For those of you who aren't interested in random highlights, I'll throw in some pics from Zoo Lights. To fill in the pictures: 1) If you go to Zoo Lights, wear lots of layers (we knew this, note the obnoxious hat I stole from Ray). 2) Parking by the museum to get into the Zoo isn't that bad, since it's a lot easier to get out from there (I think some of my relatives will understand this). 3) If you see a long line at one side of the pavilion and noone on the other side, perhaps that's not the line for tickets, but the line to get in. Somehow we ended up inside without anyone taking the tickets that were part of Laura and Brad's Christmas gift. 4) Giraffes are just goofy.
Now, 2012 in review, per some random meme I found with a few extras thrown in:
-Number of full nights of sleep: about 6 since mid-July
-Longest nap on record: 4 hours for E?
-Number of bottles washed/diapers changed: Few bottles, but if you estimate 7 diapers a day since T was born, it's about 1200. E had a few diapers at the beginning of the year, but that highly traumatic transition is now forgotten. Really.
-Number of baby teeth erupted: 0
-Number of date nights the new parents have had: 3, but all were afternoons
-Hours logged at park or playground: So many. Fortunately most were with our neighbors at our playground, which makes them vastly more fun
-Greatest consecutive number of steps taken: T: 0 E: 8 bajillion, while reenacting an in-progress football game
-Number of airline flights survived by parents: 3 with 2 in tow
-Boxes of Mac + Cheese prepared: 52 meals worth of Annies, which is probably about 75 boxes
-Teeth lost/tooth fairy visits: 0
-Shows the parents watched all of due to disrupted schedules: Dance Academy, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy (you can guess who watched what)
-Weirdest music video our children have been forced to dance to: Gagnum Style (or Tigh-ey Style) (no they haven't SEEN it, but a baby doing the horse-riding move cracks us up)
Number of time T has been somewhere E would never have been at this age just because we wanted to take E: many, oh so many (Yes, that's T sleeping in the stroller in 18 degree weather, inside his spacesuit and one of my coats.)
Number of children who lost their ability to ham for the camera this year: 1
Most significant event this year: The arrival of one TR, of course
Other significant event: E potty trained and went from "toddler" to "boy" sometime this year (sniff), E started swim lessons, we converted the mudroom and redid the family room floor, we built vegetable gardens... yeah, this year has been largely about survival
Speaking of survival: Again, giraffes are just weird (what else fills this niche elsewhere??). E is now in love with them because this one started stomping and the zookeeper said she was mad because she was put in timeout earlier. E sympathizes.
Anyway, it has been an interesting year, and I'm sure 2013 will be much more eventful overall (although Ray is hoping for less terrifying individual events)!
We hope you all have a wonderful new year!
