Sawyer

For many years, Abby and I have made a point of being asleep well before midnight on New Year’s Eve. That was the goal for this year as well, but our new neighborhood had other plans for us.

We went for a walk up to Union Square after dinner, hoping to see the Christmas tree before it was removed and to find some 2009 glasses for Sawyer. We stopped along Market St. to take some pictures:

Sawyer loves seeing the action on the street. He’s especially fascinated with buses:

Still in search of glasses — our friends Zane and Christine sent us the best picture of baby Dylan in them and we wanted to do the same with Sawyer — we walked toward the Ferry Building, the epicenter of the fireworks celebration later that night:

No luck there either, so we walked home. Here’s Abby pushing Sawyer on the sidewalk beneath our apartment:

With Sawyer sound asleep and us well on our way, the street below erupted with honking cars and hollering voices. Shortly thereafter the fireworks went off, which got us out of bed and into Sawyer’s room to watch:

Sawyer woke up too:

The bay was full of boats to see the show, which must have been an amazing view:

But Sawyer was most interested in the cars on the street below, and to be fair it was quite a spectacle once the show ended:

Thankfully, things cleared out quickly so Sawyer was back to sleep by 1am. Of course, he woke up at 6:15 to start the day, but I think he really enjoyed his first taste of fireworks. I believe there’s another event in the spring and one again in the fall, so he’ll have plenty of chances to experience them again before next New Year’s Eve.