Ringing in the New Year

On New Year's Eve day, Brooke, Mom, Brayden, and I went shopping at the Leeds outlet mall. Brooke wanted to get Brayden some clothes for Christmas and I needed to pick up a few things too. They had a huge Christmas tree so we took a few pictures. :)

Brooke and Brayden

Mom and Brayden

For New Year's Eve, Tyler, Brayden, and I went out to eat with my mom and dad at Jim N Nicks. Of course, Brayden went to bed right when we got home, but Tyler and I planned to stay up and watch the ball drop. Since the ball drops at 12:00 eastern, we only had to make it until 11, but we crashed about 10:30.
On New Year's Day, it was so rainy and nasty outside. Brayden and I just hung around the house until about 2:30 and then he went over to my mom's so I could clean the house. I hadn't really cleaned since Christmas so it was a big job and there was no way it was getting done with Brayden here! For dinner, the three of us went over to Mom's to eat ham, black-eyed peas, and cornbread. Brooke came and brought her niece, Daniley, who is the cutest, funniest child you will ever meet! She is 2 and it was so much fun to watch her interact with Brayden. I already know that this is going to be such a great year watching Brayden turn 1 and continue to grow and develop. Hopefully 2011 will bring crawling, eating food cooperatively, walking, a first birthday party, and many more memories. I can't wait!