Thanksgiving and Christmas Tree Time

Dear Henry and Hazel, 
This is a little over due.  Thanksgiving this year we were stuck at home due to a contagious stomach bug daddy caught.  We were feeling really sad.  It was our first Thanksgiving without visiting to family, our first Thanksgiving without GG.  This made spending our first Thanksgiving with you so bitter sweet.  Mommy did pull it off though.  For the first tie I fixed a Thanksgiving-esque meal; baked whole chicken, from scratch dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, and rolls.  Our good friends Heather and her sister Lise felt sorry for us so they dropped off a pie with homemade whipped cream and yummy cranberry sauce.  Amazing!  You ate some of everything as long as you didn't have to look at it.  

We played the eating game and you would close your eyes eat it and hide your eyes to then guess what you just ate.  You ate a man's share.  

It turned into a cozy cuddly weekend.  A few days after we couldn't keep from getting a Christmas Tree.  Daddy's funky bug had cleared up and you have been so excited about the approach of Christmas it couldn't come early enough.  We went to Twin H farms to pick a local tree.  You love their shaker and spinner that wraps the tree up.  You ran through the tree barn and ducked in and out of the trees. 

Once we picked one, which was actually very quickly done you guarded it with mean gnashed teeth an menacing hands on your hips.  

As they shook the tree you shook around on Daddy's lap while Hazel winced at the loud noise snuggled inside the baby carrier on my chest.  I did convince you to allow me to take a couple of pictures with Hazel before we left and before your melt down escalated.  At home you helped me roll the tree off the roof of the van and set it up inside. 

It was easy.  We wrapped it in lights and decorated until you were about to drop. 

Henry's "collection" of ornaments.  They fell off last night and he yelled at me when I dispersed them through out the tree.

I am glad that we are all healthy and happy this year.  We are full of gratitude this year; for you both, your birth moms, our family, and the gift of life in general.  I love that you love Christmas and the feeling of the season too.  I love that I can hange Santa Claus over your head from time to time to change your behavior. :)
Love, Mama