Thanksgiving 2012

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had today. It was great weather.  Brendon threw the turkey in the brine last night.  Olivia slept until about 7:15ish and then snuggled with us for a few minutes.  I made an egg casserole last night so we just had to wait for it to cook this morning.  Olivia was not the biggest fan of eating this morning.  But eventually she ate some toast.  We watched the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.  We saw some familiar faces like Sesame Street and a few other characters.  We decided to have Olivia nap this morning instead of this afternoon because of when we wanted to eat turkey.  So she napped until about 12:45.

Lunch

Snacks

Olivia ate some lunch and snacked with us on some cheese and crackers.  We played outside for a little bit.  Olivia tossed the football around, raked some leaves, and chased Jake around. 

Football

We then tried to Skype with my parents but it was really loud at my parents house but we tried and it was nice to see everyone.  We then Skyped with Uncle Kenny and his girlfriend Kristie.  Olivia like saying Kenny, she drew him a picture, and built some blocks for him.


After that it was time for us to eat! It was soooooo yummy.  Of course Olivia wasn't ready to eat but Jake was and enjoyed his turkey.  Olivia ate just a little bit...she ate a 1/2 of a roll and a little bit of turkey.  We ate about an hour and a half before she is used to.  So I just wrapped her plate and put it in the fridge. After I was done eating we had our own Turkey Trot and went for a walk outside. She ended up eating at about 5:30ish.

The turkey

 We then watched Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and had pumpkin pie.  Olivia LOVED the pumpkin pie.  She almost ate my whole piece of pie.  Then we played more and then took a bath and went to bed.  Hopefully she won't wake up tonight....she woke up crying about 9:15ish for a bit.

Post Thanksgiving relaxation

Overall it was a great Thanksgiving.  We have so much to be thankful for and feel blessed for all that we have. Right now I think we are most thankful for elastic waist pants.