Oh Tannenbaum

Notice anything in the tree.... "broken" soothie (this is actually what claire calls it now...broken soothie. lol!)

Gobble Gobble

I only started one fire and it wasn't food related! It was a good day! We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving where we cooked the meal. Claire wore her super cute apron made by her Aunt Carolyn and helped me cook. I made my mom's cornbread dressing...which was a production in itself...and it was pretty darn good. Claire ate lots of cookies and junk. It was a nice afternoon. Carla's brother, Eric, came to join us. All the orphans together this year since Tom and Carla went to Seattle. The 4 of us enjoyed a meal, played outside, and even had some fire side cocktails to top off the evening.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Thanksgiving past

After looking at pics of our Thanksgivings since 2004, I realized a couple of things.....1.) We took significantly less and less pictures over the years that give you any impression of what holiday it is! 2.) How much has changed.

2004. Yup, that's me with the dark hair. Our first Turkey Day together! My bro and sis n law (at the time we weren't even engaged yet!) and Eric's dad came to visit us.

2005. Our 2nd Thanksgiving with my mom at her house in Houston. Eric and I had just gotten married the month before.

2006. Our first Thanksgiving in Phoenix!! I sadly can't find any pics of this day together except for this one with my brother in law Tom. Must have been having too much fun drinking cocktails! This was right before I got pregnant.

2007. Second AZ Thanksgiving! Can't you tell? Doesn't everybody swim on Thanksgiving or is just us desert folks!

 2007. Claire was 7 weeks old.

2008. Last year's Thanksgiving. Yes, this is Claire running around in her Halloween costume. We were making her play dress up. Again, showing you just how warm it is during the holidays.

Sick happens

That's the scoop around here. Sickie ickies. No pics, not much fun, and nothing to really write about. It feels like we have been living in a cave. Claire is getting better and the hives even seem to be gone finally but she has a lingering cough. I hope to have some pics to post soon and I hope we can get back to some kind of normal activity this week.

I am currently keeping myself occupied by reading the first book in the Twilight series. I thought I would NEVER read these books but here I am enjoying every page. It's thrilling and I haven't been this engrossed in a book in a long time. I went and got a pedicure today and felt the need to have blood red toes! Teehee! =) I have never taken a book with me to get a pedi. I love reading magazines too much but I found myself dragging the book along with me and barely even noticed my surroundings.

Sharing

And when I say "sharing", I mean what I share with Claire. My drinks, my meals, my chair, my candy, and as you can see here....my bathroom and all of it's contents! I love sharing with my little girl but sometimes I laugh at how nothing is yours alone anymore as a parent. She was wearing my necklace today at the park. Right off my own neck! She kept asking the people around us if they liked it. Maybe she should work for Stella and Dot!

I wonder if her head is going to lose circulation with all those tight headbands though?! Notice the container she got the headbands out of? It was purchased to keep her out of my stuff but she just pops the sides off and digs in. Such a hoot. Mismatched jammies and all!

Weekend

We decided to enjoy our Halloween day as much as possible even though Claire was still super hived up. She was so uncomfortable and still has them today (they are getting better though). Saturday morning we went to a pumpkin patch to get her mind of the itchies. She had a great time but was a little sneezy after being around all that hay and dust. Nice job Mom and Dad! So, we didn't end up hanging with our friends Saturday night but we still enjoyed playing at home and trick or treating in the neighborhood. Claire got the hang of the whole doorbell thing after the kids started coming to our house. It was a fun "first" real Halloween!