more turkey day

I had to post a few more pictures from Turkey Day.

The apple pie

The guys carving the bird


The patient dinner guests

Alexia waiting to get her hands on that dressing!

Not sure what Maddie's up to in this picture, but it doesnt look good

happy belated turkey day!

I know we're one day late but we had to say Happy Thanksgiving to all! We had a great day full of food, family and friends and I was just too exhausted to post last night.

We hope everyone had a great day too. Now BRING ON CHRISTMAS!! Woo hoo!!!

the park and preparing for the feast

Maddie has her Nana and Pop Pops in town this week and we're having a blast with them! We took them to the park yesterday to show them one of our favorite places. It was COLD but we managed to have some fun.

Swings!

Showing Pop Pops what mulch is

Beep beep! Out of my way!

Peek a boo!

Pop pops helping on the slide

The Thanksgiving dinner preparations have begun here. Woo hoo! Apple pie- check. Cranberry relish- check. Stuffing - check. Daddy's 7-Up Salad - check. Yum yum. This is our third year hosting Thanksgiving at our house and we're getting the hang of it now. It also helps having Nana here to do most of the cooking- HA! ;)

We're off to the Flying Biscuit for lunch. Happy Thanksgiving Eve everyone!

so thankful

I'm so thankful for this face.

Im thankful that my parents made the trip all the way down to Atlanta to be here for Thanksgiving.

Im thankful for the warm pooch lying next to me on the couch.

Im thankful I was spared in a big round of layoffs.

Im thankful for my friends and family.

Im thankful for a husband who loves me.

Im thankful Im able to give to others in desparate this holiday season.

Im thankful for pumpkin spice lattes and now... drumroll please... egg nog lattes! (yeah christmas).

the big 1-2

Maddie says HAPPY BIRTHDAY COUSIN TAYLOR!!!!!

little germie

Ahh... the cold/flu season is officially here and Maddie decided to welcome it in with her own little cold. She's drippy, coughy, sneezy, wheezy and just generally cranky. Oh... and fever-y. I'm home with her today which makes life interesting for me since I have a big deadline on Friday (Nana and Pop-Pops... can you come tonight instead of Saturday? Thanks.). We went to dr yesterday pm (they get nervous when I tell them she's wheezing since she spent most of last winter with RSV) and she was generally ok but they did put her back on albuterol. They did weigh her and she finally broke the 20lb mark and is 20 lbs 10oz. woo hoo!

Don't worry Mom and Laura... I'm taking good care of her and she'll be better in no time.

a weekend of family fun

What a lovely weekend we had! We had two of Jims aunts and his cousin come into town and just had a wonderful time. We crammed in a lot of fun into two days! We showed them around town, took them to downtown and the aquarium, showed them the amazing local farmers market and just did the things that we enjoy doing around here. Maddie just loved Carol, Jack and Rita. She's going to be disappointed when she wakes up tomorrow morning and they're not here! We hope they come back and visit really soon!

Maddie loved Jacks rooster interpretion

Carol and Maddie on the subway

Maddie loved the aquarium

Looking for Nemo

the crazy crew

i found my little Nemo!

Ummm... Daddy, how thick is this glass?

Rita showing Maddie the big fish!

i just love the piranhas

Maddie checking out her loot... THANKS AUNT RITA!

The whole group downtown at lunch

Back at home on Aunt Carols lap... one of Maddie's favorite spots

Maddie latched onto Jack-Jack right away

We hope Jack comes back to visit soon!

We took Rita to one of our alltime favorite spots... Stone Mtn

Still pointing...

The colors were beautiful

Maddie gets Daddy pointing

Taking a break to play in the dirt... ahh to be one

Love this picture

The fam

Maddie pointing something very interesting out to Aunt Rita

So cute

Back at home we relax with one last book reading with Rita

Like I said - we just had a blast with them. We love having guests in town and to be able to show them the things we love to do and why we love the city so much. We hepe they enjoyed it as much as we did!

Off to bed now! Busy week ahead! Hope you all had a great weekend too!

my own handy jimmy

You all know how Maddie LOVES books... well, we were in desperate need for a real bookshelf.

And look what Daddy made for her? Isnt it nice? He did a great job.

Its already been moved into her room and loaded up with books. So Maddie told me to tell you all... SEND MORE BOOKS!

woops

This is what happens when Mommy forgets to update Maddie's extra clothes in her cubby at school...

a beautiful day with the babe

The weather is absolutely perfect today and as you can see... Maddie was itchin' to go outside and enjoy it.

Yes, she can walk herself right up to the screen door, open it and let herself out. Yes, its scary. Its not like we leave her alone and we're scared she'll escape - but this literally happens in seconds! No more leaving the screen door unlocked!

Maddie had a great time playing in the backyard. We really havent been able to enjoy the yard because of the mosquitos all summer - so I think we'll start spending a lot more time out there now that they're gone.

After lunch - Maddie, Tucker and I decided to go to our awesome neighborhood park. Its right down the road from us AND has a coffee shop about two doors down (bonus for mommy). The park is great because its stocked with big riding toys that we don't have so Maddie gets to stretch her legs and scoot around.

Yep, here's Tuck waiting patiently for us. And yep, there's my ice coffee...

There were lots of other kids there that Maddie was fascinated with. She sat in that little car watching Tallulah and Olive play (Im not kidding, those were their names. We also met Amelie and Brody. You'd think we live in Hollywood with these names. We would have probably met Apple and Honor if we'd stayed longer).

And she loved the swings. You can tell by her face.

And the last thing we played on was the slide. I cant believe it but she goes right down it no problem. No fear at all!

She fell asleep on the walk home and is still asleep almost 2 hours later! I guess the park really wore her out!

We're very excited for the weekend. We're hoping maybe Daddy won't have to work (fingers crossed) and we can have some blog-worthy fun. No go out and enjoy the rest of the day!