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.