Happy New Year!

Wow, is it really 2009? We have just completed the last Christmas and New Year with Raegan as an only child. She's gotten a lot of attention this year from family, especially Tony and I (you're thinking, obviously - take a look at these blog posts)! Part of me is sad that she will be sharing 2009 and the rest of her life with a sibling, but the rest of me is excited for her to experience the joy that comes from having a brother. Being a big sister is a privilege that I'm very happy Raegan will be blessed with. I wonder if she'll get the bossy-big-sister-trait from her mommy?

We've decided it's time to make some big decisions to start out the new year, and the first one is to take our house off the market. The sign will be coming down tomorrow, and thus will end Tony's obsession with keeping our house perfect every minute of the day on the off-chance that someone wants to look at it (phew!). I must say that Tony did a GREAT job preparing our house to be sold, and I'm proud of how it looks and how organized we are now. I don't think it was time wasted, since we still plan to move in the near future. For now, I am thrilled to be having our 2nd child in Vinings Place, where many of my good friends are having their 2nd children around the same time. I think the support from our neighbors will be something we would have really missed if we had moved.

Now we're on to baby furniture, decorating the nursery, deciding if we need a minivan (yes, I said it. We might end up with one, but it will be driven by Tony more than me).

Here is a re-cap of our New Year's festivities. Tony's brother and his family (Jason, Mina, Thomas, and Ava) spent New Year's Eve with us. We ate the trad'l black-eyed peas and greens (thanks to Mina!) along with a bunch of other food. Then the kids got ready for bed, and we rang in the New Year with them a little early (around 9pm). After that, the parents enjoyed a card game and rang in the New Year with Dick Clark. I hope we can make this a tradition for our families - I had a lot of fun!





Raegan is learning to wink (sort of), and Tony took these pictures during breakfast one morning.





Lastly, I went out on Friday night with my college friends to celebrate Huong's birthday. We went to Straits, a new restaurant co-owned by Ludacris. The food was very good. I now know not to sit sideways for pictures, especially not while pregnant!