Thursday was a good day. We started the day with the Harris and Cook families, then we went home to take naps, and then we went to see the Hagan family at my parents' house. Throughout the day (between the toddler meltdowns), we were reminded over and over again how blessed we are. We love our families. We are thankful for the craziness that the holiday season brings because it means that our lives are full and busy. We are reminded of how good God is. We find happiness in the small things. We are so grateful for the experiences that we share with one another and our families and friends. We are truly blessed. We hope that you and your families had a good Thanksgiving, and we pray that this holiday season brings you joy and peace.
This is a picture of Lainey's Thanksgiving turkey. I got the idea from a friend (Kelley) and it turned out to be really cute, despite the fact that my turkey-making skills aren't honed. Anyway, you can read most of the things that Lainey is thankful for. She did need some prompting (after mentioning that the first thing she was thankful for was Barbies), but after she got going, she seemed to focus on the important stuff!
And here's Walker with his favorite toy - the hairbrush. Every day, we pull out the hairbrush and the detangle spray to fix Lainey's hair and every time, Walker just starts crying and crying. When this first started happening, we didn't notice the connection so we'd try holding him, feeding him, distracting him...and nothing worked. We finally figured out that he just wanted to play with the hairbrush and/or the spray bottle. :)
He loves to chew on the end of the hairbrush.
sweet Cally and Walker
Cally does such a great job with Walker. He loves her, and she loves him, and she is very attentive to his needs and aware of his surroundings.
Collin and Ella
Bud and Lainey playing with the Polly Pocket dolls
Baby's first Thanksgiving dinner! He just played with his food. This boy has no interest in swallowing anything that isn't a yogurt melt or a puff or baby food. But I'll keep offering bits of food to him in hopes that someday he'll swallow it!
the kids' table
the adults' table
We were excited to have Ben's second cousin Amy and her husband, Cliff, at our Thanksgiving celebration this year. They just moved to Dallas not too long ago (and only got married two weeks ago!).
Lainey's beautiful "cheese"smile
playing with her Olivia-themed tea set at Emmy's house
A funny note about Lainey's spoken language at this point: she is getting "stuck" trying to say the first word of her sentence, usually if she's excited. Sometimes, it will take her five or more seconds to get out the first word and she gets louder and louder as she tries to say it. However, she's learned that if she whispers, then she is able say the word. So sometimes she'll start off her sentence in a really loud voice and then end it in a whisper. It's a bit painful to listen to sometimes because you just wanna jump in and say the word for her, but after confirming with my friend Lisa (who is a speech pathologist), this is just a normal stage in speech development for some kids.
Lainey loves "doing ballet." She twirls her arms around and dances in circles while on her tippy toes.
more ballet
Lucy did a lot of snuggling with Grandfather
Walker liked playing with Noah's Ark.
And he loved seeing his Uncle Matt (so did we).
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