Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year! What a difference from last year I remember at thanksgiving dinner last year just hoping that Grace would sleep through the meal so that I could eat in peace. hehe. So loving this age! Grace got to help out a couple times during the preparation of the meal. Here Grace is helping J-pa and Daddy, the night before, cook the sausage for the breakfast casserole. As you can see she was very interested in understanding what everyone was doing in the kitchen! I love the picture of her and all the guys legs. 

 

Hanging out with Grace before her bedtime on the night before Thanksgiving! Can you tell a difference in what a man does to help a child get settled for bed and what a women does? Love it!

 

Early morning run over the river and through the woods to Mimi's house we went! We literally ran from our house to Mimi and J-pa's house. Hopefully  next year the bridge will be completed and we wont have to cross the river in such a muddy fashion.

Cooking breakfast and Mimi and J-pa's. Grace helped with the monkey bread. She LOVED licking her hands after putting the dough in the sugar and cinnamon. A little bit of a sugar high? I think so!

 

Finally we are all showered and back at our house. Ready to start cooking dinner! The turkey came out great again this year and we added a corn casserole that everyone really loved. It has been really fun hosting the actual Thanksgiving meal the last 3 years.

 

 

The day after Thanksgiving we headed up to Durham for a family dinner at a pizzeria and then a walk through the lights. Grace kept going "woah woah woah"

Throughout the week Uncle Tay Tay found his snuggle buddy. I think we wore them both out on multiple days. Grace has gotten to be a really great snuggler too which is extra nice!

 

Mimi entertained Grace with fun kid songs on her phone. Got to love technology. We are  hoping to get smart phones in 2013! Look at Grace's Mom and Dad getting all fancy. hehe

Daddy played around with the camera this week while watching Grace. He got some really great shots, here are just three of them. Thanks Daddy for taking great pics!

Dear Grace,
I can not wait for next Thanksgiving! Each day just gets better and better. You are learning so much each day and becoming your own person. You love dancing when music comes on and if you don't feel you are getting enough attention you are very verbal about it. We love you sweet girl.
xoxo
Mommy & Daddy