Happy New Year!!

Hello, 2011! 

I hope as you are reading this you've had a wonderful holiday - a Christ-filled Christmas and are enjoying this New Year's Day. As for us, we all went to bed last night, and as we did last year, woke up Mark at 11:55 so we could all watch the ball drop on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (with Ryan Seacrest). Coincidentally, both twins awoke around the same time and so we all laid in bed together watching New York's ball drop on one side of the screen and Raleigh's acorn drop on the other.

We really enjoyed our Christmas this year. Brett was allowed to come home on Christmas Eve, which was truly a wonderful blessing. Most of all because he did not end up have to have a surgical procedure which could keep him in the hospital for weeks. Grandpa (Rob's dad) came on Christmas Day and spent the weekend with us, returning home on Monday. Pop and GG (my parents) came Thursday and spent all the way until Christmas with us. They had planned to stay until the day after, but had to leave early because the weather prediction was snow overnight. They didn't want to risk getting stuck in Raleigh or driving 300 miles in even more hazardous conditions. Consequenty, they did make it home safely. Although it didn't start snowing until around 9 pm, Raleigh did have its first "White Christmas" in 63 years!

We planned to spend tonight at the Carolina Hurricanes game. I'm very ready to get back to our normal daily life. Being in the hospital the days leading up to Christmas meant a lot of disruption in our routine. Holidays, while fun, can be a lot of extra work, especially with school out of session. Christmas photos will be up soon!