New Years Eve....Let The Good Times Roll!!

Yay for New Years Eve!! :) We had a lot of fun this year as we headed out to celebrate NYE and Chris's birthday in combination this year. His birthday is New Years Day but we thought we would celebrate him this year on his birthday eve. :)

I made reservations at Green Pastures for dinner...but just did not let him in on where we were headed. :) It was SOOOO good and they set us up in a romantic little table in the back of the old Victorian house. It was a wonderful dinner and we absolutely loved the food. So much that we had to take some pics of the amazing filets and desserts that we had! HA! :)

They had a ton of reservations for New Years Eve, and I totally know why now. Simply amazing. :) Loved our NYE and the start to Chris's birthday celebration. WHOOP! :)

Christmas Dinner = Good Times....But Then....

Chris and I usually celebrate Christmas with a nice dinner out a few days before the "big day". :) We pick a place that we have not been to before (b.c those who know me know that I LOVE to try new places). This year that was a little harder b.c now that we have a baby, it is obviously a little more difficult to get out to a nice place with him. :)

My mom is in town this week helping out with Braden, so she kept him while Chris and I headed out on our date on Tuesday night. We were thinking back on our dinners over the past few years. We started this little tradition after we got engaged in 2006. We thought back to our dinner in 2006 at Reed's Jazz and Supper Club, and then our dinner in 2007 at The Mansion at Judge's Hill, and finally in 2008 we headed to Joe DiMaggio’s. So this year we needed a little something different but equally as good. :) We decided to have a special night at Fabi & Rosi. It is kind of like an European bistro with lots of fun options. I had some great steak and frites and Chris ate the schnitzel and spatzle. We both loved our meals and were completely stuffed afterward. But oh so yummy. :)

After dinner we headed to Mozart's on Lake Austin to just chill out and have some more downtime together. It was freezing and rainy outside so we had to indulge in their scrumptous hot chocolate. Mmmmmmmmmm.....come to mama!!! :)

The only problem with this fun annual Christmas event was that my sweet hubby somehow got food poisoning and woke up at 7 am on Wed morning..in a very bad place!!! Boo!! :( Poor thing was SUPER sick and in bed all day on Wednesday. Not so nice things were happening to him and he was just wiped by the end of the day. We are not sure exactly what made him sick...but now he has a really bad taste in his mouth over a restaurant that really liked before! :(

Outside of that adventure on Wednesday, I'd give the actual date a thumbs up for sure!! :)

Holiday In The Park.....

On the Saturday after Christmas we headed out to Holiday in the Park at Six Flags with my mom and dad. We took Braden for his first theme park experience!! :) While it was chilly out, it was a great time with lots of laughs, holiday spirit, and funnel cakes! HA!

Braden was mighty cozy up in there.. :) Layers, layers, layers...

Carousel fun....Let the good times roll!!!

Braden's First Christmas!!!

Christmas 2009...what fun!! :) We had a great time celebrating Braden's first Christmas this year!! WHOOP!!!

We celebrated up in Dallas/Fort Worth with both of our families and I think our house honestly looks like Toys R Us after Christmas this year!! LOL!! :) It really is ridiculously insane how many toys and presents Braden got this year. He is set for a LONG, LONG time!! :) He is spoiled rotten by his grandparents and aunts/uncles...that is for sure!! :)

We headed up to Dallas on Wednesday the 23rd and kicked off the fun then. We even got an amazing snowfall on Christmas Eve...so pretty!! :) It looked like a blizzard at some points during that day! HA! :)

We had our Christmas brunch and presents with Chris's dad on Christmas Eve morning.

The kiddos and their dad... :)

Jay and Riley hanging out waiting for some good grub...Katie and Riley......all smiles...More sibling fun.....We started wrapping Braden in bows as we unwrapped our presents.....
Presents, presents, and more presents........."I think I really like Christmas!!!"
Riley and Braden hanging out......Chris and Braden enjoying his first Christmas....
We headed onto Fort Worth after our brunch in Dallas on Christmas Eve morning. We had to get to Lainey's birthday party next. :) Lainey was playing in the snow..... :)
So Chris and Braden had to play too.... :) The snow was coming down...
Christmas morning we had Christmas with Chris's mom.....and the rest of the fam. :)

Braden's stocking was overflowing with fun treats!Looking at all the goodies.....more and more kept coming. :)
Riley checking out some of her fun stocking treats...Thought it would be fun to put Braden in a Christmas bag...ha!
Braden and Riley got cute Georgia T-shirts and bulldog stuffed animals from Uncle Andy...
Braden got a toy camera so he could take lots of pics with his crazy mama! :)
Our fun luggage straps...yay! :) Now we need to take a trip SOON!!Aunt Katie and Braden hanging out....
Jay and Riley looking at all of her presents....
Mama Cox checking out a fun Christmas present....tickets to "South Pacific".

Christmas wore our little man out...

But he had to take a bath before the next big Christmas party....... :)

All dressed up and ready for the next party.. :)
Hanging out with Daddy...
After we finished up with Chris's mom then we headed over to the Bugbee family Christmas... :)

Russell and Mia sharing some Christmas love.. :)
Linda smiling about all the awesome food!
Pretty Mia with her cute hat...Who saw "The Hangover"? Hee hee...Uncle Andy and Braden.....with Braden's new knit hat. :)
Aunt Debbie and Braden.........
After the Bugbee family Christmas, we had my family Christmas (the Jaetzold's).. :)

Lainey giving Braden some love.....
A little more head patting... :)
Cory showing Lainey how to golf with her own new set of clubs.... :)
Braden opened A LOT of gifts this Christmas!! Don't think he was quite sure what all this craziness was about for 2 days! HA!
Sometimes he just yawned.. :)
Braden got lots of fun monogrammed stuff from Aunt Jennifer. :) We LOVE it!
Lainey got a new kitchen from Santa....and Jennifer painted it. Amazing! :)
My cousin Barbara made this amazing quilt for Lainey. "Lainey's Lighthouse" is the newsletter that Jennifer sends out about the Great Strides campaign for Cystic Fibrosis each year. Cory being silly with ribbon in his hair...but loving up on his little munchkin... :)

What a wonderful Christmas for 2009!! :) YAY!! :)