Date Night!

My friend Molly came over and watched Declan for a few hours so Tony and I could enjoy a night out. We went out with our friends Rich and Angela and had a great time. We decided to go down to the Depot for a little skating, and had a blast. We had never been down there before, and it was such a fun winter thing to do. Then, we went back to the Higgins house for some good food and a little Wild hockey game. Thanks Molly for giving us a night out!

On the go....

Declan has been crawling for a few weeks now. It isn't your traditional crawling quite yet, but it gets him to where he wants to go. We wonder if he will ever crawl regularly because he has mastered his inchworm version of the crawl pretty well, and can go pretty fast! We took some pictures of when he was just learning how to get going.

Dad, can't you just give it to me?

Thanks Dad!

Mmmm, tastes good.

Ok, I can do this all by myself.

Oops

Look at me!

I got it!

Easily distracted :)

Lil' helper!

Declan (and Luca) wanted to help me with the laundry the other day!

My favorite place to go.....

Declan definitely has a favorite place to go - the window! Now that he is crawling, he makes a beeline over there anytime he can. He loves to look outside, and wave to the house across the street. Luca likes to hang out with him too, which is really sweet. Here are a few pictures of Declan's favorite place to go....

Hi Mom!

Best buddies

So sweet....

Mmmm, this tastes good!

Kiss!

One more....

I forgot to add this pic to the last post, and I thought it was too cute to leave out.....

New Years Eve 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Tony and I had a fun New Year's this year. My parents offered to take Declan and Luca for the night, so Tony and I could enjoy a night out, which we were very thankful for. We decided to get a hotel room in downtown Saint Paul, so we wouldn't need to worry about driving on New Year's Eve. We started the night out at the Wild game, which was a really good game - we won in overtime! Then, Tony and I had dinner at Pazzaluna with 3 other couples. We hung out in downtown Saint Paul for the ball drop, and by midnight, I was exhausted! I sure can't stay up like I used to be able to!

Go Wild!

Hanging out in between periods with Kate and Angela


At dinner in Saint Paul

Mikey

Me and Angela

After a yummy dinner!

The whole clan!

The next morning, we went to pick Declan up at my parents, and he was very interested in Dad's hockey helmet - which made all of us very excited:)

He's ready to go!