NYE 2013

We had an exciting New Years Eve this year!

We began our morning with Elliot have surgery. He had his adenoids removed and was a champ! His surgery was at 10am and he was ready to party by 5:30pm after a long afternoon nap. He recovered so quickly from the surgery- hardly any pain medication was needed at all AND the best part is the surgery seems to have really helped him. He has had an incredibly stuffy nose, been a loud mouth breather and drooler, and has had lots of nasal infections. The surgery seems to have relieved much of those problems and was $0 because we had met our deductible and out-of-pocket maximum for the year!

Here he is hanging in the waiting room-

Here he is in his cute little gown, ready to go back-

He ate lunch and took a very long nap when we got home. After his nap we met up with our neighbors for some NYE fun! We had a progressive dinner followed by lots of kid friendly fireworks.

Bundled up and ready to go!

Crazy kids doing Just Dance!

Elliot LOVED the fireworks! This was the first time he had ever seen them- he went to bed early on the 4th of July.

 Annalise was pretty cold and miserable when we were doing the fireworks. She said it was NOT fun.

2013 was a great year for us! We had 2 sets of stitches and one set of staples for Elliot, superglue for Annalise, adenoid surgery and finger surgery for Elliot, a trip to the ER for Noah because he couldn't breathe, surgery and an upper GI for me, a family trip to Florida to see Jon's family, a trip to Montana with wonderful friends for Jon and I, a family trip to Pine Cove, a trip to the beach for Jon and I alone, an incredible year with our Community group, starting kindergarten for Annalise, starting Pre-K for Noah, and starting preschool for Elliot, lots of fun time with our families, and TONS of laughs and fun with our kiddos!

We are looking forward to another wonderful year where we know God will continue to make His name great in our hearts, our neighborhood and our great city.