We spent a quiet New Year's Eve at home this year. My in-laws came over and we feasted on a bunch of appetizers, the guys had mojitos and the gals had mudslides. Kileigh went to bed early and we watched the Jeff Dunham Christmas special and fell asleep on the couch. We woke up just before the countdown to midnight in New York and watched the ball drop on tv. We decided we need to play a game in order to make it till midnight. We played a few rounds of racko and then toasted the New Year and then turned in for the night. Kevin had to go back to work Friday at 3am, so he didn't get much sleep. New Year's Day was a pretty lazy day. We had breakfast and coffee. My mom arrived around 11:30 and shortly after that Kevin got home from work. I put Kileigh down for a nap and my in-laws left. Kevin dozed off and when Kileigh woke up, we left and went to the mall. We did a little shopping at Sears and JC Penney, got some coffee from Gloria Jeans, went to Kohls and then went home to be greated by wonderful smells that Kevin was cooking up in the kitchen. He made us shrimp scampi and garlic bread. It was delicious!
Saturday my mom and I took Kileigh to the Illinois basketball game at the United Center. We ended up being up at the very top, which worked out great because there were concessions right behind our seats and a big area for Kileigh to walk around. We got a big pizza to split before the game and left Kileigh walk off some energy. Kileigh was wearing an Illini cheerleading outfit and looked absolutely adorable. Everyone kept commenting on how cute she was. She did pretty well during the game and would clap her hands to cheer. My mom took her for a walk at half-time. Towards the end of the 2nd half, she finally fell asleep. Poor thing was tired and is teething and seems to be having a bit of a rough time with it. Unfortunately they lost in OT, but it was a good game. We let the stands clear out and then met up with my parent's friends after the game and chatted with them until we were told to leave. They had a Bulls game to get ready for that evening, so we took off for the car. Luckily we didn't have to walk too far since it was brutally cold out. By the time we got to the car and got Kileigh strapped in, the parking lot was pretty cleaned out which made it easy to leave.
We drove to my in-laws house after the game because my brother-in-law was in town and we hadn't exchanged presents yet. Kevin's grandma and a few aunts and uncles came by as well. We opened presents before dinner. Brendan got Kileigh an ASU cheerleading outfit and we got some blu ray dvds.
Yesterday we went to church and relaxed the rest of the day. We watched the Bears game and I returned the dogs that we were sitting for.
Today was my first day back at work after having two weeks off.
Plans for this week:
Tuesday night: Biggest Loser
Wednesday night: Duke Game
Friday night: Game night
Saturday: Road trip to Iowa
Sunday: Beth's Ann graduation party
Have a good week everyone!
Beth
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