Happy New Year!

Well, not the greatest New Year's Eve ever. I was reminded today of last New Year's Eve when we, at 12:15 went to turn off our gas fireplace and go to bed and the knob broke, leaving us with a fire going and no way to turn it off - it took us about an hour to figure out how to turn off the gas to the fireplace without turning it off to the entire house and we had to get it fixed to the tune of a few hundred dollars. Anyway, this year was not alot better. I got Christopher up from his nap around 3:30 and he proceeded to throw up on me, followed by 3 more times over the next 2 hours. After getting him to bed around 6:00, the rest of the evening was fun and he slept great. However, at 10:00, Elizabeth threw up in her bed. She proceeded with 4 more times over the next 3 hours until finally at 2:00 I went to sleep in the couch with her on the floor beside me and the washer going with the 3rd or 4th load of laundry (sheets, clothes, towels, etc.). Fun, huh??? The are both feeling better today, but not 100%. We all slept until 8:00 this morning and then hung out and watched the Rose Parade. Elizabeth and Christopher took LONG naps this afternoon, so hopefully a good night sleep tonight will do everyone good and we will be back to normal tomorrow - am I too hopeful? School starts back on Thursday, so we will soon be back into the normal routine and figuring out if the closure of Highway 40 will affect my drive taking Katherine to school (for those who aren't in St. Louis, a 5 mile stretch of a main interstate in town is closing for a year and Katherine's school is very near it). Here's to 2008 and hoping for a great year!