Mommy's Moments: Ring In The New Year!...a little behind!

Happy New Year! It's been a while since my last post. I must say, we have experienced ALOT! This is going to be A LONG Post!

Lets start with Eli's first trip to Detroit.
*First 5 hour car ride (with Sprocket on Momma's lap the entire way) to Vegas
*First night NOT sleeping in our crib - Not fun
*First Airplane ride- Eli did amazing! He ate, slept, pooped, slept, and ate again. All in all a very productive flight for him.
*First time seeing snow
*Got to meet Nana and Papa, GG, Uncle Kevin, Auntie Mandy, Papa Dave, Uncle Keith, Auntie Brandy, cousin Kory and SLEWS of other family members.
*Celebrated Christmas for the first time!
* Watched out for Hunter and Sprocket.... They liked to rough house around him.
*Saw MSU's campus and got his picture taken with Sparty - See picture below

Going to Detroit was a great trip. While we were there, we also had Eli's babynaming ceremony. 50 people were in attendance as Rabbi Bergman said prayers over him, and introduced his God Parents Auntie Calyn and Adam. It was a great time had by all.

Coming home from Detroit - not so awesome. Sprocket got stuck in Detroit for 4 days. 1) the weather was too cold for him to fly and 2) Delta/Northwest can go and suck a big one. They were ridiculous! They wanted to charge us an ADDITIONAL arm and a leg to get him home since he would be flying solo.... NO WAY HOT SHOT! My saint of a husband put the foot down and got everything credited. We finally got our dog back! Those 4 extra days at Auntie Calyn adn Uncle Kevin's house sure made him a tired puppy... He slept inbetween Shay and I that night... never left to check on Eli once.

Eli got some pretty fantastic loot for Christmas! It cost us $146 to ship it back, but still pretty awesome stuff! One of my favorites his Froggy Sit and Spin!