{december 11} j & b.

saturday night we had j's office christmas party. it has always been an overnight party at the westin stonebriar, but i thought for sure that we'd just make dinner this year and then go pick the kids {or at least charlotte} up and go home. 

nope.

the hubbs really wanted to spend the night - especially since it's their treat - and he knew that it would be good for us as well. PLUS the grandparents {mimi & papa} offered to do the middle of the night feedings... in fact, they seemed excited to do it. 

well. last week was R.O.U.G.H. lil' miss decided she didn't really ever want to sleep. naps? nope. nighttime? nope. unless it was her randomly falling asleep, she wanted to be awake. i mean, really? 

so our night away {although it gave me a bit of anxiety} could NOT have come at a better time. i was not 'worried' about charlotte - i was worried about mimi having to wake up several times at night to feed her. i was worried i wouldn't have made enough bottles, etc. HOWEVER - at the suggestion of a friend - i left a bit of formula in case she was still hungry and didn't have enough to eat... that made me feel so much more at ease. especially since she'll take both b-milk & formula no problem. PLUS mimi stressed to me when we dropped them off that it was her treat to wake up and rock her at 3 a.m. 

more power to ya, mimi!

so off we went - and we had a great time. most fun christmas party-ever.  probably because i know more people now and don't worry about 'impressing' j's lawyer co-workers who are married to lawyer wives. i'm over it. and i don't think they cared anyway. ha. 

these pics are from a photo 'booth' they had at the party. super fun. ours were more tame than the others - as i'm sure you can imagine.

i do have to record this part of the party though: each year they do a 'price is right' game at the beginning with tables full of prizes and whoever guesses closest to the total dollar amount gets first dibs - and so on. last year we were 5th or 6th to choose {out of 30 or so}. we won a wii. i love it - except the hubbs won't play with me because he says i'm too competetive. this year - i would have been 5th or 6th again. i had a beautiful gray kate spade purse picked out for myself. but the hubbs added $3,000 to my total right as i was handing it in. ugh. 

we were last to choose. we ended up with an iPod nano. which is a great prize, it's not like the towells that were last year's last choice. but the thing is - neither one of us need one. i have an iPod that i like just fine... it's 4 years old but it works great. and jeff uses his iPhone. 

so - someone in our family just might be getting an iPod nano for christmas! :)