January 1-6 in Pictures

I love these simple posts.  I can let the pictures speak for themselves and don't have to write much.  I think they capture our everyday life so perfectly.  Some are posed but many are just every day moments that I don't want to forget.

 

Playing with poker dice/chips on the first day of 2013.

 

Kinley discovered that she loved eating handfuls of buffalo chicken dip (and it was spicy)!

Celebrating New Years day (1/1/13).

I was back at work this day so Scott & Kinley had a fun day.  I was jealous that Kinley got to work from home in her pj's. 

The booty in the air sleeping position will never get old.

Scott gave Kinley her first bathtub mohawk one night.  Her hair is finally growing so I want to attempt a "Pebbles ponytail" sometime!

We still rear face Kinley in the car but decided to turn her around on the way back from Rock Island so she could watch a movie as a special treat.  This did not end well.  She just needed a nap but wouldn't give in so we had lots of fussing on the way home.

That weekend, I got to attend a bridal fair with my brother & fiance'.  I love doing stuff like this & was so happy that they asked me to tag along!  A local radio DJ was interviewing them in this pic, so fun!

  We love bathtime at the Tucker house!  Everyone always says that Kinley looks like Scott, I think I see it here.  What do you think?

New Years Eve 2012

We decided to host the NYE party this year for the simple fact that I'm pregnant and wanted to be able to go to bed whenever I wanted.  (I think you get a pass when it comes to being a brat when you're preggo so I use it when I can).

 

We had fun celebrating the last day of 2012 with our peanut.  I mentioned to Scott that I wanted Kinley to stay & hang out for a while before I took her to my parents & he looked confused.  He thought that all the kids were coming over to celebrate, too, and looked a little bummed that they weren't.  I mean, seriously, how would we have got 4 kids under 4 years old to go to sleep while the parents partied?  Yeah.right.  But it was still really sweet that he wanted them there.  (Brownie points for daddy!)

 

'Miss Thang' really wanted to wear her sassy leopard dress that night to go to G-ma & G-pa's!

We took advantage of my DIY photo booth before we left.  She's already working on her model poses...or trying to rip her bow out.  ;)

We had a couple close friends over to celebrate the new year with lots of food, drinks, and games.  How cute is this "shrimp boat" that Julie brought?!  I found out that Scott's parents bought it as a wedding gift so now I'm jealous that we don't have one!

The girls hung out in the dining room and played cards (ie:  whatever drinking games we could remember from college) while blasting music from our phones.  The guys watched football and gambled - always up for something new...not!

And because these were SO good...

 

After the other ladies had a few drinks, we took our turn in the "photo booth."  I found some printables on Groop Dealz and knew they'd be a hit at the party!  That also meant that I had to make some kind of backdrop (Party City to the resuce!)  Ashley & Julie were the first up:

Jill, Jules, & Becca

Cheese!

We had a little too much fun and for some reason the guys didn't want to join...

Happy New Year!

We missed the NYC countdown but made sure to get our smooches at midnight!

 

A few of the gentlemen finally humored us and posed for a picture.

 

I actually made it until 2am when the party started winding down - only about 4 hours past my bedtime!  Even though we missed our babydoll, we had such a fun adult night with our friends!  Cheers to a new year!

New Years Eve 2011

For New Years Eve we decided to go up to Scott's sister's house like we used to a few years ago.  They always host a fun party & have kids running around like crazy!  

We got up there Friday afternoon and decided to go to Cheli's for dinner & to watch the Blackhawks game.  It's a bar named after Chris Chelios, a former Blackhawk player.  It had a really fun sports bar atmosphere with lights & horns and everything - it sounded like you were at the game.  I was kind of nervous how Kinley was going to take the insanity but she did ok...until the horns started going off!  It was way loud & it scared the poor girl.  She got used to it after a while but I still felt bad especially since she was sleepy.  We also had the BEST fried asparagus ever. *mental note to get that every time we go up*

Cheesin' at Cheli's

We lounged around & had donuts and coffee the next morning which was a nice change of pace for everyone.  Then Kim, Sue, & I got ready to go shopping at the outlet mall nearby.  I knew when we pulled up  that I was in mommy mode as I said, "no, we don't need to go to Coach or any of my other normal places...let's go to Carter's, Children's Place, Gymboree, etc."  (I admit that I did squeeze my eyes closed as we walked passed Coach, ha!)

Our little diva on NYE!

Aidan had hockey practice that afternoon so after we were done shopping we swung by the rink to meet the rest of the gang & pick up Kinley.  We grabbed lunch from Portillo's on the way home & I was way impressed with that place.  They had workers outside in the cold waiting to take orders so your food would be ready when you finally got to the window.  This place was still crazy busy at 2:00 in the afternoon!

We went home and had a relaxing girls afternoon until I decided to shower.  While in the shower Sue knocked on the door and said they needed the bathtub because Kinley had a blowout!  She doesn't usually have them so I knew it needed immediate attention, haha.  I threw my hair in a towel & put some sweats on.  I didn't know what to do with this poor screaming child so I jumped in the tub with her!  I'm sure it was a sight to see!  I squated in the tub in my sweats & tried to clean her, too bad no one had their camera!

Lobster races!

Everyone arrived later that evening and it was time to snack and prepare for the lobsters!  This is the only time that we have lobster besides when we're in Florida so we were excited!  Tim put down newspaper so we could have lobster races.  None of those guys moved too quicky though so it was time to throw them in the pot.

Kinley is NOT a lobster fan...yet!

Then we feasted, enjoyed a few cocktails, and counted down until midnight.  Kinley was a super party girl and stayed up until 10pm, woah! haha.  At approximatly, 12:30 I went upstairs to bed.  Gone are the days of partying until the wee hours, especially if there's a bed that close!  We had so much fun and all the kids agreed that we should do this every year!

Even the kiddos got in on the lobster action!

2011 brought so much excitement that we can't wait to see what 2012 has in store!