Thanksgiving

When John and I got married, we decided Thanksgiving would be @ our house. We would invite our families to join us, but we would stay @ home. It's worked out really well since we don't have to take home any leftovers, just pack up our fridge.

This year we had John's parents and the missionaries over. I put the turkey in @ 3:30am this morning and it was done @ 9am. By the time we were ready to eat, the turkey was so tender it fell apart as we were getting out of the roaster and onto the plate.

This year was esp special b/c it was the Boss's first Thanksgiving. I gave her a spoonful of mashed potatoes, but she didn't like them. It almost looked like she was going to spit them out, but she swallowed them. The face she made was hilarious!

We went down to my parents to look @ the Black Friday ads, but we didn't really see anything we couldn't live w/out. I personally have all of my Christmas shopping done, all that's left is wrapping it. John still has some left (mostly for me!), but he'll get it done before the big day. We are actually going to let the Boss play w/ her Christmas presents before Christmas and wrap the boxes up, b/c @ this age, she'll like playing w/ the paper.

Since this is a season of thanks, I would like to thank John for all the time he spent today playing w/ the Boss so I could get dinner ready (he was also really handy for getting the leaf in the table and getting the turkey outta the roaster, he's such a handy guy). I don't know where I'd be w/ out John, but it wouldn't be as fun of a place.

moving and shaking

it had to happen sometime. The Boss is now mobile.

Big girl

This is the Boss getting her first taste of cereal (or anything other than breastmilk). Her Papa fed her, but she was willing to share by dribbling all over his pants.

Mama's little helper

Halloween

Halloween was an interesting this year. This was the first year that we had a baby and babies change everything. My mom made the Boss the cutest little ducky costume that you've ever seen.

Here she is trying out her scary faces. Actually, this is the face she makes whenever she's frustrated about something. It's usually b/c she's not moving fast enough.

Here are the pics of our little Boss as a big fat duck. Mom went a little overboard w/ the stuffing, but it turned out cute esp since she likes to kick her legs as she's being held. It kinda looked like she was trying to swim away. She was very happy to be a duck. She didn't get any candy (this year), but her Papa was very happy to take some of the candy offered to her by our friends. We've lucked out to have such a happy Boss as our first.

Both set of her Grandparents melted when they saw her in her outfit.

Thanksgiving is going to be an interesting one this year. She's going to be eating cereal (at least) so she may get a little bit of mashed potato. She's such a spoiled little girl, but @ least she's a cute little spoiled girl.