nick
we spent thanksgiving day with nick's family at his sister, jessica's beautiful new home in grapevine, tx. it was a great time with family and all of the food came out ever-so-deliciously. we then went and had a "second thanksgiving" at nick's aunt ann's. she lives out in the country about an hour outside of dallas and we LOVE going out there. we basically ate (oh yeah... she's an amaaaazing cook) and played games the entire day. right. up. our. alley. but the best part was when the four wheelers came out of the garage. nick has quite a track record with his family for having many accidents when he was little, including wrecks on the motorized vehicles at his aunt and uncles. he was quite the lil dare devil and never even cried. (i'm not even joking. at one of my bridal showers his aunt told me about a time where nick tripped and bit through his tongue. didn't even cry, and about 30 minutes later was eating his way through a bag of fritos. yes. this is the man i married.) anyway, when he found out last friday that the four wheelers had come out of their storage, i watched my husbands face light up like a six year old boy :) within seconds he was walking out the door. when i told him to be careful, he called over his shoulder "we have health insurance." that's just great... he did take me for a spin which was one of my thanksgiving highlights. so fun. and thankfully, injury-free.
meg
thanksgiving was a bit stressful for me. bella had one of the worst days i think she's had in her six months of life. she was super clingy and fussy, wouldn't let us put her down for a second and screamed every time she got put in her crib for a nap. usually, when she has hard days i'm able to move past it and just think "well... tomorrow's a new day!" but this was thanksgiving. i'm such a sentimental sap. but we still managed to have fun and enjoy the day even though she wasn't enjoying it too much! i think my highlight was--once again--two-fold. (big surprise, eh?) of course, the patriots winning was a thanksgiving bonus... but let's face it. they were playing detroit. were any of us really that shocked? anyway, growing up, one of my favorite things about thanksgiving was watching the macy's thanksgiving day parade. this year (even though she really had no clue) i was able to watch it with bella. awww. so sweet. it just made me excited to think about all of the things i enjoyed as a little girl that i will get to share with OUR little girl... especially around the holidays.
bella
as stated above, bella had an especially rough day on thanksgiving. however, thankfully she had the attention of her cousin, wyatt to help distract her for a while. she loved watching him make faces at her and talk in silly voices and he actually got her to giggle, which was obviously much better than the cries and screams she gave us. she loves him! she also expanded her menu from peas and squash to peas, squash and applesauce. now that's a feast. happy first thanksgiving, bel!
thanksgiving evening is when we officially kick off the christmas season in the cornwell household. we make oh-so-delish breakfasts, which usually include bacon, egg and cheese biscuits (complete with turkey bacon, egg whites and reduced fat cheese in our attempt to be somewhat health conscious), watch christmas movies and put up our christmas decor. nick and i always watch "elf" thanksgiving night. two years ago, i had run the 8 mile turkey trot that morning and cooked an entire thanksgiving dinner by myself (minus the green bean casserole, which nick always makes) so i fell asleep in the middle of the movie. last year, i was pregnant... enough said. this year; well, let's just say i wasn't the only one falling asleep. but we managed to squeeze in "elf", "christmas vacation", "planes, trains and automobiles" and "it's a wonderful life".
*favorite* time of the year!
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