Happy New Year!!

Goodbye 2008!!!! Wow. This was a hard year for us and we are glad to see it go. We look forward to a fresh start in 2009. Cian has been very interested in "the years" lately. He has been wanting to know when it was going to be 2009 for about a month. I am sure they have been talking about it at school. He has been asking questions like, "What happened in 2005?" or "When will it be 2010?". It has been fun to answer his little questions with the events that have happened before. This year as with all the years prior, Cian has not been able to stay awake for New Years. I was going to let him if he wanted to, but at 8:30 he asked if it was bed time yet. He usually goes to bed at 7:00 so it was already late for him. We were over at Grandma Doyle's, so I took him upstairs to go to bed. After getting in PJ's, going potty and brushing teeth I laid down with him and snuggled up tight. I was content to just hold him for a little while seeing as though we were not at our house but then he says, "Why are you not going back downstairs?". My big boy didn't want to snuggle with me. I was crushed. I asked, "Are you sure you will be okay?". To which he answered, "Yup". So I left and he was fine. I was happy and sad at the same time. Where is my little boy going to. In the morning when he woke up I said, "Happy New Year!". I told him it was now 2009. Cian immediately said, "When will it be 2010?". I had to laugh!

In the New Year I will work on: (1)Preparing most meals at home....With my cooking skills and busy schedule, we went out to eat way too often in 2008. (2) Enjoying Cian for who he is and not worrying if he is growing up "normal".....I think not having any brothers has left me not knowing whether certain behaviors are normal for boys (i.e. potty talk). I just have to RELAX!