Today marks Annie's eight month birthday--she celebrated with apples and rice cereal and by pulling all of her pants out of her drawer (she assures me this was quite thrilling!). We had a nice day together, with lots of playing and exploring. Annie is more and more willing to leave toys behind to see what's in other parts of the room, which will be a wonderful motivation for me to keep things clean!
We had a great Thanksgiving week, with great time with family and friends. We started the Sunday before Thanksgiving with our traditional Thanksgiving with friends. Here are Annie and Daddy goofing around at the table:
Thanksgiving weekend itself meant three meals. On Thursday we enjoyed a wonderful dinner (complete with lefse!) with our friends Brett and Emily and Brett's family.
On Friday evening, Grandma Barb, Uncle Jeff, Aunt Dee, Cousin Emily and Uncle Greg all came over for dinner and playtime together.
On Sunday, we headed to Papa and Nana's for our final Thanksgiving dinner.
Needless to say, this left us feeling very thankful and very full! Annie and I especially enjoyed having Eric home for the long weekend--as much as Annie enjoys waving "hi" and "goodbye" to Eric during the week, it was much better to get to go on walks with him, eat meals with him, and have lots of quality play time!
Now, we are gearing up for Advent. We got out decorations on Sunday evening, and tomorrow morning will go shopping for a tree...We know that Annie won't fully appreciate all the wonder and anticipation of Christmas this year, but we are looking forward to sharing it with her nonetheless!
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Happy Thanksgiving, J, E, & A! We are quite sad to have missed the annual feast, but trust that a good time was had by all (and we were there in spirit)!
Annie continues to be precious! Happy 8-month birthday!
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