awesome/sucks: Happy New Year!

We never thought we'd make it back to Chicago before 2011! But, we did. And we even made it to our New Years Eve party!

Here are my two favorite people at a bar at the Pittsburgh airport. Clearly, this is AFTER our plane deboarded, Jeff found a TV to watch the ND game and Molly was boiling in her fleece outfit. Daddy knew just what to do to cool her down while we waited for a new plane.

All I can say is...

We thank our lucky stars that my cousin Rachel just happened to be on our flight to Chicago (she was SUCH A BIG HELP- thanks Rachel)!!

Miss Molly wins Most Improved for air travel. She did SO WELL on our adventure yesterday, and it was night in day from her Midway trip. I didn't have to hide in a handicap bathroom stall with a crying baby this time. Success!

With my Molly girl on her 2nd fight! Excuse the extreme closeup of my face!

We were so excited to ring in the New Year with my friend Julia, her husband Paul and a few of their friends. The three couples (including us) all brought their babies, and there were even 2 labs! Molly was quite the party girl until she had to go to bed. Sorry you missed the ball drop, Molly girl! But, she had a "sleepover" with her baby friend Ella in the back room. I wish I had a picture of Molly sleeping on our friend's bed (in a pillow fort I created) and Ella in a Pack'n Play. Too cute!