We had a fantastic Thanksgiving. I made all of my mom’s recipes and they turned out great, if I do say so myself. Full Thanksgiving coverage to come but, right now, I’m too full to type. Enjoy some more hat pics and we’ll see you Monday!
Thanksgiving
Seeing as this is my 33rd Thanksgiving, I thought I’d list 33 things that I’m thankful for. Some serious, some not so serious, all true.
In no particular order….
1. Robert. especially when he empties the dishwasher.
2. My whole family. Law and in-law.
3. Susan. Susan. Susan.
4. Starbucks Via Iced Coffee.
5. Picking Maxwell up from school. Possibly my favorite thing to do in the world.
6. Adele
7. Working from home.
8. Pacimals. Especially Nanner and Mr. Moo.
9. My camera.
10. My iphone. Especially the video camera on my iphone.
11. Old Navy’s baby boy clothes.
12. Southwest Airlines.
13. Rise Vitamin Water Zero.
14. The way my mom is always excited to hear my voice on the phone even though I call her every day…sometimes several times a day.
15. My trainer Geno. Who is moving to Chicago this weekend. sad.
16. A great year-end review at work.
17. Friends. old and new.
18. YoBaby Yogurt.
19. The tot lot that is in walking distance to our house.
20. An internet savvy Susu who reads this every day.
21. The life example my Dad has set.
22. Maxwell’s belly laugh, eye lashes and dimples.
23. Our flat backyard.
24. This bloggy blog and how it’s recording Maxwell’s life.
25. My mom’s Thanksgiving recipes.
26. Certain work colleagues that are like friends.
27. Words With Friends.
28. Our church.
29. My bunco group.
30. My health.
31. My strength. Especially my guns developed by the aforementioned Geno. 🙂
32. My life.
33. My baby.
I have so much to be thankful for, big and small. Today I’m going to spend it doing just that. Being thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Gobble Gobble
Who’s ready for Thanksgiving? We are! Well…we will be after I make the turkey, dressing, sweet potatoes and pie! To get everyone in the spirt I’ve got some turkey pics today.
First up, Maxwell’s turkey outfit…
Unfortunately he was much more interested in playing with his Little People man than showing off the feathered friend on his chest…
Not to worry, I’ll get another chance to photograph it on Thanksgiving day!
Next up? Maxwell’s awesome turkey that he made at schoool…
I especially like how the eyes are more than a little askew and the legs are not at all aligned with the head. My little Picasso! I’m also just going to guess that he had a LOT of help with making that! 🙂
*side note – google the word askew. Funny, huh?
Finally, here’s the AWESOME turkey that Maxwell and Susan made. She’s so crafty…
Maxwell is very proud of this little guy. It’s been sitting on our mantle for the past two weeks and whenever we ask him where the turkey is he points and smiles!
I’m thinking this little turkey is going to make a great centerpiece on our Thanksgiving table tomorrow! Gobble Gobble!
Back in business
Good news to report – we’re all feeling much better around here and seem to be back in business. Maxwell had a full day of fun yesterday with Susan. He also finally discovered the train painting that has been hanging above his crib every day of his life and he loves it. If you ask him where the choo-choo is, he’ll point at it and smile! Too cute. He’s turning into a little boy more and more every day.
I took some more pictures of him in his new white hat last week. I was attempting to get a Christmas card photo but don’t love any of these for that so I’m sharing them here. I’ve got another picture in the running…we’ll see if it makes the final cut!
This picture almost made the Christmas card but I ultimately decided that, while cute, it just wasn’t quite right.
I do love that little scrunched up nose though!
See all you turkeys tomorrow with some turkey pics!
Can’t catch a break
Happy Monday everyone. We just can’t catch a break around here. As soon as everyone is finally happy and healthy, the sickness comes back. This time it was me though, not Maxwell…yet. The 24 hour bug hit me Saturday night and I was pretty much a waste of space all day Sunday. So far Maxwell seems to be ok so let’s just all keep our fingers crossed that he doesn’t get it!
Before things took a turn for the worse, we had a fun day on Saturday. Errands were run, some Christmas gifts were bought and we took a little trip to the cool railroad park here in Birmingham. It’s a fairly new project for the city and I’m glad we checked it out. Maxwell loved seeing the train (which I apparently didn’t get a picture of)!
Can we stop for a moment to discuss his skinny jeans? Adorable.
And this is one of his other new hats. I love it.
I’ve got my fingers crossed for a healthy week ahead. We’ve got turkey to eat after all!!