Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving is a time for giving thanks, so here is what I am thankful for:

My wonderful kiddos. That they are happy and healthy. That they make me laugh and make me miss them while they sleep.

My wonderful husband. That he is as patient as one can be with me. That he loves our kiddos so much that he would rather hang out with them than do anything else.

My family. That they are happy and healthy.

We did the same that we usually do on Thanksgiving. We went to my sister, Jacy's house. We deep fried our turkey and it was awesome. There weren't as many people there that there normally is, which made it a bit more intimate.

Here are the few pictures I did get.

 Ava, Noah and Daddy playing with the lemons from Aunt Jacy's lemon tree.

Ava picking up the lemons that they threw in the grass.

Looks like Noah already ate Thanksgiving dinner, with that belly!

Playing with my moms dog. He really loves her tail.

Appetizers. (minus the puffs)

Getting the Turkey ready for the deep fryer.

My Grandma, Noah and I

This is the first Thanksgiving that I didn't stuff myself to the point of being sick. I only had one glass of wine too.This was also the first Thanksgiving that I was able to enjoy dinner without any kids. They were BOTH napping during dinner. It was so nice to not have to scarf down my meal or get up 5 or 6 times to get them something. Ava enjoyed playing with my Aunt Judy. We took a nice walk to the park after dinner and everyone looked at Black Friday ads afterwards. What a  great day!

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BLACK FRIDAY

My mom and I were planning on getting up at 5am and go shopping. Then I was going to take her home to play with the kids. Instead, I woke up at 3 am and was wide awake. Finally at 4, I got up and figured that my mom was probably up, but I decided to shower and get the coffee going and then I was going to knock on her door. As soon as I came out of my room around 4:15ish, I saw that she was up and asked if she wanted to get going, so we headed out. We went to Toys 'R' Us first. It wasn't busy at all. Then we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond, which was completely empty and then headed to Target. It was the perfect time to go out because everyone had done the early, early opening hour shopping and then went home. We hit the mall and Carters as well. I got Ava done and a couple of other people too .In fact, I got so many gifts for Ava that I am putting some away for her birthday, Easter and Valentines's Day. There were just so many great deals and so many things that I thought she would like. I am pretty much done, with the exception of a couple of small things. I was going to go back out to the mall, but by the time I wanted to go, it was going to be too late. I have even wrapped all my gifts because I didn't want Ava to see any. I would say it was successful. I am going to check out Cyber Monday to see if there are any good deals that day too. That way, I don't have to go out with all the crowds.