Happy New Year!!!

Who says 2-year olds, 5-year-olds, bald men and pregnant women can't party? Thanks to our friends, the Baumeisters (that means the "masters of BAU"), we learned that all four can, and will; but only on New Years. While Sadie and Jack watched a movie with some of their friends in the garage (it was carpeted out, but still smelled a little like gas), the rest of us (the Baumeisters other friends) chatted, snacked, and danced away the last few hours of 2011. Nathan and Janae built a dance floor in the backyard, and hung Christmas lights and lanterns above it. They also had loud music that was awesome. It was seriously fun to just hang out and dance!

Abby was a huge hit on the dance floor. She pulled out all of her old moves, and did so as a 9-month pregnant woman! It was amazing. Stomach-bump and all, she was rockin' the dance floor and shaking circles around the non-pregos!

Seriously--how do you have that kind of balance when you are laden with child??

Only my wife, i tell ya!

Amazingly, Sadie and Jack made it to midnight. After watching Toy Story 3 (and who knows what else), eating popcorn, and drinking juice boxes for three straight hours, i guess we shouldn't have been surprised. But both wanted to come out and dance at around 11:45 or so. Sadie has some funny moves, where she points her fingers and wiggles her hips, like all disco-style and stuff. Jack also likes to swivel and dip, although it's usually just one or two moves, and then he just runs around and laughs. Both also enjoyed being thrown in the air and touching the lanterns, which provided me with a pretty intense end-of-year workout.

Both Sadie and Jack were in their Santa peejays, which made them like the coolest party animals evah! They also liked wearing Hawaiian leis, glow stick bracelets, and party hats. Who wouldn't? Sadie and Jack didn't get to bed until almost 1:30 AM. Toots and I didn't get there until around 2:00 AM. Party on rock stars: 2012 is off to a bloody good start!