Happy New Year!!!!!

For the start of 2011, I have made some new year's resolutions and I hope that I can follow through with it.  I plan on blogging more often and update you all on Gavin's new milestones and growth, hit the gym again, reflect on my past mistakes and make a better person of myself going forward, and being a little more organized.  So here's to the start of one of my resolutions... My first blog of the new year ;)

I can't remember how old I was when I last hung out with my family on New Year's Eve.  Maybe high school?  Anyhoot, Gavin was sick and Greg and I wanted to be with family for Gavin's first New Year celebration.  For the past few years, Greg's mom has been alone on the Eve due to Greg's dad working his 2nd job at the Hilton.  What better way to celebrate this momentous occasion than with our parents and our little sunshine?

My mom cooked up a feast for sure!  It was just us 5, my mom and stepdad (Mike), Greg, Greg's mom, myself and baby Gavin.  We had whole steamed crabs, baked potatoes, pancit, honey baked ham, steak, rice, bibingka, and tiramisu.  Boy, were we stuffed!

It was a pretty low-key celebration.  We just hung out, watched Salt, and then the countdown.  We watched Gavin play in his portable crib.  I can't believe how fast he's growing.  He's now at the tail-end of 9 months and he talks up a storm, laughs non-stop, crawls, stands, pulls up, and can walk while holding onto things.  He has 8 teeth, a lot of hair, and his feet look like little boy feet. *sigh*  Slow down Gavin!  Watching both grandmas play with him brings me so much joy.  It's true what they say about babies being little blessings.  Gavin is one happy baby!  Greg and I are so fortunate and blessed to have this healthy, happy boy.  What a year 2010 was.

So for New Year's day, Greg and I went to Ikea and bought a bunch of stuff to organize our crazy little condo.  Over the past year, we have become bombarded with baby toys, cribs, bouncers, etc.  On top of that, Greg is a pack rat so we needed help with organization.  We bought shelves and rearranged our room.  I must say that shelves made our room look so much bigger.  Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Hopefully, by the end of this week, we'll have the rest of the shelves up and Greg will organize his clothes and we'll pack away Gavin's clothes that he's outgrown (sigh).  We also need to put the rest of the Xmas stuff away.  2011, please be good to us!  So far, it looks like we're headed in the right direction.  Happy New Year everyone!