What a fun project and a great memory of my time off and most of the Baby's first year.  I will look upon this year as challenging and fun.  I have learned a lot about myself and my perseverance.  When I really want to do something I find the time.  So I guess all that cleaning is just something I'd rather not do!  I spent lots of time this week working on my 'office'.  It is really just a corner of the basement with a thin door and the electrical panel inside.  But it gives me space to put my crafty things.  This year I am starting off with an organized room, and I am planning to get back to some of the things I like to do in it.  I know that I probably don't have time to get back to quilting (however fun that is), but I think I can get a few scrapbook pages done and some cards when the occasion arises.  If only the big kids will finish the basement and pick up all the little toys that are choking hazards for the Baby, then I could actually let the Baby play in the basement!

2013 will hopefully bring another blog-type challenge.  I would like to continue to keep the photos up, even if I don't post one of the baby every day!  I will definitely keep taking them.  The Samsung Galaxy SIII  has been a great purchase as a phone (obviously) but also as a camera.  I am able to have it everywhere with me and I can easily take and upload photos.  I would like to add that Dropbox has also been my friend since I obtained the phone.  It is really the easiest way to get my photos to the computer and then up on the blog.

I am still hunting for a great 2013 project or projects, I am not afraid of more than one thing to blog about!

I would like to try a photo a week in the same position to see how much he has changed over the year.  That would be kind of fun.

Now back to our family's New Year's Eve events.  Since the older kids have been not babies, we have let them stay up to midnight.  The last couple of years we have watched a movie and then watched the countdown on CityTV.  This year both kids were sick, I wasn't expecting them to stay up, but I know how much they look forward to the late bedtime.

They wanted to watch a movie, and there was nothing on TV, so we picked something from our collection.  While choosing a movie, I realized how much of a ratings gap we have with our movie library.  We have a ton of rated G movies that the kids like, but that me and the Husband would rather not see for the millionith time.  Then we have a lot of movies that are not at all child friendly, with ratings over PG13.  Often we will let them watch PG13 movies (especially if it is just violence and coarse language!).  So while looking for a movie, there were only three choices for new movies that the kids hadn't seen.

1. Charlies Angels (the one with Cameron Diaz)
2. Planet of the Apes (the one with Mark Walhburg)
3. Top Gun (the one with Tom Cruise...LOL!)

They immediately didn't want to watch Charlie's Angel's.  Not too sure why, I didn't push it.  We have tried to watch Top Gun when it was on TV, but they couldn't get into it.  So we watched Planet of the Apes. The Girl fell asleep quickly, but she felt so warm.  We ended up checking their fevers, and they were both in the mid to high 104's.  Scary temperature zone.  We gave them a dose of Advil and Tylenol, and then a cold shower.  We managed to get their temperatures below 102, so we felt a little better.  But I knew that we were going to end up and the walk in clinic the next morning.


When the countdown started, the Girl was in her bed fast asleep, and the Boy was somehow still awake (he like the Planet of the Apes!).  We said happy new year, and took him to bed.  I folded a few loads of laundry and was asleep before 2am.  The Husband was kid enough to feed the Baby at 12:30 am so I took the 3:30 am feed.  For 2013, I am hoping the nighttime feeds disappear!  Two or three times a night for the last while is very tiring!

Thank you for reading my blog this past year, I hope it has been at least a little entertaining for you.  Please stop by soon to see what I am doing this year (when I figure it out!).