Gobble, Gobble

We had a FANTASTIC Thanksgiving! Great friends, great food, great times!

The day started with Daddy cooking. Ali did this the entire time that Stuart was cooking and preparing food. All she wanted was one bite of food.

Food cooking on the oven. Check out that turkey in the oven!



I had all intentions of getting Abby an adorable custom made Thanksgiving dress, but it didn't happen. Instead she got new pink suede boots! They were the ones that I wanted from Target, but since they were out of brown, we went with pink. Target is by far my favorite store, but they do disappoint me sometimes. (See previous post about the formula). We live in the highest birth rate county in NC and they run out of children's shoes??? Really???

They also don't have a maternity clothes store, but that is just another issue.



She got cranky waiting for food, so we stuck her in the Lazy Boy and rocked her for about 15 minutes - loved it! Better picture of the boots as well.


After Stuart slaved and slaved over the stove/oven, here is the result!


That is one good looking Turkey!


Abby loved ALL of it. The green beans, hash brown casserole, mashed potatoes, turkey, rolls.
She chowed down!!!

Abby's First Thanksgiving was a success!!!

Meg, Jared, Stu, Oz, Eric and Maria

After dinner, I put the boys to work. We don't really have room for a tree, but there was no way Abby wasn't getting one. So we decided that if we moved the gigantic entertainment center to the left a few feet, we could put a tree beside it.

I did put my tree up. Pulled out all of my ornaments and decorations. But discovered the lights were missing! Apparently my genius husband had pulled them out for his birthday and "lost" them in the packing of all of the boxes. Since he refuses to go through the 30+ boxes in the garage, he will be going out on Black Friday to buy more lights. It is his own fault!

This is our friend, Maria, that is due on December 7th. Isn't she so adorable? All of her weight gained is 100% in her belly. Some people are just so lucky.

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• I am thankful that my husband is home this Thanksgiving.
• (and that he did all of the cooking while I napped)
• I am thankful for all of the best wishes and love that we received from our friends and family today.
• I am grateful that we are able to eat a fantastic dinner today, as I know that many people do not get this.
• We are so worried about selling our house, but I am thankful that we have a roof over our heads to worry about.
• I am thankful NBC is showing the Office Wedding tonight. My favorite episode.
• I am thankful that 20 years later, I still have the Mariah Carey Christmas cd that I can officially start listening to.
• And NUMBER ONE...I am thankful that we have the healthiest, most beautiful, funniest, goofiest, loving daughter that I could ever hope for.