Party animal

Addie was so stoked to have a New Year's party.  In fact at daycare, she told every parent who came in that she was having a party and they were invited.  Her teachers told her they'd be there, and I quickly had to explain that Addie will be expecting them. They had to change their stories to "we'll try to be there."  

Our wild party attendees ended up being Muddy, Guppy, Aunt Kim and us.  Talk about a roster we've never had together ;) We sang American Idol Karaoke on the Wii and had a lot of fun.  Addie said at one point that she was so excited for Miss Desi to come.  Muddy explained that she's pretty sure she saw Miss Desi at the gas station and it seemed like she was having car problems.  That answer sufficed.

Remarkably, Addie made it to midnight, without shutting her eyes once.  Ben lasted til 11:30pm.  Really.  They even outlasted Guppy.  We ushered in 2009 with the NYC ball dropping on tv and by 12:20am Addie was fast asleep.

Even more remarkably, they were both awake by 8:20am.  I had secretly hoped they would last til 10:00ish, but knew that was a fat chance.

Happy 2009 everyone.  I hope this year is better for everyone than 2008 was.