For us New Year's Eve is more than just the welcoming of the new year, it is also Great-Grandma's birthday! So we started our festivities by eating dinner at Buca di Beppo's with the whole fam. Which of course means Joaquin got to kick up some ruckus with his beloved Uncle Bryan. Here they are as hoodie buddies. 
Bless that man, he's so good at entertaining Joaquin. After that we started a late evening with the Carrolls who were still in town (albeit it just barely). Here Kara and I are looking 'lovely' in our fabulous headbands. When I think of the number of New Years I've rung in with that girl. She totally kicks Daniel's butt in that arena (although obviously New Years with him are special for different reasons). We were only going to s
tay until we couldn't stand the kiddos anymore, but once we started the Curious George going they were little angels. There's some magic about toddlers where they know when it's past bedtime and that they must be charming or be put away. Really, for a good time with your tot, keep them up about a half hour past bedtime. So we stayed and stayed up until midnight.
Here's Daniel breaking out the champagne and channeling his inner KISS persona. I think he was attempting to imply that we were wildly partying, although That's only slightly ironic as we aren't really that much of party-ers and so drinking champagne with friends might count as it for us.
Here's the six of us at actual midnight. (Shiloh is represented only by his thumb and the children by eyes.) We look a little bleary, but we made it!. And here's Allie and Joaquin embracing and kissing at midnight (It looks a little blurry b/c Joaquin was moving out from pecking her on the cheek). Hey, all the adults were doing it. It's actually quite fitting as their tempestous relationship has been much more amicable this Christmas season. Let's look forward to peaceful relations in 2011.
Bless that man, he's so good at entertaining Joaquin. After that we started a late evening with the Carrolls who were still in town (albeit it just barely). Here Kara and I are looking 'lovely' in our fabulous headbands. When I think of the number of New Years I've rung in with that girl. She totally kicks Daniel's butt in that arena (although obviously New Years with him are special for different reasons). We were only going to s
tay until we couldn't stand the kiddos anymore, but once we started the Curious George going they were little angels. There's some magic about toddlers where they know when it's past bedtime and that they must be charming or be put away. Really, for a good time with your tot, keep them up about a half hour past bedtime. So we stayed and stayed up until midnight.
Here's Daniel breaking out the champagne and channeling his inner KISS persona. I think he was attempting to imply that we were wildly partying, although That's only slightly ironic as we aren't really that much of party-ers and so drinking champagne with friends might count as it for us.
Here's the six of us at actual midnight. (Shiloh is represented only by his thumb and the children by eyes.) We look a little bleary, but we made it!. And here's Allie and Joaquin embracing and kissing at midnight (It looks a little blurry b/c Joaquin was moving out from pecking her on the cheek). Hey, all the adults were doing it. It's actually quite fitting as their tempestous relationship has been much more amicable this Christmas season. Let's look forward to peaceful relations in 2011.
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