Noon Year's Eve

It's funny how much has changed in five years! Daniel and I were married on December 31st of 2006. In five short years we have moved four times, owned two homes, had two kids, and tolerated two stinky dogs.  Also, in those five short years we have celebrated New Year's Eve/our anniversary in many different ways. 

2007--Friends Jonathan and Trista were married on the 29th and we watched Auburn football with friends that were still in town for the wedding.

2008--we were celebrating with our 9 day old Hannah and cheered her arrival with our nephew Hunter (who stayed up for the first time-age 9 years) and his mother with apple juice. 

2009--hung out with our friends the Burkes and were attacked by a stomach virus 2 days later

2010--went to Delray Beach and ate pizza at Mellow Mushroom

And this year we celebrate Noon Year's Eve at Downtown at the Gardens with our friends the Hollands (Hans, Lauren--pregnant with Elizabeth, and Alexandra--age 3 years). Downtown at the Gardens is a local outdoor mall that caters to the younger crowd with lots of kid boutiques, maternity stores, pottery stores for kids to make keepsakes and other such things. They also have lots of restaurants that are kid-friendly and a carousel in the middle. On the last Wednesday of the month, as well as special events (like Noon Year's Eve), the carousel is free. Fruitopia (yogurt place) gave out apple juice in special glasses and A Latte Fun (kids' playground company) made special crowns and tiaras for the event. 

You might see Gryffyn holding a wooden spoon in the pictures. The Hollands gave us a wooden spoon with a pretty ribbon on it to congratulate us on our five years of marriage. Five years is the year of wood. 

 Gryffyn has started playing with baby dolls more and wanting to put them in their cribs. Here is she giving Eeyore that special attention only a mother can!

 New Year's Eve at 7:30 central Auburn played Virginia. After the girls got dressed in their Auburn attire, we went to Uncle Princess Bacon's house to watch the game with him and his dad.

 The girls were very entertained by Winnie the Pooh movie on our laptop while we watched the game.

 Hannah was her adorable self crawling into the tunnel we set up in the front room and read a book that evening (trying to hide from bedtime).