Thanksgiving Firsts

Thanks to my bro, J, for his comment on my previous post - he told me to take my own advice and "persevere" on my blogging, so here I go! :) We were with my side of the fam for Thanksgiving this year and it was a lot of fun, although we were a smaller group than normal - it was fun celebrating Hadley's 1st Thanksgiving and MY 1st Thanksgiving preparing the turkey!!! I really wanted to make the bird this year, and my parents were thrilled, so they coached me through it all. I don't know why I felt compelled to do this...maybe being a "mom" my first Thanksgiving or something...I felt a little extra need to amp up my home-maker skills. My dad coached me on the 26 lb bird and my mom coached me on the stuffing. I made the green bean casserole myself (without any coaching). It all turned out AWESOME!!! I told Chris to watch out cause one day he will come home from work and I will have a turkey dinner on the table, the house sparkling, the laundry folded and put away, Hadley sleeping, and wearing a dress....ok, that would never happen, I would be in sweats! :)

As always we ate too much and had some amazing pies thanks to my Aunt Suzzy...and also as always, I took lots of pics of our little turkey in her 2 different Thanksgiving outfits (2 thanks to an early afternoon blow-out - and Grandma Holly for providing both). ;) Thanksgiving outfits aren't very "girly," but Hads pulled them off!

Outfit #1

Mommy with her 2 turkeys!

Great-Grandma Donna reading to Haddy...so precious!

Hadley with Great-Grandpa Frosty in their PLU stocking hats -
CLASSIC FROSTY

Outfit #2 (post blow-out)

Don't you love that she blew out the off-white onesie? NICE!

Haddy with my other turkey ;)