A Little R and R: New Year's Day

New Year's Eve was very uneventful for me and David. In years past mom would watch Reese and David and I would go to a party or hang with friends. Heck, last year we were in Europe ringing in the new year in Dublin. This year was very different! Reese and I toasted with our "champagne" at around 9 and I believe I was in bed by 10:30. David told me he was busy watching House Hunters and didn't even really realize that midnight had come. Oh, how things change in a year!

Every year we have New Year's lunch with my family complete with hog jowls, greens, black eyed peas, etc. Christie was in town so she and Avery were able to join us at Aunt Linda & Uncle Ernie's house. Once again Brian was a lifesaver and he allowed Reese to bug him half to death. :-)

Rowie has gotten so big and has the biggest cheeks!

I couldn't believe that Uncle Rod let me take a picture of him. I guess he's getting soft in his old age. Reese noticed he was wearing camos and asked him if he was a soldier. :-)

Uncle Rod with his great nieces and nephew. Shelby and Abbie are the only ones missing. Rowie is the only one that listened to me when I said look at the camera. I hope this means she'll listen to me more than Reese does.

I just love this picture of Avery. Reese tries so hard to pick him up but he weighs a ton!

Aunt Linda and Avery

Brian reminds me of Uncle Rod when I was young. Uncle Rod used to let us climb all over him and would wrestle with us. Brian does the same with Reese. Reese just absolutely adores Brian's wife Yvonne. She normally goes running to her when she sees her.

After we had lunch Christie and I took Avery and Rowan to see Nanny. She wanted to hold Avery a lot but was concerned about holding Rowie because she is so little. I love this picture because Nanny is actually smiling!