Thanksgiving 2012

This year, Thanksgiving was our first as a family of 4. It was a super fun, family day. We started off the day by waking up way too early, thanks to our lovely toddler. We enjoyed watching our first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with our girls. Julianna loved it and her favorite balloon by far was Hello Kitty. Watching the excitement on her face was priceless!

We spent the rest of the morning/early afternoon being lazy and doing a little decorating for Christmas. I bought the girls matching Thanksgiving shirts because I want them to wear matching clothes as long as they will let me do it. I think it's precious! But of course when I bust out the camera, Julianna is no in the mood. Full on temper tantrum. Lovely!

Since I was dealing with an incredibly irritable toddler, I just decided to take a few pictures of happy little, Olivia.

Then we made the mad dash to complete 2 family meals that were at 3pm and 4pm. We arrived early for the 3pm meal with Josh's family and made it to the 4pm with my family a little late. We were absolutely stuffed to the point of being miserable by the end of the day but we had a such a wonderful day celebrating our many blessings with our families!

happy turkey day!

I'm so excited for Julianna's first Thanksgiving! I am so thankful to have my beautiful little girl this year! She's such a blessing! Josh's family will be coming over to our house for lunch and then we will be heading to my brother's mother-in-laws house for dinner with my family. Then first thing Friday morning, we're driving down to South Carolina to spend the weekend with Josh's dad and stepmom. Busy but wonderful times to be had! Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Oh, and check out my very first pumpkin cheesecake:

welcome to my favorite month of the year!

I love November. The gorgeous leaves. The crisp fall air. My birthday. Thanksgiving. What's not to love?! The picture below is of my classroom door. I made this turkey last year. I put it on the door and the theme was being thankful. I changed it up this year to incorporate academics. The kids loved making the feathers. I'm not sure if we ever get too old to trace our hands and cut them out. It's timeless.

Josh is at "man camp" this weekend with a group of men from church. I'm glad he's getting a chance to hang out with guys and act like a guy. I'm also getting my girl time in my sweet little sidekick- Jules. That's pretty much her main nickname right now. At daycare, the ladies call her Jules. When we walked in yesterday morning, a little boy (probably about 3 years old) said, "Look! It's Jules! YAY!" It was terribly cute.

I love that little girl so much!



Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Julianna experienced her first turkey day today. She'll be here for everyone to enjoy next Thanksgiving! YAY! We just had dinner with my parents at Cracker Barrel-- it was good but I am soooo full!

I just showed Josh a really neat website that shows what happens inside of a woman's body during pregnancy. The animation shows how the organs move to accomodate the growing baby:

http://www.umm.edu/pregnancy/000088.htm

We decorated our Christmas tree last night and put up our Christmas decorations inside:

Josh still wants to decorate the outside of our house with lights--especially on our fence. I'll let him handle that part of decorating!

We'll be up bright and early to finish up our Christmas shopping then we're heading to South Carolina to visit his dad, stepmom, and sister.