Thanksgiving 2013

I can easily say this Thanksgiving was one of my favorites. I am use to going several places for the holidays but this year we just went to two dinners in the evening and it was grand.

We slept in (8:30) and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (read: it was on and we watched in between meeting the many needs of a 12 month old). Hubby put up the tree yesterday on his day off so that would be one less thing we had to do today. The rest of the morning/afternoon I helped cook for the Thanksgiving feast. 

Georgia Grace even got in on helping make the pumpkin pie :) She seriously loves to be in the kitchen. Maybe the culinary gene skips a generation.

Our family of 3 on Thanksgiving 2013

And an outtake. This is her new favorite face to make. Kills me!

My mischievous little turkey. I was so excited for her to wear her Thanksgiving dress. And those orange dot shoes are the best things I have bought her. She's wore them a billion times from September to November and they are still going strong.

Our 11th Thanksgiving together. I remember our 1st Thanksgiving I had ran over a cat on my way to meet his extended family and I was so upset and his mom (now my MIL) was so sweet and comforting. So I decided to stick around! :)

Happy and hungry for the Thanksgiving feast

Some of the aftermath of Thanksgiving 2013.

After Thanksgiving at Grams we went to my Aunt Kim's for Embry Thanksgiving. We had to get a cousin picture of course. We've outgrown stairwell pictures!

Being the only baby on both sides of the family definitely has its perks! All eyes are on her everywhere we go. I don't think she minds it either.

"I'm going to be on Harrison Homeplace" HA!
This is my cousin Michelle AKA Shelky. She is our rich cousin. She lives in Brentwood, Tn, taught Luke Bryan's son (!!!!!) and just bought $800 One Direction tickets!! When she told us about the tickets we said, "It must be nice to be rich" and she said, "I'm not anymore" HA! I love her. (And she will probably kill me for putting this on here but remember she lives in Tennessee so I'm safe. Until Christmas at least.)

And this little piece of gold probably excited me more than all the other Thanksgiving food combine-deer jerky! I look forward to this every winter and I was so pumped when my uncle brought it out. The best thing in the world!!

We are recovering from our food comas today by decorating the house for Christmas! And I have the cutest little elf helping me. :) Scattering ornaments all over the floor was her specialty.

In years past you would have found me in the Black Friday lines today searching for a good bargain but not this year. It was all fine and dandy until they started creeping the sales into Thanksgiving day and that is just something I will not do is shop on the holiday. Call me a traditionalist but there are just some things I won't sacrifice and being with my family on Thanksgiving is one of them. So today we are playing in our pjs, eating leftovers and trimming the tree instead. And I am completely content with that! 

I think I have officially turned Black Friday girl to Cyber Monday girl :)

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

Georgia Grace's Wish List

This Christmas will be another year that we can get by with not going big with the gift giving. Actually I hope we can always keep our Christmas gifting for our children to a minimum because I don't want that to be the focus of the season. Presents are great and fun, but there's so much more to it that we forget about if we are wrapped up in the tangible things.

Last year we asked our family to get her just one gift and money for her savings. This year we are also asking them to not overdo it. Our house won't hold it and our baby doesn't need it. And as I mentioned her favorite toy at the moment is my writing pens!

But buying for a baby girl is SO FUN so here are some things I can imagine would be on her wish list if she were making one :)

Wooden Bear Puzzle-I think she is ready to start working puzzles and is that bear family not the cutest? The wood will help it be more durable. I think this is right up her alley.
Kid Kraft Tasty Treats Chef Set-I may or may know about a bigger gift that she is getting that will go very well with a chef apron and hat! Dying over the cuteness.
Elf-One of our all time favorite holiday movies (it's up there with Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story, and Home Alone for us) which holds a special place in our heart because this is the movie we went to see in theater on our very first date. Our little cotton headed ninny muggin has to have a copy!
KidKraft Nantucket Table and Chairs-She is starting to sit in chairs and sits at a table when she is at AKK visiting the big kids. This table will grow with her and I think it will be a solid investment for years to come. And it will match her nursery really well. Santa did well! :)
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas-This Christmas reading books to her won't be that effective since she can't sit still a minute to listen but they will be great to have for next year. I hope to stock up this season on some of the classics such as this one. I've heard it's every little girl's favorite!
Ducky-When Georgia Grace was born my Mamaw got her a plush ducky because that was my must-have-can't-leave-the-house-without item. Luckily GGH hasn't taken up with it quite like I did but she still enjoys playing with it. Poor ducky has fell victim to the teeth of Owen so she needs a new one!
Sponge Rollers-Why not?!? She's got enough hair for 3 babies her age and it has a natural wave to it so I think these will work well on her.
Bonnet-I have been swooning over a bonnet for her for a LONG time and just haven't taken the plunge. She wasn't wanting to wear hats at all until the last couple of weeks. Maybe she's telling me she really wants one...
Jesus Storybook Bible-You can never start too early. I want Georgia Grace to love Jesus with all her heart and I know this book does a wonderful job taking the stories in the Bible and making them easy to understand for children.
American Girl Mini Doll-My sister and I had American Girl dolls when we were growing up so it's only fitting that Georgia Grace has one of her own. These are the mini dolls that are the perfect size for her and really cheap!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We have so much to be thankful for.