Thankfulness

I'm so behind on blogging I tell ya...working fulll time and being a Mommy doesn't leave you much down time! That being said, here are some updates on what's been going on.

Reed's First Thanksgiving
Bryan and I packed up one baby with a cold, one excited dog, and two parents in need of a vacation. We spent the holiday at Bryan's Aunt's home in Virginia with his parents and Grandma. Bryan's parents and Aunt spent a lot of time preparing a wonderful Thanksgiving meal. All we had to do was be there. It was delicious and we were fed like it was Thanksgiving all weekend long. Reed "crawled" around the large open spaces of the house. Have I told you he's "Crawling"? He doens't lift up his knees or belly, but instead he pushes off with his right toes and pulls foward with his arms. It's interesting, but it works! Reed battled a cold while we there so I am not sure if that was affecting him, or the fact that he was not in his room at home, but he did NOT sleep while we were there. He was up both nights screaming and fussing at us unless we were holding him in the recliner. Thank the Lord for that recliner. Maybe Reed was just using the "being away from home" excuse so he could spend more time in our arms.

Lena certainly had a grand time!  Including her, there were 3 dogs and 2 cats. I think Lena was the loudest by far (clearly she's recovered quite well).

Thanks so much to Aunt Fran for hosting all of us!

On Saturday we headed back to MD where my parents hosted Thanksgiving #2 at their house. My Mom prepared a scrumptious meal and set a beautiful table. We all enjoyed it after Brayden said the Thanksgiving prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. A must prior to every official Thanksgiving meal right? We missed Linsay and Chase as poor Chase was running a fever.

I obviously have so much to be thankful for!

Our Holiday Weekend in photos:

Reed enjoying the sun porch with his Greatma

"Knocking" on the front door

Relaxing

Aunt Fran pulled out this amazing old rocker for Reed to try out and he even got to take it home!

Rolling around the floor :-)



Just some other photos that were hanging out on my phone from past weeks:

Talking a walk

Reed "party" shopping


Grocery shopping :-)

Last but not least, Reed is 11 Months Old Today!!! The official countdown to 1 begins today and I am feeling bittersweet about it as I am having a hard time believing he is going to be a whole year old in 30 days.  Big sigh of disbelief and amazement.  We've grown along with Reed in so many unique and fulfilling ways that were unimaginable prior to the arrival of this special little man!  More on that later!!!