Thanksgiving 2009

It is hard to believe that one year ago MJ and I realized that our Journey to parenthood had begun! Amazing how fast that went.

Our first Thanksgiving as a family was a great one! The festivities started bright and early with Michael heading off for the Turkey Trot and Abby and I heading out to Great Grandma Davis's house for a visit with her and Grandma Kat. It is always a pleasure spending time with them and I'm so happy that Abby gets to see Grandma Kat this much already. Since Grandma Kat lives just out side of Vegas, I wasn't sure how much Abby would get to see her, but this is 2 times in less than 2 months--Not Bad!!! Next, we met MJ at the house and headed over to his parents' house for Turkey Dinner. Grandpa Wally was there and was funny as ever :) Michale's mom did a great job cooking dinner--it was a pleasure to eat a delicious dinner without having to do all the hard work!!

The fun continued the next night at our house when my family came over for pizza and games! My brother and his girlfriend won Clue then she took first in Monopoly too! Hey, I came in a close second...Abby had a great time visiting with everyone--Grandma D and Gramps couldn't get enough as usual :) They are so stinking cute with her! Though seeing my sis with Abby is amazing and my brother...who would have thought he would love her that much! I am so lucky to have such a loving family!


Saturday, we headed to Fun Town for our second-annual-post-Turkey-Day-chicken-dinner-at-the-Muth...Frankenmuth that is. We start out by shopping at Birch Run then meet up with our friends Paul and Aimee for the oh-so delicious chicken dinner. After dinner we head over to Bronner's, the world's largest Christmas store. We picked out our Santa of the year and ordered Abby's ornaments! I can't wait to get them and hang them on the tree.

Mommy, Daddy and Abby with the Nutcrackers outside the Bavarian Inn

Abby with Paul and Aimee

Outside of the Christmas Wonderland

Our Santa for 2009

Sunday kicked off our Christmas celebration--we started putting up our trees. Yes, plural. MJ has a tree with all kinds of "fun" ornaments and I have the serious, themed tree. I'm sure the kids will like Daddy's tree more than Mommy's, but that is ok--I love my tree. I went with the red tree this year. It looks good already and it is only half done!


Here is a little video of weekend highlights. It's a bit cheesy, but fun. Enjoy.

As Thanksgiving passes I feel the need to mention all the blessing in my life. There are so many things I am thankful for this year:

*Our healthy, happy baby who has brought more joy than I could have ever imagined

*My wonderful husband who loves and supports me through all the challenges that parenthood (not to mention life in general) presents

*Our families who love Abby almost as much as we do

*My two understanding, fat cats who still love me even though I spend less time with them than I used to

*My job and the opportunity to be at home with Abby 4 full days a week

*My good, old Jeep who keeps on trucking even though it has 133,000+ miles on it

*A home full of love and memories

*All my friends who continue to be a part of my life--no matter how crazy or busy things get

*My overall good health

*A gracious God who keeps granting me blessing after blessing

*And much, much more.

Hope your Thanksgiving was a perfect as ours!