Thankgsiving 2011

This Thanksgiving was different for many reasons. First of all, we are living upstairs at my parents house, so we didn’t have to go far…hehe! Second of all, we have two toddlers that are able and will try most of the Thanksgiving food. How fun is that?! Oh, and this is the first year that Nate didn’t have to work on Thanksgiving!

Before my brother, sister-in-law, and niece arrived, Nate built a fort with the couch cushions for Cayden. He had a fantastic time crawling through it and over it and trying to rebuild it.

Our menu included: turkey breast, ham, stuffing/dressing, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce (yes, we like the canned kind), turkey gravy, giblet gravy, rolls, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and coconut cream pie. Can you say YUM!

Cayden and Emily sat at their kid sized table and had a little bit of everything. Cayden then came around the table and sampled everyone’s food from their plates. He prefers to eat off of someone’s plate, rather than his own. Both kids were ALL over the dining room exploring and banging on Grandma’s china cabinets with their forks and toys. They aren’t normally allowed in that room, so it was exciting for them.

After we stuffed ourselves silly, I took the kids out to attempt to get some pictures of them together. Ha! One would run away while the other sat down. One would look away while the other looked at me. It was pretty funny. It took four of us to try and get any decent pictures. Click on this picture to see the rest of their silly cute selves!

All in all, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know that we are more than thankful for our son, his accomplishments, our family, each other, and all the things we have been blessed with. We hope y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

-Tami

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