Again, we continued with our tradition of spending New Year's with the Khans. I think this was our 5th year (missed one when Brandon was deployed). A couple days before, we met Grammie and Pop in Birmingham so they could keep Christopher for a few days so we could have some alone time before the baby comes. We caught up on movies we haven't seen (I think it was about 6 total) and did a few things we've been wanting to do around the house, but mostly just caught up on sleep and were lazy. It was wonderful, but we couldn't wait to get our little man back either. We woke up early Sunday morning and headed down the road. We were anxious to see the Khans since Melissa was due any day with #2 and Nicholas had recently broken his arm. Thankfully, Christopher fell asleep on the way to their house and Nicholas had just gone down for a nap, so we had a great start to the trip. After naps, we went for a walk to see the construction that was being done and the boys went nuts when they saw all the bobcats (or "tractors" as they called them) that were still hanging around. On Monday we loaded up in the van and headed to the mall to let the kids burn some energy by running around and they really enjoyed riding the "choo choo" (a.k.a. train) and the other "choo choo" (a.k.a. carousel). After lunch and naps, Brandon and Melissa took the boys out back while I ran to visit with a friend for a little while and Burt started cooking dinner. After putting the boys to bed early, Melissa and I relaxed on the couches and the dads headed out back for their guy time. We were all in bed before midnight, something we haven't stayed up for since the kids were born. The next morning we had breakfast and then loaded up the car to head home. Christopher was very excited about getting back to all his new toys and more importantly, his own bed. It was another great start to a new year and we always enjoy looking back to see what has changed in the last year and what's to come in the new one.