First Thanksgiving

This was Lilybelle's first Thanksgiving. I know that everything that we do for the next year is going to be her first, but it's still so exciting to me. This year we went down to my parents' house for some turkey and fixings. It was quite a chore to load everyone up. We had to load up two dogs, their food, Lilybelle, her diaper bag, bouncy seat, blankets, and the pumpkin cheesecake that I made. Once the car was loaded we were off to spend the day with Nana and Grandpa. Nana and Grandpa were excited to see Lilybelle, and she promptly spent most of her day in one of their arms.

My mom out did herself with dinner. It was amazing. The turkey was super moist, the rolls fluffy, the asparagus yummy, and on and on. Once we were done stuffing our face with food, we broke out the pumpkin cheesecake which was a compromise on my part. See I hate pumpkin pie, but everyone else likes it, and I wasn't going to make an apple and pumpkin pie for four people. I found out that I kinda like pumpkin cheesecake; not enough to eat it all the time, but enough to eat it once a year. This is the sole picture that I remembered to take that day. Poor Lilybelle.

After all the food, Nana, Lilybelle, and I went to Michaels for a little after turkey shopping. It was okay, not great, but not bad either as far as deals went. It was Lilybelle's first Black Friday shopping (shocking another first!) and the only store that she went to. I didn't want to take her out in the crowds so Tim and I alternated who went and who stayed home between shopping on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (I really wish they would go back to just one day, but it's because people like me go all three days that they do it that way).

Also on Black Friday, we went Christmas Tree looking/cutting with Tim's family. I say looking because Tim and I have a fake tree at home. We have a hard time agreeing on a tree to cut down, and our house isn't really big enough for a big tree from the woods. It requires what is termed a pencil tree which works out really great in our house. We had a good time hanging out and eating lunch with family after everyone had found a tree. The dogs enjoyed their time out too. Sophie found some deer poop and rolled all over it. Fun for Tim who got to clean it up since I was feeding Lilybelle. When we got home Tim set up our tree and the next day we put all the ornaments on the tree. We're getting ready for Lilybelle's first Christmas.

2 Months Old

Today Lilybelle is 2 months old; I can hardly believe it! We took our 2 month old photo today. It will be fun to compare the monthly photo shoots when she is one year old. This is also my last week of maternity leave. Time has definitely flown, but as the saying goes time flies by when you are having fun. She's had a very eventful second month of life. She saw her Uncle Matthew get married, celebrated her first Halloween by attending many parties, and enjoyed many an outing out and around Reno. I can't believe that I have to leave my baby and go back to work next week. Tomorrow her Grandpa is coming up to visit her, and she has her shots on Friday.

1st Halloween

We had another first... Lilybelle's first Halloween. She had quite the Halloween too. It started last week with our Ward's Trunk or Treat. Since Tim had to study for the PE, it was just Lilybelle and me. My mom had bought Lilybelle her costume, so I dressed her up in her jaguar costume and off we went. She slept all through dinner and the games. We didn't actually Trunk or Treat since it was cold, and she can't eat candy yet.

On Halloween I dressed her up again and took her to my work for my their Halloween party. She was happily awake for the lunch and group photo, but fell asleep after.

Later she helped pass out candy in her jaguar costume and went trick or treating at her Grammie's house where she showed off her costume to her Grammie, Aunt Hilary, Uncle Jon, and cousins. I think she enjoyed her first Halloween.

Also, today we found out that our nephew will serve his mission in Chicago, Illinois. We are so excited for him!