Thanksgiving 2011

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year.   I was so excited we actually got a family picture this year.  I had been eyeing the kids' turkey outfits they have on in the picture for awhile now...since right after Halloween.  Ryan surprised me with them and I was so excited as I have a feeling Grady and Layla will not be huge fans of coordinating forever!

We of course have a lot to be thankful for this year.  I made a thankful tree with Layla this year.  Everyday in November during breakfast, Layla and I  came up with someone/something we were thankful for.  It was fun and funny to hear what Layla would come up with. 

Layla's first thankful leaf was for our pets, "Howie, Blue, Rocket & Buster."  We had just finished pet-sitting Buster and Layla must consider him one of our pets :)

We spent Thanksgiving day with Ryan's family.  We had a nice, relaxing day.  Layla played and played with the toys in the toy room and Grady napped and was in good spirits.  I love this picture of Ryan's dad and Grady.  It captures Grady pretty well at 6 months.  He is a smiley, happy & easily amused little guy.

Here are Layla, Kelsey and Grady after our Thanksgiving dinner and during Grady's dinner. 

After spending the day with Ryan's family, we headed to my uncle Danny's house for dessert with my family.  Grady spent most of his time with my cousin Rebecca (Becky remained calm during a major blowout) and chewed on lots of toys.  The gatherings on this side of the family still are constant reminders of my grandpa.  I think he would have gotten a kick out of Grady and his helmet. 

I can only imagine what he would have said :)

And lastly...after eating the turkey and A LOT of dessert, Cassie and I prepared ourselves for Black Friday.  Ryan and Jamie did a quick first round of shopping and then Cassie and I were excited to go out (no pregnancies for us this year = no sickness!) and we got some good deals.  Cassie was the rock star, getting out of bed very early after we shopped the midnight round of sales!  And I am not sure why we had the sunglasses on....we were excited to get started!!

Happy Thanksgiving!