Pop, Fizz, Clink...New Year's Eve.

Because I know your January wouldn't be complete without

a little New Year's Eve recap...here we go! 

 

I mean, we did more than just SnapChat...

we actually left the house too. We took our party of three 

down to my friend Lynn's house.  Things you should 

know about Lynn include: 1.) I've known her for 

more than half my life now because we became friends 

in high school! 2.)  She has two boys - one is just a tad

older than Max and the other just turned four months old

3.) She's married to Tom 4.) She bought "2017" glasses

for the party just because she knows I love them. 

That's true friendship guys. 5.) She's quick with a text and 

email and remembers Rob and I's anniversary. 

Awhile back I had emailed her an article about

the "un-dinner party" - which essentially means

to embrace the mess of your house/life/work situation

and still be open to inviting people over. 

I'm always hesitant to invite friends over because

my toilets might not be clean, or what will I cook

(it's cool if I just heat up a frozen pizza, right?), or 

maybe Max will decide he doesn't want to share or 

whatever, whatever. But - this article states that you 

should push past all that because your true friends 

don't care and the end result is just a fun time. 

Lynn and I both agreed we should try to make

"un-dinner parties" happen more often ...and so, 

I was delighted to receive her text with an 

invitation to hang out on New Year's Eve! 

Max was his usual shy self at first, but before

long - him and Will were running all over the place! 

I brought balloons - which were a hit for quite some

time and then they eventually moved on to party 

hats and blowers!  Even Jacob got into the fun

with his ever so stylish tiny top hat. What a good sport! 

 

There were snacks, dinner (pizza!), sparkling

juice, brownies, and even Christmas popcorn!
Max hit that juice pretty hard before the night was over. 

Will was a great hostess - inviting us up to his
attic play room...and even into his bedroom
so him and Max could pretend their was
a "monster" and run out!

The boys also indulged in a lights out dance party...

complete with glow stick bracelets turned necklaces. 

DJ Tom spun tunes from his trusty I-phone and 

admittedly, the playlist was pretty lit. There was

"everything is awesome", "happy", some Taylor

Swift, and even Shakira! 

A tiny pause in this tale to bring you this picture

of my handsome husband and Baby Jacob (Max 

called him this all night). Jacob was such a great 

sport all night...not even phased by the crazy boys

running around him, the rave in his living room, or  

the tiny top hat!  Max ran over several times

during the dance party to say "hi, baby Jacob

and give him a soft pat". It was so cute!!  

Netflix did us a solid and had the King Julian kiddie

countdown (for the second year in a row!) And, when 

it became clear that the party had run it's course

(cue: meltdown over glow sticks from my child) - we 

programmed that bad boy, got the jammies on, 

 and had ourselves a countdown at 9:00 PM :) 

I feel so fortunate that one of my nearest

and dearest friends lives right here in Columbus...

and with a little guy so close in age to my own. 

Dotson family - we love you so much...

can't wait to adventure more with you in 2017!!

Happy New Year!

xoxo