Toot 2 a Happy New Year 2016!

2016 will be a year of great adventures!
But before we end an amazing year, I wanted to thank the sweet friends for wonderful celebrations for our final days of 2015.

On NYE we gathered for dinner with two sweet couples from our ABF, the Ogles and the Hanks'. I loved watching the sweet babes play together as we wrapped up 2015 and celebrated the upcoming year. With sweet friends, sweet treats, adorable babes, and an early NYE (counted down NYE at 7PM), we had a wonderful evening of celebration and fun.

When we returned home, I put the babe in bed and enjoyed a glass of sparkling grape juice. Ray and I rang in the New Year together but I quickly faded after midnight. Just so happy and thankful for our year together. It definitely had its ups, its downs, and everywhere in between. I'm reminded and humbled for the memories made and those to come in this brand new year.

The next day, we met with our college crew for a New Years Day celebration and play date. Thank you to our Fant friends for hosting our afternoon together. It was filled with a delicious lunch, play date, Bean Boozled Christmas gift card exchange, and time spent together with sweet friends who are more like family. While the kids played, the adults gathered for a great afternoon of conversation and bean boozled fun! From jelly beans that had the ability to taste like skunk smell, toothpaste, grass clippings, barf, and more, this game surely held a lot of fun and some pretty sour faces. This may have been the best gift exchange yet!

Thank you to our sweet friends and to our final days of 2015. We are so thankful for the sweet memories made with great friends and littles. I look forward to seeing what next year will hold for these great groups.

Auby, my HEART!

 {"Mommy, I silly!" Morning play before school}

This silly, little munchkin has my heart. From shy to loud, to cuddly to running around the room shouting, "I got my mama and daddy" while giving Mattie the sweetest little hugs, you are a constant source of entertainment. This winter break, while mommy struggled a bit with baby boy, I have to say my time spent with the hubby and little was so memorable and fun. While daddy was at work, mommy and Auby enjoyed some fun time together. I definitely want to capture these little moments just the two of us before our new adventure begins in just a few short months.

 While on Christmas break, Auby and I enjoyed a mommy and me play date at Play Street Museum. While it was a bit on the full side and we did have to wait half an hour before entering the play area, it was so worth it. I loved Aubrey calling my name as she made me a yummy hot sauce ice cream sundae without cherries in the dinner, drive the Frisco school bus, had me help her get a pup ready for walking, and played with letters in the school house. It was fun to watch her speed past all the stores with her grocery cart that was full of wooden pickle jars and wooden fruit. I love her sweet little independence and huge smile on her face. Plus after a Subway lunch and a quick cup of milk, you were out like a light and so was mommy.

 These little hands I could truly hold for a lifetime. 

"I love you for always. My baby you'll be."

To my little girl. Thank you for making me a mama. For showing me that the simplest of moments can be the best. That life can never be boring spent along side you. You make each day magical. And while being a parent has its challenges and struggles as does being a toddler, I couldn't be more thankful for you!