The Beginning

My sweet Anna Kate & Drew,
    As part of my New Year's resolution, I have committed to blogging.  You change daily and do so many funny things, I wanted a way to keep track.  My hope is that at the end of the year, this will be a nice scrapbook of your life and a way to look back and remember all of the cuteness.
    So.... onto the excitement.
    You rang in the New Year with your DotDot and Grandaddy. You also spent your first night away from home without me.  DotDot and Grandaddy said you were very good and slept well, although, I think you wore them out.  I sure was happy to see you when I got to you this morning and I think you were happy to see me too.  Aunt Ashley came over to play too.  After lunch, we went to the mall to get some new shoes. You are always excited to "go bye-bye".  All we have to do is say those magic words and you will go get your car seats and try to get in them.  You had a good time at the mall.  Anna Kate kept trying to escape the shoe store to see what other fun there was to be had.  After the mall and dinner at DotDot and Grandaddy's we came home.  Daddy & Uncle Aaron were here.  You played with them for a while and topped the evening off with a steamy bath (you both have runny noses. You are always so nice to share things like that with each other).  In your world, 2012 could not have begun any better way.  It was full of the people you love, you got to go to the mall, and you got to have a bath.  I know this year will be the best one yet and that by the end, you will have changed so much. 
Happy New Year! I love you more than you'll ever know and can't wait to see what this year has in store.
Mommy

 Drew wasn't so sure about having his foot measured at the shoe store.

 But he was very interested in Anna Kate's foot being measured!

 We started to get a little wild so back to the stroller for MumMums and juice.  As long as we have juice and MumMums on an outing, we are good.  But we must make our way to the car if we start running low on those staples.

DotDot had these red rain boots that were Aunt Ashley's and mine when we were little.  They were sent to her when Ashley was born by a friend whose parents owned a general store.  She thinks they are probably 40-50 years old.  Drew and Anna Kate fought over who got to wear them.