Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a very happy thanksgiving with friends and family. I know we had a great weekend. We got to spend thanksgiving day with Micah's family. John Mark was a big boy and sat up at the table with all of us. He even decided that he was old enough to use a spoon. Now granted, he picked up the mashed potatoes and PUT them on his spoon, but hey- you gotta start somewhere!

We also managed to get a really good picture of everyone. John Mark had a great day of eating (his favorite), playing, and then taking a nap. Emily and I were making a gingerbread train, and being all sneaky, John Mark reached up onto the table and pulled down one of the cookies and took a big bite. He was so proud of himself! It was a really fun day.

That night the Wehunts came over and hung out with us, and then I hit the Black Friday sales at 4AM with Kelly & Jamie. We had a lot of fun, rude people and all.

After a big breakfast of pancakes and sausage croissants with the Wehunts, we loaded up and went to big Central High. We spent the remainder of the weekend with my family. John Mark had a great time playing with BB & Poppy (he calls them that now and don't think their hearts haven't completely melted!). He also spent a lot of time chasing sugar ("shu-shu-er") and looking longingly at the Christmas tree. He played in the nursery at church Sunday morning and had a great time. He was so worn out from a big weekend that he didn't even make it out of BB & Poppy's driveway before he was sound asleep in his car seat!

On Saturday we ate lunch with the baby gang. This is probably my favorite picture that we took. It just seems to sum them up in a photo. And girls- next time let's get a picture of JUST the mommies. When we try to get one with our babies, well, it just doesn't work out! And we need to have our beautiful faces on here sometimes too!

We came home yesterday afternoon and put up all our Christmas decorations. John Mark is very intrigued by it, and I'm now taking guesses as to when he knocks it down... :o) I'm hoping that if we can make it past this first week then the new will have worn off and all will be well. When we came downstairs this morning he pointed at it and said "no, no!" and shook his finger, so hopefully I'm getting through!

Merry Christmas to everyone! Enjoy this holiday season and remember that it's all about God becoming flesh!

Love!