Ringing in the New Year!

This post begins the chronicles of our New Years 2009 Road Trip.

We spent our New Years Eve, Day and the 2nd of Jan in Oklahoma City with my dad and his wife Liz. We had a great time!! On New Years Eve, they treated us to an NBA game (The OKC Thunder vs the Golden State Warriors). And...THEY WON!!! We had an awesome time at the game, D was excited by all the hollering and dancing, ESPECIALLY the cheerleaders. He was quite enthralled.

There's a company in OKC called Devon. And so I tried to get pics of every reference of it...lol (Pssstt...if you don't know...D stands for Devon. "duhVAWN", not "DEV-in".)

At the game, we had fantastic seats!! 8th row from the floor, I think? My dad is the one peeking around me...lol

Warm up for the Thunder...

Bout to hear the National Anthem

The monkey that Liz got for D

Lets get this party started!!!

This pic isn't really about the players...look at D's name in the background...lol

Yup, we were in OKC...

Lots of balloons to distract the shooters...

Ohmuhgoodness, D was SO enthralled..."were are my girls at? are my girls gonna come dance more??" was ALL we heard.

This is D watching "his girls"

Its the "Devon Dunk of the Day"...yes I'ma dork...

Monkey enjoyed the game too

D and Liz share a quiet moment

And then get LOUD! lol

Yup theres his name again...

And again...

This sweet cheerleader agreed to a pic with her adoring fan...the little P.I.M.P.

Tried to get some pics of players...

And this one wasn't quite intentional, but I liked it anyway! lol

Huddled...*sigh*

Liz, D and I...

D's yelling "deeeeyyyyy-o!"

Come onnnnnn...win it! And...they did!! Everyone kept saying D was the good luck charm of the night...hehehe

After the game, we spotted some policemen with their motorcycles...they were obliging for a photop...

And LOOK! D's very own sign...

My dad and I watching the ball go up as it's about to hit midnight...immediately after this, the fireworks went off and D dived off his shoulders...lol po baby, it startled him..

The next day, D helped Liz in the yard some...

Poor Molly had to wait inside for us...

Snatching up some leaves...

In his big yellow gloves...hehehe

Getting some more dead plants out...

And finally, gettin to check out my dad's police car...

D's big Christmas gift

I do believe he likes it!!! And I'd like it duly noted that the manual said it takes two people to lace the dang thing, but I did it ALL BY MYSELF. WOOHOO!!!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!! D and I had a fun-filled day. We started the day off with him waking up to put on his new jammies!! Then we headed to my aunts house for presents and a yummy brunch of sausage casserole and sweet rolls, where we all stuffed ourselves. Mmmmmm. Even D, who is usually too excited at events like this to eat much, scarfed down some serious grub!

After some present fun, D played a bit and then we headed home. Yeah, D fell asleep on the way and another 2 hours at home!!! I was quite happy about that because I got to set up my new...Wii!!! Woohoo!!! After he woke up and we played with his new toys a bit, we joined our friends Miss Beth and her family for a delicious dinner at Humperdinks. They had a Christmas Feast going, and kids 5 and under got a HUGE plate of food for FREE! Turkey, dressing, mashed tatoes, ALL of that, PLUS pumpkin pie! I think D thought he had gone to Heaven today. Then we hung out at Beths house afterward (well, D slept on the couch) for some girl time. It was a really great Christmas, especially not having to be just the two of us this evening. Thanks for the invite, Beth!

Here's pics of our day...

D and his new foldout sofa

Posin with his new puppy (who he is convinced is a BEAR, not a puppy)

More loot

Awwww, D happily obliging to give Grandma kisses

These 4 animals were quite a hit with D! Although it pissed him off that the zebra would not stand up straight...lol

D got a bike! Uhhh D? That thing goes outside...

There ya go, much better...except he's stuck in the alley. We discovered that alleyways and training wheels do NOT mix, D took two tumbles off the bike and decided he was through with it for the day.

This set of aquatic animals was probably the hit of the day...

Oh no! Uncle Chris got him with a shark!

Christmas Eve 2008

Christmas Eve was at my aunts in Arlington this year. D had a great time playing outside, we ate some yummy food, and then my cousins, brother, and I headed to the park before there was present opening. The majority of our presents are opened on Christmas Morning, but D LOVED the sticker book that he got. I think we all ended up with stickers on us.

When I picked D up from daycare, they had made Gingerbread Houses.

D gets nabbed by Uncle Chris outside at my aunts

Showing off the hole in the tree...lol

Such a cute boy...

"Gotcha, D!" - Eric and D play Catch Me if You Can

A family picture...

A smaller family picture

We went down to a park by the lake for some more outdoor time.

And some swinging fun...

Some of the cousins played Bocce. (spelling?)

D had to tackle Josh to wake him up for present time.

The loot

Erin and Lance

My bro, Chris, and Jonathan

Kate and Eric

My aunts, Donna and Carol

Josh

Kyle and Kristy open more stuff while their dog looks on from outside

My uncle Mike, and no I don't think thats his Juicy bag.

D's new sticker book was a BIG hit

He didn't quite "get" the bowling, they ended up using those to beat on each other...good times...

After we get home, D always gets to open up his new jammies for Christmas morning. Its Mickey pjs!!!