HELLO 2012!

We began our New Year’s Eve with a little road trip down to Toledo to celebrate Devin’s buddy Kingstyn’s first birthday with him!  Kingstyn and his mom and dad (our friends Natalee and Chad) live in South Carolina, so we don’t get to see them often.  So,  we were so glad that we could be there for such a big milestone! 

After we got back, we got ready quickly and headed off to my in-laws to drop Devin off and pick up Neha and Nilesh (my sister-in-law and brother in law) for dinner.  My in-laws were planning to be home for the evening, so they agreed to watch all three of their grandkids so that we could all have a nice night out together, since it would probably be our last before Neha had her third little angel!  That was so nice of them.

We headed out to Toasted Oak Grill in Novi and had a wonderful dinner.  We had just ordered dessert when Vikas’s dad called and asked us to come home as soon as we could.  Unfortunately, Devin and Avni, Neha and Nilesh’s ten month old, were both a mess.  Apparently neither would fall asleep and wouldn’t cry as soon as the other started to cry :-(  Yikes! So, needless to say, we had them pack up our dessert and headed straight home to pick up Devin. 

We were actually home and in bed before midnight.  I know, kind of lame (or maybe just different from our crazy past NYEs).  But, it’s a good thing we came home early since New Year’s Eve proved to be Devin’s worst night yet.  He was literally crying or fussing every 15 minutes!  After a few trips back and forth between our bedroom and his, I finally caved in and decided to just sleep on the foam mattress we have in his nursery for precisely this reason.  I’m not sure if it’s because he was starting to get a cold and couldn’t breathe well, because he was teething, or both, but he was simply miserable that night (and, unfortunately, for nearly 2 weeks after).  I tried everything to soothe him (I mean, everything), and threw the sleep training that we had worked on for the month before out the window.  With all of that, he was able to get some sleep, but, unfortunately for me and Vikas, we pretty much were up for two weeks straight :-(

But, even without a wink of sleep on New Year’s Eve, I can say that 2011 was our best year yet! What an incredible feeling to begin 2012 as parents of such a sweet baby boy!  We are beyond blessed and can’t wait to see what this new year has in store for our family :-)